1-timothy 3:12
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Let Deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their houses well.
Webster's Revision
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children, and their own houses well.
World English Bible
Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Definitions for 1-timothy 3:12
Clarke's 1-timothy 3:12 Bible Commentary
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife - This is the same that is required of the bishops. See on 1 Timothy 3:2 (note) 1 Timothy 3:4 (note), and 1 Timothy 3:5 (note).
Barnes's 1-timothy 3:12 Bible Commentary
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.
