1 Timothy 3:10

Weymouth NT

And they must also be well-tried men, and when found to be of unblemished character then let them serve as deacons.

Cross References

1 Corinthians 1:8

who will also keep you stedfast to the very End, so that you will be free from reproach on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Colossians 1:22

He has now, in His human body, reconciled to God by His death, to bring you, holy and faultless and irreproachable, into His presence;

1 Timothy 3:13

For those who have filled the deacon's office wisely and well, are already gaining for themselves an honourable standing, and are acquiring great freedom of speech in proclaiming the faith which rests on Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 3:2

A minister then must be a man of irreproachable character, true to his one wife, temperate, sober-minded, well-behaved, hospitable to strangers, and with a gift for teaching;

1 Timothy 3:6

He ought not to be a new convert, for fear he should be blinded with pride and come under the same condemnation as the Devil.

1 Timothy 5:22

Do not ordain any one hastily; and do not be a partaker in the sins of others; keep yourself pure.

1 John 4:1

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