Commentary
Old Testament : Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalms
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
The Song of Songs
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
![](images/minus.gif)
Text -- 1 Timothy 3:12-16 (NET)
![](images/arrow_open.gif)
Strongs On/Off
Context
3:12 Deacons must be husbands of one wife and good managers of their children and their own households .
3:13 For those who have served well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus .
Conduct in God’s Church
3:14 I hope to come to you soon , but I am writing these instructions to you
3:15 in case I am delayed , to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves in the household of God , because it is the church of the living God , the support and bulwark of the truth .
3:16 And we all agree , our religion contains amazing revelation : He was revealed in the flesh , vindicated by the Spirit , seen by angels , proclaimed among Gentiles , believed on in the world , taken up in glory .
![](images/advanced.gif)
![](images/advanced.gif)
![](images/advanced.gif)
Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
![](images/arrow_open.gif)
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Church |
Bishop |
Minister |
Deacon |
Commandments |
CHURCH GOVERNMENT |
Truth |
FLESH |
PASTORAL EPISTLES |
SPIRITUAL GIFTS |
Family |
Conduct, Christian |
WORSHIP |
TIMOTHY |
Foundation |
Angel |
Inerrancy |
Parents |
Polygamy |
Salvation |
more
![](images/cmt_minus_head.gif)
expand allCommentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes: 1Ti 3:12 Or “men married only once,” “devoted solely to their wives” (see the note on “wife” in 1 Tim 3:2; also 1 Tim 5:9; ...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: 1Ti 3:13 In the phrase the faith that is in Christ Jesus, the term faith seems to mean “what Christians believe, Christian truth,” rather than pers...
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
NET Notes: 1Ti 3:14 These instructions refer to the instructions about local church life, given in 1 Tim 2:1–3:13.
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)
![](images/cmt_minus.gif)