Exposition of I Timothy 3:8-13 (1)

We now come to our consideration of the qualifications of those who are to be chosen in the church of the living God to serve as deacons. It should be kept in mind that this office too belongs to the matters of the house of God; how one ought to conduct the affairs of the church of the living God; that which must be in accordance with the pillar and ground of the truth, the mystery of godliness that is great. Writes Paul in the verses 8-13 as follows: "Likewise must the deacons be grave, not...