Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
Let these
Bible References
Let these
1 Timothy 3:6
not newly converted, lest he become conceited [and] fall into the condemnation of the devil.
1 Timothy 5:22
Lay hands on no one hastily, and do not participate in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
1 John 4:1
Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits [to determine] if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
Use
1 Timothy 3:13
For those who have served well acquire a good standing for themselves, and great boldness in the faith [that is] in Christ Jesus.
Acts 6:1
Now in these days, [as] the disciples were increasing [in number], a complaint arose by the {Greek-speaking Jews} against the {Hebraic Jews} because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution [of food].
Being
1 Timothy 3:2
Therefore the overseer must be irreproachable, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, skillful in teaching,
1 Corinthians 1:8
who will also confirm you until the end, blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Colossians 1:22
but now you have been reconciled by {his physical body} through death, to present you holy and blameless and above reproach before him,
Titus 1:6
If anyone is blameless, [the] husband of one wife, having faithful children, not {accused of dissipation} or rebellious.