What Does the Bible Say About Deacon?

1 Timothy 3:12 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well.

Acts 6:1-6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution. And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we should give up preaching the word of God to serve tables. Therefore, brothers, pick out from among you seven men of good repute, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint to this duty. But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch. ...

Acts 6:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

And what they said pleased the whole gathering, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolaus, a proselyte of Antioch.

James 5:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord.

1 Timothy 3:8-13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain. They must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. And let them also be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they prove themselves blameless. Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded, faithful in all things. Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their own households well. ...

Titus 2:3-5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Older women likewise are to be reverent in behavior, not slanderers or slaves to much wine. They are to teach what is good, and so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled.

John 3:16-17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but in order that the world might be saved through him.

Psalm 150:1-6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Praise the Lord! Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens! Praise him for his mighty deeds; praise him according to his excellent greatness! Praise him with trumpet sound; praise him with lute and harp! Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe! Praise him with sounding cymbals; praise him with loud clashing cymbals! ...

1 Timothy 2:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.

Ephesians 4:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers,

1 Corinthians 7:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

But if they cannot exercise self-control, they should marry. For it is better to marry than to burn with passion.

Romans 16:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a servant of the church at Cenchreae,

Acts 18:24-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures. He had been instructed in the way of the Lord. And being fervent in spirit, he spoke and taught accurately the things concerning Jesus, though he knew only the baptism of John. He began to speak boldly in the synagogue, but when Priscilla and Aquila heard him, they took him aside and explained to him the way of God more accurately.

1 Timothy 3:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

1 Corinthians 11:1-34 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ. Now I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I delivered them to you. But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God. Every man who prays or prophesies with his head covered dishonors his head, but every wife who prays or prophesies with her head uncovered dishonors her head, since it is the same as if her head were shaven. ...

Romans 16:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

That you may welcome her in the Lord in a way worthy of the saints, and help her in whatever she may need from you, for she has been a patron of many and of myself as well.

Acts 16:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem.

Acts 2:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

“‘And in the last days it shall be, God declares, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams;

18 Bible Verses about Deacon

1 Timothy 3:12 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Acts 6:1-6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Acts 6:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

James 5:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:8-13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Titus 2:3-5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 150:1-6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 16:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 18:24-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 11:1-34 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 16:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 16:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 2:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote

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18 Bible Verses about Deacon

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1 Timothy 3:12 ESV / 9 helpful votes

Acts 6:1-6 ESV / 7 helpful votes

Acts 6:5 ESV / 5 helpful votes

James 5:14 ESV / 4 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:8-13 ESV / 4 helpful votes

Titus 2:3-5 ESV / 3 helpful votes

John 3:16-17 ESV / 3 helpful votes

Psalm 150:1-6 ESV / 3 helpful votes

1 Timothy 2:12 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Ephesians 4:11 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Corinthians 7:9 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Romans 16:1 ESV / 2 helpful votes

Acts 18:24-26 ESV / 2 helpful votes

1 Timothy 3:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

1 Corinthians 11:1-34 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Romans 16:2 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 16:4 ESV / 1 helpful vote

Acts 2:17 ESV / 1 helpful vote