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

11 In 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.

12 The 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. 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.
  2. 1 Timothy 3:12 faithful in marriage Literally, “a man of one woman.”

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