Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
Holman Bible
Wives,
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
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.
Themes
Deacons » The duties of a deacon
Drunkenness » Who should not drink
Faithfulness » Especially required in » The wives of ministers
Faithfulness » Exhibited in » All things
Home » Husbands and wives » Duties of wives
Slander » Minister's wives should avoid
Slander » Wives of God's servants should avoid
Sobriety » Who should be sober
Sobriety » Required in » Wives of ministers
Sobriety » Required in » Wives of servants of God
Social duties » In relation to food in relation to speech » Wives' duties
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Timothy 3:11
Verse Info
Context Readings
Qualifications For Deacons
10
And let them also be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they prove themselves blameless.
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Names
Cross References
Titus 2:3
Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good,
1 Timothy 3:2
Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife,sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
2 Timothy 3:3
heartless, unappeasable, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not loving good,
Leviticus 21:7
They shall not marry a prostitute or a woman who has been defiled, neither shall they marry a woman divorced from her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
Leviticus 21:13-15
And he shall take a wife in her virginity.
Psalm 15:3
who does not slander with his tongue and does no 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 slanders his neighbor secretly I will destroy. Whoever has a haughty look and an arrogant heart I will not endure.
Proverbs 10:18
The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters 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; he refreshes the soul of his masters.
Jeremiah 9:4
Let everyone beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother, for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.
Ezekiel 44:22
They shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but only virgins of 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 Zechariah,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 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 keep awake and be sober.
1 Timothy 1:12
I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service,
1 Timothy 6:2
Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their good service are believers and beloved. Teach and urge these things.
2 Timothy 4:5
As for you, always be sober-minded, endure suffering, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.
Titus 3:2
to speak evil of no one, to avoid quarreling, to be gentle, and to show perfect courtesy toward all people.
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober-minded; be watchful. 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, that ancient serpent, who is called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world--he was thrown down to the earth, and his angels were thrown down with him.