12Let deacons be the husbands of one wife: who rule well their children, and their own houses.


In Context

9 Holding the mystery of faith in a pure conscience.

10 And let these also first be proved: and so let them minister, having no crime.

11 The women in like manner chaste, not slanderers, but sober, faithful in all things.

12 Let deacons be the husbands of one wife: who rule well their children, and their own houses.

13 For they that have ministered well, shall purchase to themselves a good degree, and much confidence in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

14 These things I write to thee, hoping that I shall come to thee shortly.

1 Timothy 3:12 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:12A deacon must be the husband of but one wife and must manage his children and his household well.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:12Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12Let the ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting their children and their own houses well:

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:12Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children, and their own houses well.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:12Ministrants — let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.