Thematic Bible
1 Timothy 3:1 (show verse)
This is a faithful saying, "If any man is seeking the office of a minister he is aspiring to a noble task."
1 Timothy 3:2 (show verse)
The minister should be a man of blameless character; he should be husband of but one wife; he should live a sober, self-restrained, orderly life; he should be hospitable, skilled in teaching;
1 Timothy 3:3 (show verse)
no drinker or brawler; but forbearing, peaceable, and no money-lover;
1 Timothy 3:4 (show verse)
he should be a man who rules his own household well, and keeps his children ever under control and thoroughly well behaved.
1 Timothy 3:5 (show verse)
For if a man does not know how to rule his own household, how shall he take charge of a church of God?
1 Timothy 3:6 (show verse)
He must not be a recent convert, lest he be blinded with pride, and incur the doom of the devil.
1 Timothy 3:7 (show verse)
He should also have a good reputation among outsiders, lest he fall into reproach, and into a snare of the devil.
1 Timothy 3:8 (show verse)
Deacons, likewise, must be serious, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of gain,
1 Timothy 3:9 (show verse)
holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
1 Timothy 3:10 (show verse)
They should first be tested, and after that, if they are found irreproachable, let them serve as deacons.
1 Timothy 3:11 (show verse)
Deaconesses likewise must be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
1 Timothy 3:12 (show verse)
Let deacons be the husband of but one wife, men who rule their children and their household properly.
1 Timothy 3:13 (show verse)
For those who have well discharged the duties of a deacon are gaining an honorable position for themselves, as well as much fearless confidence in the faith of Christ Jesus.
1 Timothy 3:14 (show verse)
Although I am hoping to come to you before long,
No Themes for this verse.
1 Timothy 3:15 (show verse)
I am writing this to you in case I should be detained, to let you see how you ought to behave in the household of God??he Church of the everliving God, the pillar and mainstay of the truth.
1 Timothy 3:16 (show verse)
Yes! without contradiction, great is the mystery of godliness!