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1 Timothy 3:9-11
New Catholic Bible
1 Timothy 3:9-11
New Catholic Bible
9 They must hold fast to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. 10 Let them first be tested. They can be appointed as deacons only if they are beyond reproach.
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11 Women[a] must likewise exhibit a sense of dignity and not be given to spreading slander. They must be temperate and faithful in all things.
Footnotes
- 1 Timothy 3:11 Women: this word could refer either to women deacons or to women who were the wives of deacons. Scholars usually opt for the first reference since there is no possessive (e.g., “their”) and since they are introduced by the same word as in v. 8 (“similarly . . . likewise”), indicating that women too could possess the ministry of deacon. See note on Rom 16:1, in which verse Paul sends greetings to “our sister Phoebe, who is a deaconess of the Church at Cenchreae.”
