1 Timothy 3:10

proved. tested.

use, &c.. serve. App-190.

blameless. Greek. anenkletos. See 1 Corinthians 1:8.

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¹⁰ And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

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Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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