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5 results- Verse1 Timothy 3:12A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.
- Verse1 Timothy 3:8Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.
- Verse1 Timothy 3:10Additionally, they must first be tested. Then, if they are above reproach, let them serve as deacons.
- Verse1 Timothy 3:13For those who have served well as deacons acquire for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
- VersePhilippians 1:1Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons:
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2 results- WordG1249 διάκονος · diákonos (Greek)an attendant, i.e. (genitive case) a waiter (at table or in other menial duties). The Greek word stands 29 times in the original text.
- WordG1247 διακονέω · diakonéō (Greek)to be an attendant, i.e. wait upon (menially or as a host, friend, or (figuratively) teacher). The Greek word stands 37 times in the original text.
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9 results- VoiceQuodvultdeusHis name means 'what God wills' — a real African Christian name of the period, not a title. He was born in North Africa around 390 and was a deacon at Carthage while Augustine…
- VoicePeter ChrysologusPeter was born about 380 at Imola in northern Italy, and was made deacon there by Bishop Cornelius, whom he always called his spiritual father. Around 433 he became bishop of…
- VoiceJohn GillJohn Gill was born at Kettering in Northamptonshire on November 23, 1697, the son of a wool merchant who served as a deacon in the dissenting congregation there. Because the…
- VoicePaschasius of DumiumPaschasius was a monk and deacon of the monastery at Dumium, near Braga in Galicia, in northwestern Spain, in the sixth century. He was born about 515 and died around 580. He…
- VoicePaulinus of MilanPaulinus was a deacon of the church of Milan who served as notary and personal secretary to Bishop Ambrose. He was with him at the end — he says he was present at Ambrose's…