1 Timothy 3:10
And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
Context
This verse from 1 Timothy Chapter 3 connects to 10 cross-references. The qualifications for overseers and deacons: the overseer must be above reproach, husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, hospitable, not a drunkard, not violent, not a lover of money, managing his household well. Similarly for deacons. The church is the …
Other Translations
And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless.
and let these also first be proved, then let them minister, being unblameable.
And let these first be put to the test; then let them become Deacons if there is nothing against them.
Cross References
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone …
Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus …
Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should …
And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against …
In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men’s sins: keep thyself pure.
For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness …
Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt …
For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, …