The Good Degree
1 Timothy 3:12
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.


The words refer, in the first place, to a faithful discharge of the duties attached to the office of the deacon. They that have "used the office of a deacon well" are they who have laboured in the diaconate with honour to themselves and glory to their M

Parallel Verses
KJV: 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.




The Domestic Duty of Deacons
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