1 Timothy 3:10

10 And let these first be put to the test; then let them become Deacons if there is nothing against them.

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 Deacons, in the same way, are to be serious in their behaviour, not false in word, not given to taking much wine or greatly desiring the wealth of this world;

9 Keeping the secret of the faith in a heart free from sin.

10 And let these first be put to the test; then let them become Deacons if there is nothing against them.

11 Women are to be serious in behaviour, saying no evil of others, controlling themselves, true in all things.

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