1 Timothy 3:8-13 - Qualifications For Deacons

⁸ Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money; ⁹ holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. ¹⁰ Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless. ¹¹ Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things. ¹² Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. ¹³ For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.