American Standard Version
"Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. "
— 1 Timothy 3:12, American Standard Version
“Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.”
“Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.”
“Deacons must be husbands of one wife and good managers of their children and their own households.”
“Let deacons be the husbands of one wife: who rule well their children and their own houses.”
“Let Deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their houses well.”
“Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.”
holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless.
Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
For they that have served well as deacons gain to themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly;
but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.