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 1   NTLet, 1Tim    3:    8   |             8 ~4 Similarly, deacons must be dignified, not deceitful,
 2   NTLet, 1Tim    3:    8(4)|                       8-13] Deacons, besides possessing the
 3   NTLet, 1Tim    3:    8(4)|  take them to mean wives of deacons, must be dignified, temperate,
 4   NTLet, 1Tim    3:    8(4)|   talebearing (1 Tim 3:11). Deacons must have shown stability
 5   NTLet, 1Tim    3:   10   |     them, let them serve as deacons. ~
 6   NTLet, 1Tim    3:   11(5)|     seems to refer to women deacons but may possibly mean wives
 7   NTLet, 1Tim    3:   11(5)|  may possibly mean wives of deacons. The former is preferred
 8   NTLet, 1Tim    3:   11(5)| word is used absolutely; if deacons' wives were meant, a possessive "
 9   NTLet, 1Tim    3:   12   |                         12 ~Deacons may be married only once
10   NTLet, 1Tim    3:   13   |     those who serve well as deacons gain good standing and much
11   NTLet,  Tit    1:    5(2)|  refer to the same persons. Deacons are not mentioned in Titus.