1 Timothy 3:10 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

And let them first be tested; then, if they prove themselves blameless, let them serve as deacons.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

And let them also be tried and investigated and proved first; then, if they turn out to be above reproach, let them serve [as deacons].

American Standard Version (1901)

And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless.

Common English Bible

They should also be tested and then serve if they are without fault.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And these things should be proven first, and then they may minister, being without offense.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And let these also first be proved: and so let them minister, having no crime.

1 Timothy 3:10 Cross References

1 Corinthians 1:8

He will also strengthen you to the end, so that you may be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Colossians 1:22

he has now reconciled in his fleshly body through death, so as to present you holy and blameless and irreproachable before him,

1 Timothy 3:13

for those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 3:2

Now a bishop must be above reproach, married only once, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an apt teacher,

1 Timothy 3:6

He must not be a recent convert, or he may be puffed up with conceit and fall into the condemnation of the devil.

1 Timothy 5:22

Do not ordain anyone hastily, and do not participate in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.

1 John 4:1

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.