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1 Timothy 3:12

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
1 Timothy 3:12 · King James Version

In other versions

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

    ASV

  • Let Deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their houses well.

    BBE

  • Let [the] ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting [their] children and their own houses well:

    DBY

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

    WEB

  • Ministrants -- let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,

    YLT

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

    ENG

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

    WBT

  • A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.

    BSB

In context

10And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

11Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

13For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

14These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:

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