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1 Timothy 3:12

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

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  1. 1 Timothy 3:10

    And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

  2. 1 Timothy 3:11

    Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

  3. 1 Timothy 3:13

    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.

  4. 1 Timothy 3:14

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

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.