1 Timothy 3:11 Parallel Translations

Their wives must also be of good character. They must not be gossips, but they must control their tempers and be trustworthy in every way.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

BBE:

Women are to be serious in behaviour, saying no evil of others, controlling themselves, true in all things.

DBY:

The women in like manner grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

ERV:

Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

WEY:

Deaconesses, in the same way, must be sober-minded women, not slanderers, but in every way temperate and trustworthy.

WBS:

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

WEB:

Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

YLT:

Women -- in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.

1 Timothy 3:11 Cross References

XREF:

1 Timothy 3:2 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, prudent, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

2 Timothy 3:3 unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good,

Titus 2:3 Older women likewise are to be reverent in their behavior, not malicious gossips nor enslaved to much wine, teaching what is good, (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

3:11 {4} Even so [must their] wives [be] grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
(4) Regard must also be had for the pastor's and deacon's wives.

PNT:

3:11 Even so [must their] wives [be] grave. The word in the Greek word gune may mean women or wives. It is rendered wife in 1Ti 3:12. The Revised Version says, Women in like manner [must be] grave. I believe that the Common Version is nearer right. The duties of women generally are not spoken of in the midst of a discussion of elders and deacons. Either deaconesses are meant, or the wives of bishops and deacons; more likely the latter. We know that an injudicious wife may mar the work of a church officer.
Not slanderers. Not given to tattling.

WES:

3:11 Faithful in all things - Both to God, their husbands, and the poor.

MHC:

3:8-13 The deacons were at first appointed to distribute the charity of the church, and to manage its concerns, yet pastors and evangelists were among them. The deacons had a great trust reposed in them. They must be grave, serious, prudent men. It is not fit that public trusts should be lodged in the hands of any, till they are found fit for the business with which they are to be trusted. All who are related to ministers, must take great care to walk as becomes the gospel of Christ.

CONC:

FALSE Behaviour Controlling Deaconesses Dignified Evil Faithful Gossips Grave Likewise Malicious Manner Respect Reverent Saying Serious Slanderers Sober Sober-minded Talkers Temperate Themselves Trustworthy Vigilant Wives Women Worthy

Accusers Behaviour Controlling Dignified Evil Faithful Gossips Grave Likewise Malicious Manner Others Respect Reverent Slanderers Sober Sober-Minded Talkers Temperate Themselves True. Trustworthy Vigilant Way Wives Women Worthy

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