New Testament · VERSE 12

1 Timothy 3:12

King James Version

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE

1 Timothy 3:12 in context

And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

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.

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.

These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:

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