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The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 3:11

Women in like maturer must for even so must their wives , A.V. ; temperate for sober , A.V. Women . What is meant by these "women"? Certainly not women in general, which would be quite out of harmony with the context. The choice lies between This last, on the whole, is the most probable. The male deacons had just been spoken of, and so the apostle goes on to speak of the female deacons (at διάκονοι , Romans 16:1 ). He conceives of the deacon's office as consisting of two... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 3:12

Deacons for the deacons , A.V.; husbands for the husbands , A.V. Husbands of one wife (see above, 1 Timothy 3:2 , note). Ruling , etc. ( προιδτάμενοι ); literally, being at the head of , presiding over (see 1 Timothy 3:4 , note). In Romans 12:8 and 1 Thessalonians 5:12 it is applied to the spiritual ruler, the ἐπίσκοπος or πρεσβυτερος of the Church. Elsewhere only in the pastoral Epistles (above, 1 Thessalonians 5:4 and 1 Thessalonians 5:5 ; 1... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Timothy 3:11

Even so must their wives be grave - Chrysostom, Theophylact, Grotius, Bloomfield, and many others, suppose that by the word “wives,” here, (γυνᾶικας gunaikas), the apostle means “deaconesses.” Clarke supposes that it refers to women in general. The reason assigned for supposing that it does not refer to the wives of deacons, as such, is, that nothing is said of the qualifications of the wives of bishops - a matter of as much importance as that of the character of the wife of a deacon; and that... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Timothy 3:12

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife - notes, 1 Timothy 3:2.Ruling their children and their own houses well - notes, 1 Timothy 3:4-5. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Timothy 3:11

1 Timothy 3:11. Even so must their wives Namely, the wives of the deacons; be grave Serious in their deportment; not slanderers Or false accusers of the brethren and others; sober Or watchful, (as νηφαλεους may be rendered,) for occasions of doing good, and guarding against every temptation to evil; faithful To God, their husbands, and the poor; in all things Committed to their care, lest their imprudent and unfaithful conduct should bring the character of their husbands under... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Timothy 3:12-13

1 Timothy 3:12-13. Let the deacons As well as the bishops; be husbands of one wife That is, such as have shown their temperance by avoiding polygamy and causeless divorce; (see on 1 Timothy 3:2;) ruling their children, &c. This qualification, which was required in bishops likewise, shows how anxious the apostle was that all who bore sacred offices should be unblameable in every respect; knowing that the disorderly behaviour of the members of their family might give occasion to... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 3:1-13

Elders and deacons (3:1-13)Churches of the New Testament era were self-governing bodies that were independent of each other and under the control of local elders. Elders were also known as shepherds, overseers, guardians, leaders and bishops, but these names represent only two words in the original Greek, presbuteroi and episkopoi.These two Greek words refer to the same office and people. For example (in the words of the RSV), in Acts 20:17 Paul sent for the elders (presbuteroi) of the Ephesian... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Timothy 3:11

slanderers. Greek. diabolos , adjective sober. Same as "vigilant", 1 Timothy 3:2 . faithful . Same as "true", 1 Timothy 3:1 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Timothy 3:11

Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.Hervey summarized the three possible meanings of this verse, making it applicable to: (1) the wives of the deacons; (2) the wives of the elders and deacons; or (3) the women deacons.[32] Hervey, like so many present-day commentators opted for the third meaning, but this commentator is certain that the third meaning is wrong.If the women in view here had been deacons, Paul would have called them deacons, which... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Timothy 3:12

Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.Let deacons be husbands of one wife ... This disqualifies any woman from serving as an official deacon. The notion that Paul laid down hard and fast regulations regarding the marital status of both elders and (male) deacons, and he then authorized a whole new echelon of (female) deacons without specifying any marital qualifications whatever, is too unreasonable to believe. No! The people who are determined to... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 3:11

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Timothy 3:12

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Timothy 3:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Timothy 3:12

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Timothy 3:11

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Timothy 3:12-13

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Timothy 3:1-13

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Timothy 3:11

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Timothy 3:11

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Timothy 3:12

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