1 Timothy 3:11

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1 Timothy 3:9–13 · Berean Standard Bible

9 They must hold to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.

10 Additionally, they must first be tested. Then, if they are above reproach, let them serve as deacons.

11 In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.

12 A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.

13 For those who have served well as deacons acquire for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

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Leviticus 21:7

A priest must not marry a woman defiled by prostitution or divorced by her husband, for the priest is holy to his God.

Leviticus 21:13

The woman he marries must be a virgin.

Leviticus 21:14

He is not to marry a widow, a divorced woman, or one defiled by prostitution. He is to marry a virgin from his own people,

Leviticus 21:15

so that he does not defile his offspring among his people, for I am the LORD who sanctifies him.”

Ezekiel 44:22

And they shall not marry a widow or a divorced woman, but must marry a virgin of the descendants of the house of Israel, or a widow of a priest.

Luke 1:5

In the time of Herod king of Judea there was a priest named Zechariah, who belonged to the priestly division of Abijah, and whose wife Elizabeth was a daughter of Aaron.

Luke 1:6

Both of them were righteous in the sight of God, walking blamelessly in all the commandments and decrees of the Lord.

Titus 2:3

Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.

Psalms 15:3

who has no slander on his tongue, who does no harm to his neighbor, who casts no scorn on his friend,

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You sit and malign your brother; you slander your own mother’s son.

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Whoever slanders his neighbor in secret, I will put to silence; the one with haughty eyes and a proud heart, I will not endure.

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Proverbs 25:13

Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a trustworthy messenger to those who send him; he refreshes the soul of his masters.

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Then Jesus was led by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil.

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Jesus answered them, “Have I not chosen you, the Twelve? Yet one of you is a devil!”

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Revelation 12:9

And the great dragon was hurled down—that ancient serpent called the devil and Satan, the deceiver of the whole world. He was hurled to the earth, and his angels with him.

Revelation 12:10

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So then, let us not sleep as the others do, but let us remain awake and sober.

1 Thessalonians 5:7

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1 Thessalonians 5:8

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I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has strengthened me, that He considered me faithful and appointed me to service.

1 Timothy 6:2

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