1 Timoteo 3:13

13 Los que hagan bien su trabajo como diáconos serán recompensados con el respeto de los demás y aumentarán su confianza en la fe en Cristo Jesús.

1 Timoteo 3:13 Meaning and Commentary

1 Timothy 3:13

For they that have used the office of a deacon well
With diligence and faithfulness, with simplicity and cheerfulness; taking good care of the minister and poor, and of the discipline of God's house:

purchase to themselves a good degree;
not an higher office, as that of presbytery or episcopacy, which is a sense calculated to serve a hierarchy; nor a degree in glory and happiness hereafter; but rather an increase of gifts and grace; or a degree of respect and honour in the church: or the sense is, they possess and enjoy, which is the meaning of the word rendered "purchase", a very honourable office in the church; and which is so to them, they using it well, and discharging it in an honourable manner; unless the apostle should design what the Jews called (atwnmyhmd agrd) , "a degree of faith": ^F2 but that is expressed in the next clause:

and great boldness in the faith, which is in Christ Jesus:
either in the exercise of the grace of faith at the throne of grace; or in asserting the doctrine of faith before men; and in reproving either for error or immorality: all which may be boldly done by those who use this office well.

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 Zohar in Exod. fol. 36. 3.

1 Timoteo 3:13 In-Context

11 De la misma manera, sus esposas
deben ser dignas de respeto y no calumniar a nadie. Deben tener control propio y ser fieles en todo lo que hagan.

12 Un diácono debe serle fiel a su esposa, dirigir bien a sus hijos y a los demás de su casa.

13 Los que hagan bien su trabajo como diáconos serán recompensados con el respeto de los demás y aumentarán su confianza en la fe en Cristo Jesús.

14 Verdades de nuestra fe
Aunque espero verte pronto te escribo estas cosas ahora,

15 para que, si me retraso, sepas cómo deben comportarse las personas en la familia de Dios. Esta es la iglesia del Dios viviente, columna y fundamento de la verdad.