1 Timothy 3:12

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

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Philippians 1:1

Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

1 Timothy 3:4

One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

1 Timothy 3:8

Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

1 Timothy 3:2

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

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BBE BBE

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

DBY DBY

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

KJV King James Version

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

WBT WBT

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

WEB WEB

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

YLT YLT

Ministrants -- let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,