1 Timothy 3:12 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.”
1 Timothy 3:12 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
1 Timothy 3:12 in 6 Bible Translations
Read 1 Timothy 3:12 in the King James Version (KJV) and 5 other free, public-domain translations side by side.
1 Timothy 3:12 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.”
1 Timothy 3:12 — World English Bible
1 Timothy 3:12 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.”
1 Timothy 3:12 — American Standard Version
1 Timothy 3:12 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“Ministrants--let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,”
1 Timothy 3:12 — Young's Literal Translation
1 Timothy 3:12 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“Let [the] ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting [their] children and their own houses well:”
1 Timothy 3:12 — Darby Translation
1 Timothy 3:12 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“Let the Deacons be the husbands of one wife, and such as can rule their children well, and their owne housholdes.”
1 Timothy 3:12 — Geneva Bible
1 Timothy 3:12 in Context — 1 Timothy 3
10 Y éstos también sean antes probados; y así ministren, si fueren sin crimen.
11 Las mujeres asimismo, honestas, no detractoras, templadas, fieles en todo.
12 Los diáconos sean maridos de una mujer, que gobiernen bien sus hijos y sus casas.
13 Porque los que bien ministraren, ganan para sí buen grado, y mucha confianza en la fe que es en Cristo Jesús.
14 Esto te escribo con esperanza que iré presto á ti:
What Does 1 Timothy 3:12 Mean?
1 Timothy 3:12 is a verse from the Book of 1 Timothy, part of the New Testament. It appears in 1 Timothy chapter 3. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Greek.
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