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1 Timothy 3:8–12

Qualifications for Deacons

8 iDeacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued,3 jnot addicted to much wine, knot greedy for dishonest gain. 9 They must lhold the mystery of the faith with ma clear conscience. 10 And nlet them also be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they prove themselves blameless. 11 oTheir wives likewise must4 be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, pfaithful in all things. 12 Let deacons each be qthe husband of one wife, qmanaging their children and their own households well.

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i

Phil. 1:1

3

Or devious in speech

j

[ch. 5:23; Titus 2:3]

k

Titus 1:7; 1 Pet. 5:2

l

[ch. 1:19]

m

See Acts 23:1

n

[ch. 5:22]

o

Titus 2:3

4

Or Wives, likewise, must, or Women, likewise, must

p

[Titus 2:10]

q

ver. 2, 4

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