{"reference":"1 Timothy 3:8-13","verses":[{"book_id":"1TI","book_name":"1 Timothy","chapter":3,"verse":8,"text":"Likewise\nmust the deacons\nbe grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;\n"},{"book_id":"1TI","book_name":"1 Timothy","chapter":3,"verse":9,"text":"Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.\n"},{"book_id":"1TI","book_name":"1 Timothy","chapter":3,"verse":10,"text":"And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being\nfound blameless.\n"},{"book_id":"1TI","book_name":"1 Timothy","chapter":3,"verse":11,"text":"Even so\nmust their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.\n"},{"book_id":"1TI","book_name":"1 Timothy","chapter":3,"verse":12,"text":"Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.\n"},{"book_id":"1TI","book_name":"1 Timothy","chapter":3,"verse":13,"text":"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.\n"}],"text":"Likewise\nmust the deacons\nbe grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;\nHolding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.\nAnd let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being\nfound blameless.\nEven so\nmust their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.\nLet the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.\nFor 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.\n","translation_id":"kjv","translation_name":"King James Version","translation_note":"Public Domain"}