1 Timothy 3:10

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

They must also be tested first; if they prove blameless, then they can serve as deacons.

Cross References

1 Timothy 5:22

Don’t be too quick to appoint  , anyone as an elder, and don’t share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

1 Timothy 3:13

For those who have served well as deacons acquire a good standing for themselves and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

1 John 4:1

Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits  to see if they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.

1 Timothy 3:6

He must not be a new convert, or he might become conceited and incur the same condemnation as the devil.

1 Timothy 3:2

An overseer,  therefore, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible,  respectable, hospitable,  able to teach,

1 Corinthians 1:8

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

Colossians 1:22

But now he has reconciled you by his physical body through his death,  to present you holy, faultless,  and blameless before him   #– #