John Calvin's Bible Commentary
1 Timothy 3:11
11.Likewise the wives He means the wives both of deacons and of bishops, for they must be aids to their husbands in their office; which cannot be, unless their behavior excel that of others.
11.Likewise the wives He means the wives both of deacons and of bishops, for they must be aids to their husbands in their office; which cannot be, unless their behavior excel that of others.
Verse 11. _EVEN SO_ MUST THEIR _WIVES_ BE _GRAVE_] I believe the apostle does not mean here the _wives_ either of the _bishops_ or _deacons_ in particular, but the Christian _women_ in general. The o...
EVEN SO MUST THEIR WIVES BE GRAVE - Chrysostom, Theophylact, Grotius, Bloomfield, and many others, suppose that by the word “wives,” here, (γυνᾶικας gunaikas), the apostle means “deaconesses.” Clarke...
III. CONCERNING THE HOUSE OF GOD CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The overseer (1 Timothy 3:1)_ 2. The deacon (1 Timothy 3:8) 3. The house of God and the mystery of Godliness (1 Timothy 3:14)...
DEACONS AND DEACONESSES. Certain moral qualities, likewise, are required in deacons. They must be serious, sincere in speech, free from love of wine and (since they administer church funds) from love...
THE LEADERS OF THE CHURCH (1 Timothy 3:1-7)...
SLANDERERS. Greek. _diabolos_, adjective sober. Same as "vigilant", 1 Timothy 3:2. FAITHFUL. Same as "true", 1 Timothy 3:1....
_Even so_must their _wives_be _grave_ The R.V. translates literally WOMEN IN LIKE MANNER MUST BE GRAVE, i.e. women deacons, favouring the general view of the earliest commentators, as Chrysostom and T...
PARENTHETIC:—DEACONESSES 11. ΓΥΝΑΙ͂ΚΑΣ ὩΣΑΎΤΩΣ Κ.Τ.Λ. It is difficult to determine who the ‘women’ are, who are thus brought into the middle of the paragraph which deals with the qualifications of dea...
ΔΙΆΒΟΛΟΣ (G1228) клеветник....
EVEN SO MUST THEIR WIVES BE GRAVE,— There was as much reason that this should extend to the wives of _bishops_ also; and as he begins the next verse with _let the deacons,_ that is to say, as well as...
THE DEACONS 1 Timothy 3:8-13 _TEXT 3:8-13_ 8 Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; 9 holding the mystery of the faith in a pure...
Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. (THEIR) WIVES - rather, 'women;' i:e., deaconesses. For there is no reason that special rules should be laid down a...
3 Translators have experienced much difficulty with this opening sentence, because it seemed to lack the principal verb. The A V adds _ so do_, the Revisers _ so do I now_. It is very seldom that any...
5 This passage is primarily intended to break down the bounds in which salvation had hitherto been confined. The testimony of past eras is no basis on which to build in this era. The testimony to the...
_Their_ WIVES] RV 'women': but instructions about women in general would not be thus parenthetically inserted. Both Light-foot and Ellicott translate 'deaconesses.' Such an order, which, it is certain...
FIFTH CHARGE TO TIMOTHY—as to deacons and deaconesses....
CONCERNING THE OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH 1-7. The fourth charge to Timothy, in respect to presbyters....
HOW TO BE A LEADER IN THE CHURCH 1 TIMOTHY _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 3 WHAT AN *ELDER MUST BE LIKE (3:1-7) V1 Anyone who aims to be a leader in the church desires a good task. That is true. V2 But...
EVEN SO MUST THEIR WIVES... — The _position_ of this solitary charge, respecting deacons’ wives, in the midst of regulations concerning “deacons,” is, of itself, almost decisive against the translatio...
The qualifications of the men who are to be ministers; and first (_a_) of the episcopus (vv.1-7) secondly (_b_) of the deacons (1 Timothy 3:8-13) with a parenthetical instruction respecting women chur...
γυναῖκας : Sc. δεῖ εἶναι, not governed by ἔχοντας (1 Timothy 3:9). These are _the deaconesses, ministrae_ (Pliny, _Ep_. x. 97) of whom Phoebe (Romans 16:1) is an undoubted example. They performed for...
QUALIFICATIONS OF CHURCH OFFICIALS 1 Timothy 3:8 Younger men, referred to as deacons, were appointed to subordinate tasks, especially the relief of the poor, Acts 6:1. Though their service was less i...
Turning to the government of the Church, the apostle deals with two orders, bishops and deacons. The bishop is an overseer, whose duty it is to watch over the flock. The apostle describes the qualific...
QUALIFICATIONS OF DEACONS By using the word "likewise," Paul made it clear that the qualifications of deacons are as important as those of elders. The word deacon comes from the original diakonos, whi...
(4) Even so [must their] wives [be] grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. (4) Regard must also be had for the pastor's and deacon's wives....
_ Women, &c. By the Greek again, sober, grave, &c. By these women are commonly understood such as had made a vow of not marrying, and who assisted at the baptism of women; (Witham) i.e. deaconesses, w...
(1) В¶ This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. (2) A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given t...
