The King James Version Bible

1 Timothy 3:12

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

Cross References

  1. A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
  2. Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
  3. One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
  4. Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;