Bible Read 1 Timothy 3

1 Timothy 3:12

World English Bible (WEB)

Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

In context

10 Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.

11 Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things.

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

13 For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

14 These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly,

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1 Timothy 3:12 in every translation

WEB World English Bible
Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
KJV King James Version
Let the deacons be the 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.