Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

Women must likewise be dignified, not malicious gossips, but temperate, faithful in all things.

King James Version

Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

Holman Bible

Wives, too, must be worthy of respect, not slanderers, self-controlled, faithful in everything.

International Standard Version

Their wives must also be serious. They must not be gossips, but instead be stable and trustworthy in everything.

A Conservative Version

The wives likewise, be honorable, not slanderous, without wine, faithful in all things.

American Standard Version

Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

Amplified

Women must likewise be worthy of respect, not malicious gossips, but self-controlled, [thoroughly] trustworthy in all things.

An Understandable Version

Women [i.e., probably the deacons' wives], in the same way, should be serious-minded [i.e., dignified], not gossips, [but] sober-minded [see verse 2] and trustworthy in everything.

Anderson New Testament

Their wives likewise must be grave, not slanderers, watchful, faithful in all things.

Bible in Basic English

Women are to be serious in behaviour, saying no evil of others, controlling themselves, true in all things.

Common New Testament

The women must likewise be dignified, not malicious gossips, but temperate, faithful in all things.

Daniel Mace New Testament

their wives must be likewise grave, free from scandal, sober, and always faithful.

Darby Translation

The women in like manner grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

Godbey New Testament

Likewise let their wives be grave, not tattlers, modest, faithful in all things.

Goodspeed New Testament

Their wives too must be serious, not gossips; they must be temperate, and perfectly trustworthy.

John Wesley New Testament

In like manner their wives must be serious, not slanderers, vigilant, faithful in all things.

Julia Smith Translation

Wives also grave, not accusers, sober, faithful in all things.

King James 2000

Even so must their wives be serious, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The wives likewise [must be] dignified, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in all [things].

Modern King James verseion

Even so their wives are to be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Even so must their wives be honest, not evil speakers: but sober, and faithful in all things.

Moffatt New Testament

Their wives must be serious too; they must not be slanderers but temperate and absolutely trustworthy.

Montgomery New Testament

Deaconesses likewise must be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

NET Bible

Likewise also their wives must be dignified, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in every respect.

New Heart English Bible

Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

Noyes New Testament

The women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

Sawyer New Testament

The women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, circumspect, faithful in all things.

The Emphasized Bible

Wives, in the same way, - dignified, not given to intrigue, sober, faithful in all things.

Thomas Haweis New Testament

Their wives in like manner must be grave women, not addicted to scandal, sober, faithful in all things.

Twentieth Century New Testament

It should be the same with the women. They should be serious, not gossips, sober, and trustworthy in all respects.

Webster

Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

Weymouth New Testament

Deaconesses, in the same way, must be sober-minded women, not slanderers, but in every way temperate and trustworthy.

Williams New Testament

The deaconesses too must be serious, not gossips; they must be temperate and perfectly trustworthy.

World English Bible

Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

Worrell New Testament

It is needful that their wives, in like manner, be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

Worsley New Testament

And their wives likewise grave, not slanderers, sober, and faithful in all things.

Youngs Literal Translation

Women -- in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
Even so
ὡσαύτως 
Hosautos 
Usage: 12

γυνή 
Gune 
Usage: 187

be grave
σεμνός 
Semnos 
Usage: 4

not
μή 
me 
not, no, that not, God forbid 9, lest, neither, no man , but, none, not translated,
Usage: 493

διάβολος 
Diabolos 
Usage: 32

νηφάλεος νηφάλιος 
Nephaleos 
Usage: 3

πιστός 
Pistos 
Usage: 51

in
ἐν 
En 
in, by, with, among, at, on, through,
Usage: 2128

Context Readings

Qualifications For Deacons

10 These men must also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons if they are beyond reproach. 11 Women must likewise be dignified, not malicious gossips, but temperate, faithful in all things. 12 Deacons must be husbands of only one wife, and good managers of their children and their own households.

Cross References

Titus 2:3

Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good,

1 Timothy 3:2

An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

2 Timothy 3:3

unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,

Leviticus 21:7

They shall not take a woman who is profaned by harlotry, nor shall they take a woman divorced from her husband; for he is holy to his God.

Leviticus 21:13-15

He shall take a wife in her virginity.

Psalm 15:3

He does not slander with his tongue,
Nor does evil to his neighbor,
Nor takes up a reproach against his friend;

Psalm 50:20

“You sit and speak against your brother;
You slander your own mother’s son.

Psalm 101:5

Whoever secretly slanders his neighbor, him I will destroy;
No one who has a haughty look and an arrogant heart will I endure.

Proverbs 10:18

He who conceals hatred has lying lips,
And he who spreads slander is a fool.

Proverbs 25:13

Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest
Is a faithful messenger to those who send him,
For he refreshes the soul of his masters.

Jeremiah 9:4

“Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor,
And do not trust any brother;
Because every brother deals craftily,
And every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.

Ezekiel 44:22

And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman but shall take virgins from the offspring of the house of Israel, or a widow who is the widow of a priest.

Matthew 4:1

Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

Luke 1:5-6

In the days of Herod, king of Judea, there was a priest named Zacharias, of the division of Abijah; and he had a wife from the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elizabeth.

John 6:70

Jesus answered them, Did I Myself not choose you, the twelve, and yet one of you is a devil?”

1 Thessalonians 5:6-8

so then let us not sleep as others do, but let us be alert and sober.

1 Timothy 1:12

I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, because He considered me faithful, putting me into service,

1 Timothy 6:2

Those who have believers as their masters must not be disrespectful to them because they are brethren, but must serve them all the more, because those who partake of the benefit are believers and beloved. Teach and preach these principles.

2 Timothy 4:5

But you, be sober in all things, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

Titus 3:2

to malign no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing every consideration for all men.

1 Peter 5:8

Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.

Revelation 12:9-10

And the great dragon was thrown down, the serpent of old who is called the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.

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