1 Timothy 3:13

New Testament Epistle (Pauline) ASV (1901)

For they that have served well as deacons gain to themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 3:13 — American Standard Version

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Context — 1 Timothy 3

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10And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless.

11Women in like manner [must be] grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

12Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling [their] children and their own houses well.

13For they that have served well as deacons gain to themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

14These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly;

15but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

16And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness; He who was manifested in the flesh, Justified in the spirit, Seen of angels, Preached among the nations, Believed on in the world, Received up in glory.

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