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1 Timothy 3:11

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

Even so [must their] wives [be] grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

1 Timothy 3:11 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Timothy 3:11

Theological / Devotional

Wives. Gr. gunaikes, “women,” or “wives.” It is impossible to determine conclusively whether Paul is speaking of deaconesses or of deacons’ wives.

Grave. See on v. 8.

Slanderers. Gr. diaboloi, see on Matt. 4:1.

Sober. Gr. nephalioi, “abstainers from wine” (see on v. 2).

Faithful. That is, always trustworthy in matters committed to them. Perhaps this is a reference to trustworthiness in dispensing charity to the needy.

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