1 Timothy 3:10
They too must be put on probation; after that, if they are above reproach, they can serve as deacons.
1 Timothy 5:22
Never be in a hurry to ordain a presbyter; do not make yourself responsible for the sins of another man ??keep your own life pure.
Acts 6:1-2
During these days, when the disciples were increasing in number, the Hellenists began to complain against the Hebrews, on the ground that their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.
1 Corinthians 1:8
and to the very end he will guarantee that you are vindicated on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Colossians 1:22
so as to set you consecrated and unblemished and irreproachable in his presence ??23 that is, if you adhere to the foundations and stability of the faith, instead of moving away from the hope you have learned in the gospel, that gospel which has been preached to every creature under heaven, and of which I Paul was made a minister.
1 Timothy 3:2
Well, for the office of a bishop a man must be above reproach; he must be only married once, he must be temperate, master of himself, unruffled, hospitable, a skilled teacher,
1 Timothy 3:6
he must not be a new convert, in case he gets conceited and incurs the doom passed on the devil;
1 Timothy 3:13
For those who do good service as deacons win a good position for themselves as well as great freedom in the faith of Christ Jesus.
Titus 1:6-7
men who are above reproach, only once married, with children who believe and who are not liable to the charge of being profligate or insubordinate.
1 John 4:1
Do not believe every spirit, beloved, but test the spirits to see if they come from God; for many false prophets have emerged in the world.