Bible Verses About Being a Deacon

And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

For this cause left I thee in Crete, that thou shouldest set in order the things that are wanting, and ordain elders in every city, as I had appointed thee:

The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

Put them in mind to be subject to principalities and powers, to obey magistrates, to be ready to every good work,

Paul, a prisoner of Jesus Christ, and Timothy our brother, unto Philemon our dearly beloved, and fellowlabourer,

For if we sin wilfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins,