1 Timothy 3:13 ASV

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Timothy 3:8-13

B.—Character of the Deacons and Deaconesses1 Timothy 3:8-138Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; [,] 9Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.6 10And let these also first be proved; [,] then let them use the 11office of a deacon, being found blameless. Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. 12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Timothy 3:8-16

Qualifications of Church Officials 1 Timothy 3:8-16 Younger men, referred to as deacons, were appointed to subordinate tasks, especially the relief of the poor, Acts 6:1-15 . Though their service was less important, their character must be of the highest quality. The strength of a church is as much in the godliness of those who fill subordinate offices, as in its acknowledged leaders. The caretaker of a church should be a man of as high ideals as its chief pastor. Nothing is common or... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 Timothy 3:1-16

Turning to the government of the Church, the apostle deals with two orders, bishops and deacons. The bishop is an overseer, whose duty it is to watch over the flock. The apostle describes the qualifications necessary to fulfil the office: (1) character (verses 1Ti 3:2-3 ), (2) temperament (verses 1Ti 3:4-5 ), (3) experience (verse 1Ti 3:6 ), and (4) reputation (verse 1Ti 3:7 ). The description of the deacon has unquestioned reference to the order instituted in the early days, as recorded... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 3:1-13

Choosing The Officers For The Local Church: Bishops, Deacons, and Deaconesses (1 Timothy 3:1-13 ). No task was more serious for the young Timothy, (nor for the older Titus), than that of the selection of good officers to lead the Lord’s army forwards. We come now, therefore to what the qualifications are for ‘bishops’ (overseers and teachers of the local church), and ‘deacons’ and deaconesses (servants of the church and spiritual assistants to the overseers). Only men could be bishops, but... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 3:1-16

In View Of What Christ Has Done Paul Lays Out The Battle Plan For The Future And Organises God’s Forces In Order To Ensure That His Church Will Be The Mainstay Of All That He Has Accomplished (1 Timothy 1:18 to 1 Timothy 3:16 ). Calling on Timothy to prepare for spiritual warfare (1 Timothy 1:18-20), he exhorts prayer for all men, and especially for all in high places, in order that the work of God might go forward peaceably among all men, for that was why He had sent His Mediator as a man... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 3:8-13

The Qualifications For Deacons and Deaconnesses (1 Timothy 3:8-13 ). The fact that there is no reference to teaching in these requirements points to the fact that deacons were not seen as authoritative teachers, but it would be unrealistic not to recognise that they would certainly engage in some form of teaching. As they moved around assisting the bishops in fulfilling the functions of the church throughout the city, and especially in their own locality, acting as ‘servants’, and presumably... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 3:13

‘For those who have served well as deacons gain to themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.’ The importance of the office in the eyes of the early church, comes out in this final comment. Those who serve well as deacons both gain good standing before God, and great boldness in their approach to God, and in their expectation of That Day. If they remain true they will one day hear His, ‘well done good and faithful servants’. ‘Gain to themselves a good... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 3:8-13

1 Timothy 3:8-1 Chronicles : . Deacons and Deaconesses.— Certain moral qualities, likewise, are required in deacons. They must be serious, sincere in speech, free from love of wine and (since they administer church funds) from love of money, holding with a pure conscience the truth revealed in the faith. They, too, must be appointed only when, tested by their general conduct in the community, they are found without accusation. (Deaconesses must satisfy similar requirements.) The domestic... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Timothy 3:13

Purchase to themselves a good degree; a good degree of honour, so that none hath reason to decline or to despise that office. This seems rather to be the sense, than what pleaseth some better, viz. that they purchase to themselves a higher degree in the ministry of the church; for though it be very probably true, and but rational, that the primitive church did out of their deacons choose their higher officers for the church, yet neither was this done universally as to all persons chosen into... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Timothy 3:8-13

CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES1 Timothy 3:8. Deacons.—Originally dispensers of the Church’s bounty, they came to be regarded as the subordinates of the presbyters. Not greedy.—Like the first purser of the Church.1 Timothy 3:10. First be proved.—In allusion to what is said of the bishop in 1 Timothy 3:6. Their qualifications for the office must be self-evident.1 Timothy 3:11. Even so must their wives.—As “their” is entirely imported and the original does not distinguish them as wives, the R.V.... read more

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Timothy 3:8-13

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Timothy 3:8-16

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 Timothy 3:1-16

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 3:1-13

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 3:1-16

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 3:8-13

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 3:13

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Timothy 3:8-13

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 1 Timothy 3:13

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 1 Timothy 3:8-13

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