What does 1 Timothy 3:10 mean?

1 Timothy 3:10 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply 1 Timothy 3:10 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

8Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

9Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.

10And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

11Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

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