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11 Women[a] likewise must be serious, not slanderers, but temperate, faithful in all things. 12 Let deacons be married only once,[b] and let them manage their children and their households well; 13 for those who serve well as deacons gain a good standing for themselves and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

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  1. 1 Timothy 3:11 Or Their wives, or Women deacons
  2. 1 Timothy 3:12 Gk be husbands of one wife

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