1 Timothy 3:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. ”

• 1 Timothy 3:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Even so must their wives be grave - Chrysostom, Theophylact, Grotius, Bloomfield, and many others, suppose that by the word “wives,” here, ( γυνᾶικας gunaikas), the apostle means “deaconesses...

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• 1 Timothy 3:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (4) Even so [must their] wives [be] grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. (4) Regard must also be had for the pastor's and deacon's wives.

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• 1 Timothy 3:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Deacons and Deaconesses. Certain moral qualities, likewise, are required in deacons. They must be serious, sincere in speech, free from love of wine and (since they administer church funds) from lo...

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• 1 Timothy 3:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  slanderers. Greek. diabolos , adjective sober. Same as "vigilant", 1 Timothy 3:2 . faithful . Same as "true", 1 Timothy 3:1 .

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• 1 Timothy 3:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  11. Likewise the wives He means the wives both of deacons and of bishops, for they must be aids to their husbands in their office; which cannot be, unless their behavior excel that of others...

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• 1 Timothy 3:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. Even so must their wives be grave - I believe the apostle does not mean here the wives either of the bishops or d...

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• 1 Timothy 3:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Even so must their wives be grave,— There was as much reason that this should extend to the wives of bishops also; and as he begins the next verse with let the deacons, that is to say, as well...

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• 1 Timothy 3:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. (Their) wives - rather, 'women;' i:e., deaconesses. For there is no reason that special rules should be laid...

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• 1 Timothy 3:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  Concerning the Officers of the Church 1-7. The fourth charge to Timothy, in respect to presbyters.

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• 1 Timothy 3:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Even so must their wives... — The position of this solitary charge, respecting deacons’ wives, in the midst of regulations concerning “deacons,” is, of itself, almost decisive against the transla...

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• 1 Timothy 3:11 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Qualifications of Church Officials 1 Timothy 3:8-16 Younger men, referred to as deacons, were appointed to subordinate tasks, especially the relief of the poor, Acts 6:1-15 . Though their serv...

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• 1 Timothy 3:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  Turning to the government of the Church, the apostle deals with two orders, bishops and deacons. The bishop is an overseer, whose duty it is to watch over the flock. The apostle describes the qualifi...

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• 1 Timothy 3:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (1) В¶ This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. (2) A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given...

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• 1 Timothy 3:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Even so must their wives be grave ,.... Some instead of "wives" read "women", and understand them of deaconesses, such as were in the primitive churches; whose business it was to visit the poor and...

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• 1 Timothy 3:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. Ver. 11. Must their wives be grave ] As themselves must, 1 Timothy 3:6 . Gravity is such an elixir, as by co...

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• 1 Timothy 3:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Even so must their wives Namely, the wives of the deacons; be grave Serious in their deportment; not slanderers Or false accusers of the brethren and others; sober Or watchful , (as νηφαλεου...

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• 1 Timothy 3:11 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

  If before we have seen personal conduct that is to be consistent with assembly character, this chapter, while dealing with personal character still, connects it directly with the order of the assembl...

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• 1 Timothy 3:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Qualifications of Deacons. A. D.  64.       8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubleton...

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• 1 Timothy 3:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Even so must their wives be grave : must their is not in the Greek, but supplied by our interpreters, and, as some think, ill, judging that he speaks here not of deacons wives, but of deaconesses,...

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• 1 Timothy 3:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES 1 Timothy 3:8 . Deacons. —Originally dispensers of the Church’s bounty, they came to be regarded as the subordinates of the presbyters. Not greedy. —Like the firs...

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• 1 Timothy 3:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  1 Timothy 3:1 . This is a true saying, an indubitable word, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work, a laudable sphere of labour and usefulness. But by the idea of a prim...

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• 1 Timothy 3:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

  Likewise must the deacons be grave. The ideal deacon I. Deacons should be of noble character ( 1 Timothy 3:8 ). 1. They were to be grave-- i.e. , of serious deportment--not sharing in the fo...

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• 1 Timothy 3:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION 1 Timothy 3:1 Faithful is the saying for this is a true saying , A.V.; seeketh for desire , A.V. Faithful is the saying (see above, 1 Timothy 1:15 , note). This mani...

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• 1 Timothy 3:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Office of Deacons.

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• 1 Timothy 3:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Peter 5:8 ; 1 Thessalonians 5:6-8 ; 1 Timothy 1:12 ; 1 Timothy 3:2 ; 1 Timothy 3:4 ; 1 Timothy 6:2 ; 2 Timothy 3:3 ; 2 Timothy 4:5 ; Ezekiel 44:22 ; Jeremiah 9:4 ; John 6:70 ; Leviticus...

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• 1 Timothy 3:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Faithful in all things — Both to God, their husbands, and the poor.

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