1 Timothy 3:8-13
Qualifications for Deacons

8 Likewise [must] the deacons [be] grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

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9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

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

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

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

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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.

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