King James Version (KJV)

1 Timothy 3:10

“And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being [found] blameless.”

Verse in context — 1 Timothy 3

Likewise [must] the deacons [be] grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being [found] blameless.

Even so [must their] wives [be] grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

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

Instructions for church leadership and godly living.