And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
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Gill's Exposition
And let these also first be proved,.... Not that they should be tried in any part of the deacon's office, to see how capable they are of performing it; but their internal and external characters are…
Barnes' Notes
And let these also first be proved - That is, tried or tested in regard to the things which were the proper qualifications for the office. This does not mean that they were to be employed as…
Adam Clarke
Let these - be proved - Let them not be young converts, or persons lately brought to the knowledge of the truth. This is the same in spirit with what is required of the bishops, Ti1 3:6.
Let no man be…
We have here the character of deacons: these had the care of the temporal concerns of the church, that is, the maintenance of the ministers and provision for the poor: they served tables, while the…
Cambridge Bible
And let these also These, as well as the presbyters, for whom 1Ti 3:7 defines a very searching test. Bp Ellicott s note, rightly explaining that the first conjunction is -Also," -Moreover," and the…
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