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10 Let them also be tested first. Then let them serve as deacons, if they are found to be blameless. 11 In the same way women[a] must be worthy of respect, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in everything. 12 Let each deacon be the husband of only one wife, managing his children and his own household well.

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  1. 1 Timothy 3:11 The women here may be deaconesses, female helpers of deacons, or wives of deacons.