Qualifications for Deacons
1 Timothy 3:11
In 9 translations
- BSB
- In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.Or their wives
- KJV
- Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
- WEB
- Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things.
- ASV
- Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
- LSV
- Women, in like manner, dignified, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.
- YLT
- Women — in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.
- DBY
- [The] women in like manner grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
- DRC
- The women in like manner chaste, not slanderers, but sober, faithful in all things.
- GNV
- Likewise their wiues must be honest, not euill speakers, but sober, and faithfull in all things.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Greek has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Where the editions differ
Editions are published forms of the Hebrew and Greek texts. Meet the editions and sources →
- NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles, Byzantine text read νηφαλίους (“clear-minded”); Textus Receptus read νηφαλέους (“sober-minded”).
Edition differences: STEP Bible, based on work at Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0). Names and codes expanded; consecutive words grouped. Comparisons follow the editions used by the source; see version details.
Original-language editions
- SBLGNT
- γυναῖκας ὡσαύτως σεμνάς, μὴ διαβόλους, νηφαλίους, πιστὰς ἐν πᾶσιν.
- RP2018
- Γυναῖκας ὡσαύτως σεμνάς, μὴ διαβόλους, νηφαλέους, πιστὰς ἐν πᾶσιν.
- TR-Boyd
- Γυναῖκας ὡσαύτως σεμνάς, μὴ διαβόλους, νηφαλίους, πιστὰς ἐν πᾶσι.νηφαλίους ¦ νηφαλέους ST
- SCR1894
- γυναικας ωσαυτως σεμνας μη διαβολους νηφαλιους πιστας εν πασιν
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
DeaconSlanderDeaconessSobrietyChurchSober; Sobriety; SobernessBishopGravityTemperance; TemperateDeacon; Deaconess
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Titus 2:3Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.
- Titus 3:2to malign no one, and to be peaceable and gentle, showing full consideration to everyone.
- 1 Timothy 3:2An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
- 2 Timothy 3:3unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good,
- 1 Peter 5:8Be sober-minded and alert. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
- Proverbs 10:18The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
- Psalms 101:5Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.
- Leviticus 21:7A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.
- Luke 1:5–6In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a daughter of Aaron. Both of them were righteous in the sight of God,…
- 1 Thessalonians 5:6–8So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober. For those who sleep, sleep at night; and those who get drunk, get drunk at night. But since we belong to the day, let us be sober, putting…
- 1 Timothy 1:12I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, that He considered me faithful and appointed me to service.
- Jeremiah 9:4“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.
- Matthew 4:1Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.
- Revelation 12:9–10And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him. And I heard a loud voice in heaven saying:…
- John 6:70Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”
- Proverbs 25:13Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a trustworthy messenger to those who send him; he refreshes the soul of his masters.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).