1 Timothy 3:8-13 - Qualifications For Deacons

⁸ So, too, Assistant-Officers should be serious and straightforward men, not given to taking much drink or to questionable money-making, ⁹ but men who hold the deep truths of the Faith and have a clear conscience. ¹⁰ They should be tested first, and only appointed to their Office if no objection is raised against them. ¹¹ It should be the same with the women. They should be serious, not gossips, sober, and trustworthy in all respects. ¹² Assistant-Officers should be faithful husbands, and men who rule their children and their households well. ¹³ Those who have filled that post with honour gain for themselves an honorable position, as well as great confidence through the faith that they place in Christ Jesus.