Deacon Duties

8 passages

1. 1 Timothy 3:8

   Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.

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2. Acts 20:28

   Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

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3. 1 Timothy 3:13

   For those who have served well as deacons acquire for themselves a high standing and great confidence in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

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4. Philippians 1:1

   Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons:

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5. James 5:14

   Is any one of you sick? He should call the elders of the church to pray over him and anoint him with oil in the name of the Lord.

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6. 1 Timothy 3:11

   In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.

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7. Ephesians 4:11

   And it was He who gave some to be apostles, some to be prophets, some to be evangelists, and some to be pastors and teachers,

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8. 1 Corinthians 12:28

   And in the church God has appointed first of all apostles, second prophets, third teachers, then workers of miracles, and those with gifts of healing, helping, administration, and various tongues.

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