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. |