1 Timothy 3:12KJV
Protestant Bible · KJV · Verse 12 of 16
"Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well."
In context
10And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being blameless.
11Even so wives grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
13For 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.
14These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly: