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1 Timothy 3:11 KJV
1 Timothy · chapter 3 · verse 11
Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.1 Timothy 3:11 · King James Version
1 Timothy 3:11 in context
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.
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.
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Key words (Strong's)
- slanderersdiabolosprone to slander, slanderous, accusing falsely, a calumniator, false accuser, slanderer…G1228 →
- faithfulpistostrusty, faithful, of persons who show themselves faithful in the transaction of business…G4103 →
- wivesgynēa woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow, a wife, of a betrothed womanG1135 →
- gravesemnosaugust, venerable, reverend, to be venerated for character, honourable, of persons, of…G4586 →
- sobernēphaliossober, temperate, abstaining from wine, either entirely or at least from its immoderate…G3524 →
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We have here the character of deacons: these had the care of the temporal concerns of the church, that is, the maintenance of the ministers and provision for the poor: they served tables, while the ministers or bishops gave themselves only to the ministry of the word and prayer, Act 6:2, Act 6:4.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-13