Verse 12. _LET THE DEACONS BE THE HUSBANDS OF ONE WIFE_] This is the same that is required of the _bishops_. See notes on 1 Timothy 3:2; _"_1 Timothy 3:4_"_; and _"_1 Timothy 3:5_"_....
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....
III. CONCERNING THE HOUSE OF GOD CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The overseer (1 Timothy 3:1)_ 2. The deacon (1 Timothy 3:8) 3. The house of God and the mystery of Godliness (1 Timothy 3:14)...
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 love...
THE LEADERS OF THE CHURCH (1 Timothy 3:1-7)...
_ruling_their _children_ The sentence gives compendiously the same requirements as to domestic relationships for deacons as for presbyters; the briefer form of the latter clause favours the interpreti...
12, 13. THE QUALIFICATIONS OF DEACONS (_continued_)...
The injunctions of this verse are identical with those laid down before in the case of ἐπίσκοποι; see the notes on 1 Timothy 3:2-3. If a man’s family is disorderly, it constitutes a _presumption_ that...
ΈΣΤΩΣΑΝ _praes. imper. act. 3 pers. pl._ от ΕΙΜΊ (G1510) быть....
THE DEACONS 1 Timothy 3:8-13 _TEXT 3:8-13_ 8 Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; 9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure...
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. ONE WIFE (note, ). RULING (THEIR) CHILDREN. There is no article; 'ruling children' implying he regard...
3 Translators have experienced much difficulty with this opening sentence, because it seemed to lack the principal verb. The A V adds _ so do_, the Revisers _ so do I now_. It is very seldom that any...
5 This passage is primarily intended to break down the bounds in which salvation had hitherto been confined. The testimony of past eras is no basis on which to build in this era. The testimony to the...
3:12 ministers (i-3) _ Diakonos_ , 'servants' or 'deacons.' see Romans 16:1 and 1 Corinthians 4:1 ....
CONCERNING THE OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH 1-7. The fourth charge to Timothy, in respect to presbyters....
FIFTH CHARGE TO TIMOTHY—as to deacons and deaconesses....
HUSBANDS OF ONE WIFE] see on 1 Timothy 3:2....
HOW TO BE A LEADER IN THE CHURCH 1 TIMOTHY _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 3 WHAT AN *ELDER MUST BE LIKE (3:1-7) V1 Anyone who aims to be a leader in the church desires a good task. That is true. V2 But...
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...
As the episcopi were naturally drawn from the ranks of the deacons, the diaconate was a probation time, in the course of which the personal moral qualifications for the ἐπισκοπή might be acquired. See...
The qualifications of the men who are to be ministers; and first (_a_) of the episcopus (vv.1-7) secondly (_b_) of the deacons (1 Timothy 3:8-13) with a parenthetical instruction respecting women chur...
QUALIFICATIONS OF CHURCH OFFICIALS 1 Timothy 3:8 Younger men, referred to as deacons, were appointed to subordinate tasks, especially the relief of the poor, Acts 6:1. Though their service was less i...
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 qualific...
QUALIFICATIONS OF DEACONS By using the word "likewise," Paul made it clear that the qualifications of deacons are as important as those of elders. The word deacon comes from the original diakonos, whi...
(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 deac...
(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 t...
1 Timothy 1:1-20. We enter now on the confidential communications of the apostle to some of his fellow-labourers, and tonight on the epistles to Timothy. The two have much in common, but they have als...
_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 wife —...
The apostle next points out to Timothy the qualities necessary for a bishop or a deacon, as well as for the wife of the latter. [4] He supposes here that there were some who desired to undertake this...
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 3:4....
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 _"_...
_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 child...
LET THE DEACONS BE THE HUSBANDS OF ONE WIFE, RULING THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR OWN HOUSES WELL....
THE OFFICE OF DEACONS....
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 assembly...
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling well their children and their own houses well. 1. Husbands - Can a man serve as a deacon and never be married? Can a man serve as a deacon whose wi...
“DEACONS MUST BE HUSBANDS OF ONLY ONE WIFE”: This would exclude the single man. Some view this as meaning that the deacon cannot be. polygamist, but polygamy is something that would have been ceased a...
8-13 The deacons were at first appointed to distribute the charity of the church, and to manage its concerns, yet pastors and evangelists were among them. The deacons had a great trust reposed in them...
See the sense of these words, 1 TIMOTHY 3:2,4, being the qualifications also of a bishop....
Origen Commentary on Matthew Book XIV ; and, in regard todeacons, "Let the deacons," he says, "be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and theirown houses well,"[181]...
1 Timothy 3:12 Let G2077 deacons G1249 be G2077 (G5749) husbands G435 one G3391 wife G1135 ruling G4291 ...
1 Timothy 3:12. After the parenthetic digression, the list of qualifications for the deacons is continued, the conditions of good reputation being identical with those for the bishops....
OF ONE WIFE (μιας γυναικος). At a time as in verse 1 Timothy 3:2.RULING WELL (προισταμενο καλως). As in 1 Timothy 3:4....
CONTENTS: Qualifications of elders and deacons. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Satan. CONCLUSION: Those having places of authority in the church must be blameless, not lying under any scandal, watchful ag...
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 primiti...
ONLY ONE WIFE. See note on 1 Timothy 3:2. BE ABLE TO MANAGE. See notes on 1 Timothy 3:4-5. A church helper does not manage the affairs of the church, but he (or she) will be deeply involved in the liv...
_Husband of one wife._ A NEGLIGENT FATHER I was once the guest, says Mr. Moody, of a Christian man, whose children were turning out badly. One night a conversation took place about them; and with tea...
_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 follies a...
_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 first purse...
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 manifestly refers...
Ver. 12. The apostle, returning again to the deacons for the purpose of supplementing what he had previously said, adds concerning them: _Let the deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling well their chi...
Tonight we will be studying First Timothy three and four. It is interesting as Paul writes to Timothy on several occasions, he uses phrases that are interesting to me. He said, This is a faithful sayi...
1 Timothy 3:2; 1 Timothy 3:4; 1 Timothy 3:5...
That is, "Let not any such be admitted deacon who has more wives than one, or that hath injuriously put away one, and married to another; and let them show by the good government of their own children...