1 Timothy 3:11 · KJV
“Even so {must their} wives {be} grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.”
— 1 Timothy 3:11
And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being {found} blameless.
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
1 Timothy 3 — Context
Holding 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.
13For 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}
Cross References
Titus 2:3
The aged women likewise, that {they be} in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things; {holiness: or, holy women} {false...: or, one who foments strife}
Titus 3:2
To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, {but} gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
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}
Proverbs 10:18
He that hideth hatred {with} lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, {is} a fool.
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
2 Timothy 3:3
Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, {false...: or, one who foments strife}
Leviticus 21:7
They shall not take a wife {that is} a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he {is} holy unto his God.
Proverbs 25:13
As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, {so is} a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.
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