1 Timothy 3:10 · KJV
“And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being {found} blameless.”
— 1 Timothy 3:10
Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
Even so {must their} wives {be} grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
1 Timothy 3 — Context
Likewise {must} the deacons {be} grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
9Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being {found} blameless.
11Even so {must their} wives {be} grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Cross References
1 Timothy 5:22
Lay hands suddenly on no man, neither be partaker of other men's sins: keep thyself pure.
1 Timothy 3:13
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. {used...: or, ministered}
Titus 1:6-7
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.
1 Timothy 3:6
Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. {a novice: or, one newly come to the faith}
1 Corinthians 1:8
Who shall also confirm you unto the end, {that ye may be} blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Acts 6:1-2
And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
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; {of good...: or, modest}
Colossians 1:22
In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
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