And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
'And moreover' х kai (G2532) ... de (G1161)] be proved-not by a period of probation, but by searching inquiry by Timothy, the ordaining president (1 Timothy 5:22), then when found 'unaccused' ( anengkleetoi (G410): but anepileemptos (G423), 'unexceptionable,'1 Timothy 3:2 1 Timothy 3:2: cf. note), 'let them act as deacons.'