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


In Context

9 having the secret of the faith in a pure conscience,

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

11 Women — in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.

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

13 for those who did minister well a good step to themselves do acquire, and much boldness in faith that is in Christ Jesus.

14 These things I write to thee, hoping to come unto thee soon,

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 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 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.