1 TIMOTHY 3:11 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 1
“Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.”
Women likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things — the ambiguity (gynaikas or wives) permits readings as either women deacons or deacons' wives, but the parallel structure (dignified, not slanderous, sober, faithful) suggests female deacons are addressed. Diaconal service demands the same virtues regardless of gender.
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