1 Timothy 3:12

12 Let the deacons be the husbands of only one wife, ruling 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 also first be proved; then let them minister, if they are blameless.

11 The wives likewise are to be honest, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

12 Let the deacons be the husbands of only one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

13 For those that minister well purchase to themselves a good degree and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly