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 he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
1 Timothy 5:22
Lay hands hastily on no one, neither be a participant in other men's sins. Keep yourself pure.
1 John 4:1
Beloved, don't believe every spirit, but test 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 have served well gain for themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
Acts 6:1
Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplying, a complaint arose from the Hellenists against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily service.
Being
1 Timothy 3:2
The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at 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
yet now he has reconciled in the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and without blemish and blameless before him,
Titus 1:6
if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.