1 Timothy 1:1-20. We enter now on the confidential communications of the apostle to some of his fellow-labourers, and tonight on the epistles to Timothy. The two have much in common, but they have als...
The apostle next points out to Timothy the qualities necessary for a bishop or a deacon, as well as for the wife of the latter. [4] He supposes here that there were some who desired to undertake this...
EVEN SO MUST THEIR WIVES BE GRAVE,.... Some instead of "wives" read "women", and understand them of deaconesses, such as were in the primitive churches; whose business it was to visit the poor and sic...
Even so _must their_ wives _be_ grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. Ver. 11. _Must their wives be grave_] As themselves must, 1 Timothy 3:6. Gravity is such an elixir, as by contact...
_Even so must their wives_ Namely, the wives of the deacons; _be grave_ Serious in their deportment; _not slanderers_ Or false accusers of the brethren and others; _sober_ Or _watchful_, (as νηφαλεους...
MUST THEIR WIVES BE GRAVE; in selecting deacons, regard must be had to the character of their wives, for they will greatly help or hinder their husbands in their work. But many prefer to render, "must...
EVEN SO MUST THEIR WIVES BE GRAVE, NOT SLANDERERS, SOBER, FAITHFUL IN ALL THINGS....
THE OFFICE OF DEACONS....
If before we have seen personal conduct that is to be consistent with assembly character, this chapter, while dealing with personal character still, connects it directly with the order of the assembly...
Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. 1. Wives - Why are qualifications given for the wife? 2. Slanderers - What is a slanderer? How could a slandering wi...
“WOMEN MUST LIKEWISE BE”: “Even so much their wives be” (KJV, Con, Ber, Phi). The term translated “women” can refer to either. married or unmarried woman, and its meaning is determined by the context....
8-13 The deacons were at first appointed to distribute the charity of the church, and to manage its concerns, yet pastors and evangelists were among them. The deacons had a great trust reposed in them...
EVEN SO MUST THEIR WIVES BE GRAVE: _must their_ is not in the Greek, but supplied by our interpreters, and, as some think, ill, judging that he speaks here not of deacons wives, but of deaconesses, of...
1 Timothy 3:11 Likewise G5615 wives G1135 reverent G4586 not G3361 slanderers G1228 temperate G3524 faithful G4103 in...
1 Timothy 3:11. EVEN SO MUST THEIR WIVES. The mention of women in this parenthetic way is, in any case, remarkable, seeing that the writer returns to the deacons in the next verse. The English of the...
WOMEN (γυναικας). Accusative with δε εινα understood (οσαυτως, likewise) as in verse 1 Timothy 3:8. Apparently "women as deacons" (Romans 16:1 about Phoebe) and not women in general or just "wives...
CONTENTS: Qualifications of elders and deacons. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Satan. CONCLUSION: Those having places of authority in the church must be blameless, not lying under any scandal, watchful ag...
1 Timothy 3:1. _This is a true saying,_ an indubitable word, _if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work,_ a laudable sphere of labour and usefulness. But by the idea of a primiti...
THEIR WIVES. The Greek word may mean either women or wives. The fact that no mention is made of the church leader's wives implies this is something special. _Johnson_ thinks these are either deaconess...
_Even so must their wives be grave._ THE PASTOR’S WIFE A good example is the pastor’s first ministry, and Paul associates the wife in this ministry, when he wishes the wives to be “grave, not slander...
_Likewise must the deacons be grave._ THE IDEAL DEACON I. Deacons should be of noble character (1 Timothy 3:8). 1. They were to be grave--_i.e._, of serious deportment--not sharing in the follies a...
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 3:11 As the esv footnote indicates, the Greek word for “wives” can mean either “women” or “wives.” The text could refer to: (1) the wives of deacons (THEIR WIVES); (2) wome...
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 3:8 Along with elders (vv. 1 Timothy 3:1), deacons have specific responsibilities in the NT church (see...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Timothy 3:8. DEACONS.—Originally dispensers of the Church’s bounty, they came to be regarded as the subordinates of the presbyters. NOT GREEDY.—Like the first purse...
EXPOSITION 1 TIMOTHY 3:1 _Faithful is the saying _for _this is a true saying_,_ _A.V.; _seeketh _for _desire_,_ _A.V. FAITHFUL IS THE SAYING (see above, 1 Timothy 1:15, note). This manifestly refers...
Ver. 11. There is a difference of opinion among commentators how this verse should be understood: whether of women in the sense of wives the wives of the deacons mentioned immediately before; or of wo...
Tonight we will be studying First Timothy three and four. It is interesting as Paul writes to Timothy on several occasions, he uses phrases that are interesting to me. He said, This is a faithful sayi...
1 Peter 5:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:6; 1 Timothy 1:12; 1 Timothy 3:2;...
Their wives [γ υ ν α ι κ α ς]. Probably correct, although some find a reference to an official class of women - deaconesses (so Ellicott, Holtzmann, Alford). But the injunction is thrown incidentally...
Faithful in all things — Both to God, their husbands, and the poor....
In the original it runs, LET THE WOMEN, by which is meant either the deacons' wives, or the deaconesses, who were appointed to take care of the poor women, as the deacons were of the men; understand i...