Parallel Verses
Godbey New Testament
Likewise let their wives be grave, not tattlers, modest, faithful in all things.
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.
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 first be proven; then let them minister the office of deacon, being irreproachable. 11 Likewise let their wives be grave, not tattlers, modest, faithful in all things. 12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses beautifully.
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Cross References
Titus 2:3
likewise that the elderly women be reverent in demeanor, not tattlers, not given to much wine, teachers of that which is good;
1 Timothy 3:2
Therefore it behooves the bishop to be blameless, the husband of one wife, modest, prudent, orderly, hospitable, competent to teach,
2 Timothy 3:3
without natural affections, covenant breakers, devilish, intemperate, furious, opposed to good,
Matthew 4:1
Then Jesus was led up into the wilderness by the Spirit, to be tempted by the devil.
Luke 1:5-6
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest, by name Zacharias, of the course of Ahijah, and his wife of the daughters of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth.
John 6:70
Jesus responded to them, Have I not chosen you twelve, and one of you is devilish?
1 Thessalonians 5:6-8
then therefore let us not sleep like the rest, but watch and be sober.
1 Timothy 1:12
I give thanks to Jesus Christ our Lord, the one having filled me up with dynamite, because he considered me faithful, having put me in the ministry;
1 Timothy 6:2
But let those that have faithful masters not despise them, because they are brethren; but rather let them serve them, because they are the faithful and beloved who are partaking of the benefaction. Command these things and exhort them.
2 Timothy 4:5
But be thou sober in all things, suffer affliction, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.
Titus 3:2
to speak evil of no one, that they should be peaceable, gentle, showing all meekness to all men.
1 Peter 5:8
Be sober, watch. The devil is walking round like a roaring lion, seeking some one to devour:
Revelation 12:9-10
And the great dragon, the old serpent, the one called the devil, and Satan, the one deceiving the whole world, was cast out: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.