1 Timothy 3:12
10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.
- KJV
- Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
- WEB
- Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
- ASV
- Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling [their] children and their own houses well.
- DARBY
- Let [the] ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting [their] children and their own houses well:
- BLB
- Let deacons be husbands of one wife, presiding over [their] children and [their] own households well.
- ÅB
- Menighets-tjenerne skal være hver én kvinnes mann og styre vel sine barn og sine egne hus.
- OTB
- Diakonene skal være tro mot én kvinne og gode ledere for sine barn og sine egne hjem.
- B1930
- Menighets-tjenerne skal være hver én kvinnes mann og styre vel sine barn og sine egne hus.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Timothy 3:2
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
Read in context1 Timothy 3:4–5
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
Read in contextPhilippians 1:1
Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
Read in context1 Timothy 3:8
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
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