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


In Context

9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

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

13 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.

14 These things I write to thee, hoping to 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

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 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.