1 Timothy 3:10
They should first be tested, and after that, if they are found irreproachable, let them serve as deacons.
1 Timothy 5:22
Never ordain any one hastily, nor take part in the wrong-doing of others. Keep yourself pure.
Acts 6:1-2
Now in these days while the number of the disciples was multiplying, the Grecian Jews began to murmur against the Hebrews, because their widows were habitually overlooked in the distribution of alms.
1 Corinthians 1:8
He will also keep you perfectly stedfast unto the end, so that you will be unreproveable in the Day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Colossians 1:22
he has now in his human body reconciled to God by his death, in order that he may bring you into his presence, holy and unblemished and irreproachable.
1 Timothy 3:2
The minister should be a man of blameless character; he should be husband of but one wife; he should live a sober, self-restrained, orderly life; he should be hospitable, skilled in teaching;
1 Timothy 3:6
He must not be a recent convert, lest he be blinded with pride, and incur the doom of the devil.
1 Timothy 3:13
For those who have well discharged the duties of a deacon are gaining an honorable position for themselves, as well as much fearless confidence in the faith of Christ Jesus.
Titus 1:6-7
men who are blameless, the husband of one wife, with believing children who are not accused of riot or insubordination.
1 John 4:1
Do not believe every spirit, beloved, but test the spirits to see whether they are of God; for many false prophets are gone out into the world.