1 Timothy 3:12

English Majority Text Version

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

Cross References

Philippians 1:1

Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, together with the overseers and ministers:

1 Timothy 3:2

It is necessary, therefore, for a bishop to be irreproachable, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, well-behaved, hospitable, skillful at teaching;

1 Timothy 3:8

Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, not being given to much wine, not greedy for money,