1 Timothy 3:12 Parallel Translations

NASB:

GWT:

A deacon must have only one wife. Deacons must manage their children and their families well.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Let the deacons be the 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 own houses well.

BBE:

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

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

WEY:

A deacon must be true to his one wife, and rule his children and his own household wisely and well.

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

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

1 Timothy 3:12 Cross References

XREF:

Philippians 1:1 Paul and Timothy, bond-servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, including the overseers and deacons:

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

1 Timothy 3:4 He must be one who manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity

1 Timothy 3:8 Deacons likewise must be men of dignity, not double-tongued, or addicted to much wine or fond of sordid gain, (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

3:12 {5} Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
(5) They that have than one wife, at one time, must neither by called to be ministers, nor to be deacons.

PNT:

3:12 The husbands of one wife. The same Greek word, gune, is used in the Greek here for wife that is used in 1Ti 3:11. On one wife, see PNT 1Ti 3:2.
Ruling their children and their own houses. See notes on 1Ti 3:4,5.

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:

Conducting Deacon Deacons Household Households Houses Husband Husbands Leading Manage Managers Ministers Ministrants Rule Ruling Servants Wife Wisely

Children Conducting Deacon Deacons Good Household Households Houses Husband Husbands Leading Manage Managers Ministers Ministrants Rule Ruling Servants True. Wife Wisely

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