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 a new convert, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the Devil;
1 Timothy 5:22
Lay hands hastily on no one, neither share in other mens sins. Keep thyself pure.
1 John 4:1
Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets have gone forth into the world.
Use
1 Timothy 3:13
For they that have served well as deacons, gain for themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Acts 6:1
But in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, there arose a murmuring of the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.
Being
1 Timothy 3:2
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, discreet, orderly, hospitable, apt in teaching;
1 Corinthians 1:8
who will also make you steadfast to the end, so that ye may be without blame in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Colossians 1:22
in the body of his flesh through his death, to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable in his sight;
Titus 1:6
if any one is without reproach, the husband of one wife, having believing children, that are not accused of dissoluteness, or unruly.