1 Timothy 3:13
King James Version (KJV)
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.
In context
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:
15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
1 Timothy 3:13 in every translation
- KJV King James Version
- 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.
- WEB World English Bible
- For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For those who have served well as deacons acquire for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.
- ASV American Standard Version
- 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.
- YLT Young's Literal Translation
- for those who did minister well a good step to themselves do acquire, and much boldness in faith that [is] in Christ Jesus.
- DBY Darby Translation
- for those who shall have ministered well obtain for themselves a good degree, and much boldness in faith which [is] in Christ Jesus.
- WBS Webster Bible
- 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.