1 Timothy 3:8-13

21st Century King James Version

⁸ Likewise must the deacons be serious, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for filthy lucre,

⁹ holding the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience.

¹⁰ And let these also first be proved; then, being found blameless, let them make use of the office of a deacon.

¹¹ So also must their wives be serious, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

¹² Let each deacon be the husband of one wife, ruling his children and his own house well.

¹³ For those who have ministered the office of deacon well purchase for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith, which is in Christ Jesus.