Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
1 Timothy 3:11
Even so [must their] wives [be] grave. The word in the Greek word
"gune" may mean "women" or "wives". It is rendered "wife" in 1 Timothy 3:12.
The Revised Version says, "Women in like manner [must be] grave". I
believe that the Common Version is nearer right. The duties of women
generally are not spoken of in the midst of a discussion of elders and
deacons. Either deaconesses are meant, or the wives of bishops and
deacons; more likely the latter. We know that an injudicious wife may
mar the work of a church officer.
Not slanderers. Not given to tattling.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
1 Timothy 3:11
1 Timothy 3:12
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