1 Timothy 3:12 - Plain English Version

¹² A church helper can only have one wife, and he can’t sleep with any other woman, like a man sleeps with his wife. – He has to be the sort of man that looks after his wife and kids properly, as well as all the people that live in his house.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² Let deacons be the husbands of but one wife, and let them manage [their] children and their own households well.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

Common English Bible

¹² Servants must be faithful to their spouse and manage their children and their own households well.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² Deacons should be the husband of one wife, men who lead their own children and their own houses well.

1 Timothy 3:12 Referencias Cruzadas

1 Timothy 3:2

A church leader has to be this sort of man, – He has to be a really good man, so that nobody can ever say that he does bad things. – He can only have one wife, and he can’t sleep with any other woman, like a husband sleeps with his wife. – He has to have good sense and do things properly. – He can’t be the sort of man that lets himself go and then does wild things. – He has to be friendly to other people, even if he doesn’t know them. – He has to be good at teaching people. –

Philippians 1:1

I am Paul, and this letter is from me, and it is from Timothy too, because he is helping me write it. We work all the time for Jesus Christ. We are sending this letter to all God’s special people at Philippi, you people that belong to Jesus Christ. We are writing to you Christian leaders, and to you church helpers, and to all you Christians.

1 Timothy 3:8

It is the same too for the people that are helpers in the church. – They have to be really good honest people. – They can’t be people that get drunk. – They can’t be greedy, wanting lots of money and things. –