Bible Verses About Deacons

Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

core NT qualification passage

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

core NT household qualification passage

Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

Names bishops and deacons together in the church.

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.

states reward for doing the office well

And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.

requires proof and blamelessness before office

Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.

Scripture passage attached to the early Christian evidence page.

Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching;

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Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

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This is a true saying, if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

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And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:

Background apostolic narrative often linked to later deacon models, but the card itself does not explicitly teach the office of deacons.

Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God;

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And when they had ordained them elders in every church, and had prayed with fasting, they commended them to the Lord, on whom they believed.

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That I should be the minister of Jesus Christ to the Gentiles, ministering the gospel of God, that the offering up of the Gentiles might be acceptable, being sanctified by the Holy Ghost.

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A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

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Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.

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