1 Timothy 3:10-12

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¹⁰You should test them first. Then, if you find that they have done nothing wrong, they can be special servants.

¹¹In the same way, the women^[a] must have the respect of others. They must not be women who speak evil about other people. They must have self-control and be women who can be trusted in everything.

¹²The men who are special servants must be faithful in marriage.^[b] They must be good leaders of children and their own families.

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Footnotes

1 Timothy 3:11 women Probably the women who serve as special servants (see Rom. 16:1). It could be translated, “their wives,” meaning the wives of the special servants, although there is no word for “their” in the Greek text.
1 Timothy 3:12 faithful in marriage Literally, “a man of one woman.”