"For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the fait…" — 1 Timothy 3:13

1 Timothy 3:13 · KJV

“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}”

— 1 Timothy 3:13

Verse 12

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

Verse 14

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

1 Timothy 3 — Context

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. {used...: or, ministered}

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

But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. {ground: or, stay}

Cross References

Matthew 25:21

His lord said unto him, Well done, {thou} good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Hebrews 6:10

For God {is} not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

Acts 6:5

And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:

Romans 12:7-8

Or ministry, {let us wait} on {our} ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;

2 Timothy 2:1

Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

Luke 19:17

And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.

Acts 6:15

And all that sat in the council, looking stedfastly on him, saw his face as it had been the face of an angel.

1 Peter 4:10-11

As every man hath received the gift, {even so} minister the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God.