1 Timothy 3:12
King James Version (KJV)
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
In context
10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
1 Timothy 3:12 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
- WEB World English Bible
- Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- Ministrants — let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,
- DBY Darby Translation
- Let [the] ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting [their] children and their own houses well:
- WBS Webster Bible
- Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children, and their own houses well.