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1 Timothy 3:11 — King James Version← Study notes

Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.


1 Timothy 3:11Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Timothy 3:119 words
GreekMeaning
γυναῖκαςgynaikas
WomennounG1135
ὡσαύτωςhōsautōs
likewiseadverbG5615
σεμνάςsemnas
must be dignifiedadjectiveG4586
μὴ
notadverbG3361
διαβόλουςdiabolous
slanderersadjectiveG1228
νηφαλίουςnēphalious
faithfuladjectiveG4103
πιστὰςpistas
believe(-ing, -r), faithful(-ly)adjectiveG4103
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
πᾶσινpasin
all thingsadjectiveG3956
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 3:11

“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;…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 11 on First Timothy
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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