1 Timothy 3:10

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

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Before · 1 Timothy 3:8–9

8Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money, 9holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

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

After · 1 Timothy 3:11–12

11Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things. 12Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

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Footnoteor, serve as deacons

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