Verse 10

And let these first be put to the test; then let them become Deacons if there is nothing against them.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Tim 5:22 : 22 Do not put hands on any man without thought, and have no part in other men's sins: keep yourself clean.
• Titus 1:6-7 : 6 Men having a good record, husbands of one wife, whose children are of the faith, children of whom it may not be said that they are given to loose living or are uncontrolled. 7 For it is necessary for a Bishop to be a man of virtue, as God's servant; not pushing himself forward, not quickly moved to wrath or blows, not desiring profit for himself;
• 1 John 4:1 : 1 My loved ones, do not put your faith in every spirit, but put them to the test, to see if they are from God: because a great number of false prophets have gone out into the world.
• Acts 6:1-2 : 1 Now in those days, when the number of the disciples was increasing, protests were made by the Greek Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were not taken care of in the distribution of food every day. 2 And the Apostles sent for all the disciples and said, It is not right for us to give up preaching the word of God in order to make distribution of food.
• 1 Cor 1:8 : 8 Who will give you strength to the end, to be free from all sin in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 1 Tim 3:2 : 2 The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;
• 1 Tim 3:6 : 6 Not one newly taken into the church, for fear that, through his high opinion of himself, he may come into the same sin as the Evil One.
• 1 Tim 3:13 : 13 For those who have done good work as Deacons get for themselves a good position and become free from fear in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
• Col 1:22 : 22 In the body of his flesh through death, so that you might be holy and without sin and free from all evil before him: