1 Timothy 3:10

New English Translation

And these also must be tested first and then let them serve as deacons if they are found blameless.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 1:8

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

Colossians 1:22

but now he has reconciled you by his physical body through death to present you holy, without blemish, and blameless before him –

1 Timothy 3:13

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

1 Timothy 3:2

The overseer then must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher,

1 Timothy 3:6

He must not be a recent convert or he may become arrogant and fall into the punishment that the devil will exact.

1 Timothy 5:22

Do not lay hands on anyone hastily and so identify with the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

1 John 4:1

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