1 Timothy 3:10

10 And let them fyrst be proved and then let them minister yf they be founde fautlesse.

1 Timothy 3:10 Meaning and Commentary

1 Timothy 3:10

And let these also first be proved
Not that they should be tried in any part of the deacon's office, to see how capable they are of performing it; but their internal and external characters are to be looked into and examined, and if they appear, to be right, then they are to be approved of, chosen and called unto, and invested with the office:

then let them use the office of a deacon;
let them be employed and minister in the several parts and branches of that office:

being found blameless;
not without sin, but free from any gross and enormous one; not before God, but in the sight of men; (See Gill on 1 Timothy 3:2).

1 Timothy 3:10 In-Context

8 Lykwyse must the deacons be honest not double tonged not geve vnto moche drynkinge nether vnto filthy lucre:

9 but havynge the mistery of the fayth in pure consciece.

10 And let them fyrst be proved and then let them minister yf they be founde fautlesse.

11 Even so must their wynes be honest not evyll speakers: but sober and faythfull in all thinges.

12 Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wyfe and suche as rule their chyldren well and their awne housholdes.