 | Bible - 1837 - 324 pages
...found blameless. Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers ; sober, faithful in all things. Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. For they, that have used the office of a deacon well, purchase to themselves a good degree, and great... | |
 | Archibald Boyd - Episcopacy - 1838 - 238 pages
...Again : " Let the deacons be the husband of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. For they that have used the office of a deacon well,...great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus." (1 Tim. iii. 12, 13.) Here is the recognition of his power to control the conduct of deacons, (whom... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - Bible - 1838 - 330 pages
...1 And let these also be proved ; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless : for they that have used the office of a deacon well,...great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. * Even so must their wives be grave ; not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. 3 The Scripture... | |
 | Henry Bannerman, Henry Grew - Baptism - 1838 - 238 pages
...There is a peculiar blessing connected with the faithful discharge of the duties of this office. ' For they that have used the office of a deacon well,...boldness in the faith, which is in Christ Jesus.' We learn, it is the duty of the brethren to select deacons ; (Acts vi. 13) and that they are to be... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - Theology - 1838 - 740 pages
...« And let has saved us, and called us us come up to the glorious land doubting." XXVII. 1 Tim. iii. 13. " For they that have used the office of a deacon...and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ." XXVIII. 1 Tim. v. 4. "For ili;ii '' is good and acceptable before God." with an holy calling." XXX.... | |
 | John R. Rice - Religion - 2000 - 568 pages
...great witness and soul winner, when elected a deacon. He is an example of the truth of I Timothy 3:13. "For they that have used the office of a deacon well...great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus." He is named in Acts 21:8 as "Philip the evangelist." And the following verse mentions his four daughters,... | |
 | Robert E. Picirilli, W. Stanley Outlaw, Daryl Ellis - Religion - 1990 - 468 pages
...found blameless. 11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. 12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. The qualifications of the deacon are very similar to those for a bishop or pastor. The requirements... | |
 | Johanna Manley - Religion - 1990 - 1144 pages
...11 Likewise their wives must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things. 12 Let e force of the expression? ...The Savior gave the holy Apostles those who have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the... | |
 | Elizabeth Cady Stanton - Biography & Autobiography - 1993 - 412 pages
...filthy lucre. 11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. 12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. IN this chapter the advice of the Apostle in regard to the overseer or bishop is unexceptionable. The... | |
 | David F. Wells - Religion - 1993 - 268 pages
...found blameless. Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses welL For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great... | |
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For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. 
