1 Timothy 3:8-13

Revised Geneva Translation

⁸ Likewise, deacons must be honorable—not duplicitous or given to much wine or to greed—

⁹ holding to the mystery of the faith in pure conscience.

¹⁰ And let them be tested first, then let them minister (if they are found blameless).

¹¹ Likewise, their wives must also be honorable (not slanderers), sober, and faithful in all things.

¹² Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, and such as can rule their children and their own households well.

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