Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
KJV
Parallel translations
4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsASV
Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
WEB
A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.
YLT
Ministrants--let them be of one wife husbands; the children leading well, and their own houses,
DBT
Let [the] ministers be husbands of one wife, conducting [their] children and their own houses well:
About this book
New Testament▾
About this book
New Testament1 Timothy — Paul's first pastoral letter to his son in the faith. Guarding the deposit: sound doctrine, church order, pastoral responsibility.
- Author
- Paul (1:1)
- Date
- c. AD 62–66, from Macedonia after a first release