📖WEB · 1 Timothy 3:10

What does 1 Timothy 3:10 mean?

"Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless."

— 1 Timothy 3:10 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

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Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.

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Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money;

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holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

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Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.

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Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

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Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

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

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