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Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling

1 Timotheüs 3:12

Diakenen mogen slechts eenmaal gehuwd zijn en moeten hun kinderen en huisgezinnen goed bestieren.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Church;   Commandments;   Deacon;   Family;   Marriage;   Minister, Christian;   Parents;   Polygamy;   Thompson Chain Reference - Children;   Duty;   Fathers;   Home;   Leaders;   Marriage;   Ministers;   Monogamy;   Parental;   Religious;   Social Duties;   The Topic Concordance - Deacons;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Families;   Ministers;   Parents;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Deacon;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - House;   Paul;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Church, the;   Ministry, Minister;   Teach, Teacher;   Timothy, First and Second, Theology of;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Deacon;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Adultery;   Deaconess;   Eve;   Marriage;   Minister;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Apostasy;   Church;   Deacon;   Offices in the New Testament;   1 Timothy;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Bishop;   Church Government;   Deacon;   Marriage;   Minister;   Ministry;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Church (2);   Deacon, Deaconess;   Family;   Home;   Marriage;   Minister Ministry;   Timothy and Titus Epistles to;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Deacon,;   Marriage;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Deacon;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Church;   Church Government;   Deacon;   Spiritual Gifts;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for December 1;  

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling
Laat de diakenen elk ner vrouwe man zijn, die hunne kinderen en eigen huizen wl besturen.
Staten Vertaling
Dat de diakenen ener vrouwe mannen zijn, die hun kinderen en hun eigen huizen wel regeren.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Timothy 3:2, 1 Timothy 3:4, 1 Timothy 3:5

Reciprocal: Genesis 18:19 - command Ezekiel 44:22 - a widow Malachi 2:15 - That he Philippians 1:1 - and deacons 1 Timothy 5:9 - having Titus 1:6 - the husband Hebrews 13:4 - Marriage

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife,.... :-

ruling their children and their own houses well. These qualifications are the same with those of the bishop or elder;

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Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife - notes, 1 Timothy 3:2.

Ruling their children and their own houses well - notes, 1 Timothy 3:4-5.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 12. Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife — This is the same that is required of the bishops. See notes on 1 Timothy 3:2; "1 Timothy 3:4"; and "1 Timothy 3:5".


 
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