Holding the mystery of the faith, &c.— The deacons were to be such as held the mystery of the pure and unmixed Christian faith, and that held it in a good conscience, and would be ready openly to profess it: men of integrity, and of charity towards both Gentile and Jewish Christians,and who were not for imposing upon the one or the other. See Galatians 2:2. Ephesians 1:9 and Ephesians 3:1-11.
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1 Timothy 3:9
9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.