KJV King James Version
Even so [must their] wives [be] grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
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1 Timothy 3:11
Even so [must their] wives [be] grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.
WEB World English Bible
Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
ASV American Standard Version
Women in like manner must be grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Women—in like manner grave, not false accusers, vigilant, faithful in all things.
Surrounding context — 1 Timothy 3
8 Likewise [must] the deacons [be] grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being [found] blameless.
11 Even so [must their] wives [be] grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
13 For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
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Titus 2:3The aged women likewise, that [they be] in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;Titus 3:2To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, [but] gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.1 Timothy 3:2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;1 Peter 5:8Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:2 Timothy 3:3Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good,Proverbs 10:18He that hideth hatred [with] lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, [is] a fool.Jeremiah 9:4Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.Leviticus 21:13-15And he shall take a wife in her virginity.1 Timothy 6:2And they that have believing masters, let them not despise [them], because they are brethren; but rather do [them] service, because they are faithful and beloved, partakers of the benefit. These things teach and exhort.1 Timothy 1:12And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry;Revelation 12:9-10And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.Psalm 50:20Thou sittest [and] speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother’s son.2 Timothy 4:5But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.Leviticus 21:7They shall not take a wife [that is] a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he [is] holy unto his God.Luke 1:5-6There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife [was] of the daughters of Aaron, and her name [was] Elisabeth.Proverbs 25:13As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, [so is] a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.Psalm 101:5Whoso privily slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off: him that hath an high look and a proud heart will not I suffer.John 6:70Jesus answered them, Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil?
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