10Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.


In Context

7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.

8 Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money;

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

10 Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.

11 Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

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

1 Timothy 3:10 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:10And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being [found] blameless.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:10They must first be tested; and then if there is nothing against them, let them serve as deacons.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

3:10And let these also first be proved: and so let them minister, having no crime.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:10And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:10And let these be first proved, then let them minister, being without charge against them.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:10And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:10And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:10and let these also first be proved, then let them minister, being unblameable.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:10And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.