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 the case of the deacon, as was to be looked for as qualification for the presiding elder. St. Paul knew well that in the wise yet tender father, Timothy would find the firm yet generous distributor of the Church’s alms, the loving and devoted friend of the poor sick.
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1 Timothy 3:12
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.