Compare Translations for 1 Timothy 3:12

12 Deacons must be husbands of one wife, managing their children and their own households competently.
12 Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well.
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
12 Servants in the church are to be committed to their spouses, attentive to their own children, and diligent in looking after their own affairs.
12 Deacons must be husbands of only one wife, and good managers of their children and their own households.
12 A deacon must be faithful to his wife and must manage his children and his household well.
12 Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
12 A deacon must be faithful to his wife, and he must manage his children and household well.
12 Let deacons be married only once, and let them manage their children and their households well;
12 Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling [their] children and their own houses well.
12 Let Deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their houses well.
12 Servants must be faithful to their spouse and manage their children and their own households well.
12 Servants must be faithful to their spouse and manage their children and their own households well.
12 Let the shammashim each be faithful to his wife, managing his children and household well.
12 Let [the] ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting [their] children and their own houses well:
12 A church helper must have only one wife, and be able to manage his children and family well.
12 A church helper must have only one wife, and be able to manage his children and family well.
12 A deacon must have only one wife. Deacons must manage their children and their families well.
12 Let shammashim be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of only one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
12 Deacons must be husbands of one wife, managing [their] children and their own households well.
12 Deacons must have only one wife and be good leaders of their children and their own families.
12 A deacon must be faithful to his wife. He must manage his children and family well.
12 Let deacons be married only once, and let them manage their children and their households well;
12 Let deacons be the husbands of one wife: who rule well their children and their own houses.
12 Let deacons be the husband of one wife, and let them manage their children and their households well;
12 Let deacons be the husband of one wife, and let them manage their children and their households well;
12 διάκονοι ἔστωσαν μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρες, τέκνων καλῶς προϊστάμενοι καὶ τῶν ἰδίων οἴκων ·
12 Let each deacon be the husband of one wife, ruling his children and his own house well.
12 Let each deacon be the husband of one wife, ruling his children and his own house well.
12 Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wyfe and suche as rule their chyldren well and their awne housholdes.
12 diacones sint unius uxoris viri qui filiis suis bene praesunt et suis domibus
12 diacones sint unius uxoris viri qui filiis suis bene praesunt et suis domibus
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children, and their own houses well.
12 Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
12 A deacon must be true to his one wife, and rule his children and his own household wisely and well.
12 Deacons be [they] husbands of one wife; which govern well their sons and their houses.
12 Ministrants -- let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,

1 Timothy 3:12 Commentaries