1 Timothy 3:12

12 Let [the] ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting [their] children and their own houses well:

1 Timothy 3:12 Meaning and Commentary

1 Timothy 3:12

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife,
&c.] (See Gill on 1 Timothy 3:2)

ruling their children and their own houses well.
These qualifications are the same with those of the bishop or elder; (See Gill on 1 Timothy 3:4).

1 Timothy 3:12 In-Context

10 And let these be first proved, then let them minister, being without charge [against them].

11 [The] women in like manner grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

12 Let [the] ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting [their] children and their own houses well:

13 for those who shall have ministered well obtain for themselves a good degree, and much boldness in faith which [is] in Christ Jesus.

14 These things I write to thee, hoping to come to thee more quickly;

Footnotes

• [a] Diakonos, 'servants' or 'deacons:' see Rom. 16.1 and 1Cor. 4.1.