1 Timothy 3:10 “Additionally, they must first be tested. Then, if they are above repro…”

1 Timothy 3:10

Additionally, they must first be tested. Then, if they are above reproach, let them serve as deacons.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

World English Bible

Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.

American Standard Version

And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless.

Geneva Bible 1599

And let them first be proued: then let them minister, if they be found blameles.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

and let these also first be proved, then let them minister, being unblameable.

Bible in Basic English

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

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Cross references

“let these”

1 Timothy 5:22 1 Timothy 3:6 1 John 4:1

1 Timothy 5:22 · BSB

Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.

1 Timothy 3:6 · BSB

He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.

1 John 4:1 · BSB

Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God. For many false prophets have gone out into the world.

“use”

1 Timothy 3:13 Acts 6:1 Acts 6:2

1 Timothy 3:13 · BSB

For those who have served well as deacons acquire for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

Acts 6:1 · BSB

In those days when the disciples were increasing in number, the Grecian Jews among them began to grumble against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food.

Acts 6:2 · BSB

So the Twelve summoned all the disciples and said, “It is unacceptable for us to neglect the word of God in order to wait on tables.

“being”

1 Timothy 3:2 1 Corinthians 1:8 Colossians 1:22 Titus 1:6 Titus 1:7

1 Timothy 3:2 · BSB

An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

1 Corinthians 1:8 · BSB

He will sustain you to the end, so that you will be blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Colossians 1:22 · BSB

But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—

Titus 1:6 · BSB

An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.

Titus 1:7 · BSB

As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9They must hold to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.

11In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.

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