1 TIMOTHY 3:13 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.”
For those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus — the paradosis (tradition) of diaconal service yields parrēsia (boldness/confidence) and a strong position (bathmos) in the community. Faithful diaconal labor produces both reputation and spiritual maturation.
Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 3:13
Everywhere they are required to rule their children well, that others may not be scandalized by their misconduct. “They that use the office of a Deacon well, purchase to themselves a good degree,” that is, advancement, “and much boldness in the faith of Jesus Christ”; as if he would say, that those who have been found vigilant in the lower degree will soon ascend to the higher.
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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