KJVAnd let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless.
Additionally, they must first be tested. Then, if they are above reproach, let them serve as deacons.
and let these also first be proved, then let them minister, being unblameable.
And let these be first proved, then let them minister, being without charge [against them].
1 Timothy — Apostolic writings (New Testament).
1 It is a true saying Chrysostom thinks, that this is the conclusion of the preceding doctrine. But I do not approve of the opinion; for Paul commonly makes use of this form of expression as a prelude to what he is about to introduce, Besides, in the former discourse…