Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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

Bible References

Let these

1 Timothy 3:6
not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall into the condemnation of the devil.
1 Timothy 5:22
Lay hands hastily on no man, nor contribute to other sins. Keep thyself pure.
1 John 4:1
Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but examine the spirits, whether they are of God, because many FALSE prophets have gone out into the world.

Use

1 Timothy 3:13
For those who serve well will acquire to themselves a good standing, and much boldness in the faith in Christ Jesus.
Acts 6:1
Now in those days, the disciples being multiplied, there developed a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews because their widows were neglected in the daily assistance.

Being

1 Timothy 3:2
The overseer therefore must be blameless, the husband of one wife, without wine, serious minded, disciplined, loving strangers, able to teach,
1 Corinthians 1:8
who will also confirm you until the end, irreproachable in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Colossians 1:22
in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblemished and unblameable before him.
Titus 1:6
if any man is blameless, the husband of one wife, having believing children, not with an accusation of debauchery or insubordinate.