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Want to know what the Bible says about Deaconess? Here are 115 Bible verses about Deaconess from the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Bible, New International Version (NIV), sorted from the most relevant to the least relevant.

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Romans 16:1 NIV
I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon of the church in Cenchreae.
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1 Timothy 3:11 NIV
In the same way, the women are to be worthy of respect, not malicious talkers but temperate and trustworthy in everything.
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Philippians 1:1 NIV
Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus,
To all God’s holy people in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons :
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Romans 16:1-2 NIV
16 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon of the church in Cenchreae. 2 I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many people, including me.
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1 Timothy 3:8 NIV
In the same way, deacons are to be worthy of respect, sincere, not indulging in much wine, and not pursuing dishonest gain.
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1 Timothy 3:12 NIV
A deacon must be faithful to his wife and must manage his children and his household well.
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1 Timothy 2:12 NIV
I do not permit a woman to teach or to assume authority over a man; she must be quiet.
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1 Timothy 3:2 NIV
Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
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Titus 2:3-5 NIV
3 Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good. 4 Then they can urge the younger women to love their husbands and children, 5 to be self-controlled and pure, to be busy at home, to be kind, and to be subject to their husbands, so that no one will malign the word of God.
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