1 Timothy 3:13
Verse 13 of 16. The 3rd of 6 chapters in 1 Timothy, in The Letters of Paul.
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.
14These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
15But 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.
16And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
1 Timothy 3:13 in the World English Bible
For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.Read 1 Timothy 3:13 in the WEB
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 3:13
And the reason why the deacons must be thus qualified is (v. 13) because, though the office of a deacon be of an inferior degree, yet it is a step towards the higher degree; and those who had served tables well the church might see cause afterwards to discharge from that service, and prefer to serve in preaching the word and in prayer.
Read Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 3:8–13: Qualifications of Deacons. (a. d. 64.)
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