1 Timothy 3:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

• 1 Timothy 3:12 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife - notes, 1 Timothy 3:2 . Ruling their children and their own houses well - notes, 1 Timothy 3:4-5 .

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• 1 Timothy 3:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (5) Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. (5) They that have than one wife, at one time, must neither by called to be ministers, nor to be dea...

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• 1 Timothy 3:12 - 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 3:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  Let the deacons be Since he mentioned wives, he lays down the same injunction about deacons as he had formerly down about bishops; namely, that each of them — satisfied within having but one...

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• 1 Timothy 3:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife - This is the same that is required of the bishops. See on 1...

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• 1 Timothy 3:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. One wife (note, 1 Timothy 3:2 ). Ruling (their) children. There is no article; 'ruling child...

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• 1 Timothy 3:12 - 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 3:12 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife. — Here the exact same qualification is to be sought for as in the higher grade of presbyter. The same orderly and decorous household is required now in...

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• 1 Timothy 3:12 - 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 3:12 - 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 3:12 - 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 3:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife ,.... 1 Timothy 3:2 ruling their children and their own houses well . These qualifications are the same with those of the bishop or elder; 1 Timothy...

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• 1 Timothy 3:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. Ver. 12. Husbands of one wife, &c. ] See Trapp on " 1Ti 3:2 " See Trapp on " 1Ti 3:4 "

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• 1 Timothy 3:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Let the deacons As well as the bishops; be husbands of one wife That is, such as have shown their temperance by avoiding polygamy and causeless divorce; (see on 1 Timothy 3:2 ;) ruling their ch...

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• 1 Timothy 3:12 - 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 3:12 - 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 3:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  See the sense of these words, 1 Timothy 3:2,4 , being the qualifications also of a bishop.

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• 1 Timothy 3:12 - 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 3:12 - 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 3:12 - 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 3:12 - 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 3:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Office of Deacons.

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• 1 Timothy 3:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Timothy 3:2 ; 1 Timothy 3:4 ; 1 Timothy 3:5

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