1 Timothy 3:10 BSB — MannaFest

1 Timothy 3:10

Additionally, they must first be tested. Then, if they are above reproach, let them serve as deacons.

BSB

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ASV

And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless.

KJV

And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

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Commentary

3 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

For, since it is written, "That one should first be proved, and so minister" (1 Tim. iii. 10), much more ought he first to be proved who is taken as an intercessor for the people, lest bad priests should become the cause of the people's ruin. There can therefore be no excuse, no defence against this, since it is clearly known to all how solicitous about diligent attention to this matter is the holy and excellent teacher, who forbids that a novice should accede to sacred orders (1 Tim. iii.).

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Let these - be proved - Let them not be young converts, or persons lately brought to the knowledge of the truth. This is the same in spirit with what is required of the bishops, 1Ti 3:6. Let no man be put into an office in the Church till he has given full proof of his sincerity and steadiness, by having been for a considerable time a consistent private member of the Church. Being found blameless - Ανεγκλητοι οντες· Being irreproachable; persons against whom no evil can be proved.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

"And moreover," &c. [ALFORD]. be proved--not by a period of probation, but by a searching inquiry, conducted by Timothy, the ordaining president (1Ti 5:22), whether they be "blameless"; then when found so, "let them act as deacons." blameless--Greek, "unexceptionable"; as the result of public investigation unaccused [TITTMANN].

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Original language & word study

9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
καὶ	kai	Also	G2532 →
οὗτοι	houtoi	these	G3778 →
δὲ	de	now	G1161 →
δοκιμαζέσθωσαν	dokimazesthōsan	they should be tested	G1381 →
πρῶτον,	prōton	first,	G4413 →
εἶτα	eita	then	G1534 →
διακονείτωσαν	diakoneitōsan	they should serve	G1247 →
ἀνέγκλητοι	anegklētoi	blameless	G410 →
ὄντες.¶	ontes	being.	G1510 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

G4413protonfirst,152×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Timothy 3:2
An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
leads to
- Titus 1:6–9
  An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.
- 2 Timothy 2:24
  And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.
- Romans 12:13
  Share with the saints who are in need. Practice hospitality.
- 1 Timothy 5:9
  A widow should be enrolled if she is at least sixty years old, the wife of one man,
- 1 Peter 4:9
  Show hospitality to one another without complaining.
Through
1 Timothy 5:22
Do not be too quick in the laying on of hands and thereby share in the sins of others. Keep yourself pure.
leads to
- Ephesians 5:11
  Have no fellowship with the fruitless deeds of darkness, but rather expose them.
- 1 Timothy 3:6
  He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.
- 1 Timothy 4:14
  Do not neglect the gift that is in you, which was given you through the prophecy spoken over you at the laying on of the hands of the elders.