1 Timothy 3:10

New International Version

They must first be tested; and then if there is nothing against them, let them serve as deacons.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 1:8

He will also keep you firm 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 Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy in his sight, without blemish and free from accusation—

1 Timothy 3:13

Those who have served well gain an excellent standing and great assurance in their faith in Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 3:2

Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

1 Timothy 3:6

He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same judgment as the devil.

1 Timothy 5:22

Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, and do not share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

1 John 4:1

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