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1 Timothy 3:12

American Standard Version

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

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1 Timothy 3:12 in other translations

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

1 Timothy 3:12 · World English Bible

1 Timothy 3:12 in context

  1. 10And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless.
  2. 11Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
  3. 12Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
  4. 13For they that have served well as deacons gain to themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
  5. 14These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly;