1 TIMOTHY 3:10 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.”
And let them first be tested; then, if they prove themselves blameless, let them serve as deacons — the testing (dokimazō) precedes authorization, ensuring only those of demonstrated virtue exercise diaconal ministry. Blamelessly (anegklētos) echoes earlier qualifications, maintaining consistency across leadership tiers.
Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 3:10
“Likewise the Deacons.” That is, they should have the same qualities as Bishops. And what are these same? To be blameless, sober, hospitable, patient, not brawlers, not covetous. And that he means this when he says “likewise,” is evident from what he says in addition, “grave, not doubletongued”; that is, not hollow or deceitful. For nothing so debases a man as deceit, nothing is so pernicious in the Church as insincerity. “Not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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