1 Timothy 3:10 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being [found] blameless.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
Additionally, they must first be tested. Then, if they are above reproach, let them serve as deacons.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
Additionally, they must first be tested. Then, if they are above reproach, let them serve as deacons.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless.
LSV Literal Standard Version
and let these also first be proved, then let them minister, being unblameable.
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
And let these be first proved, then let them minister, being without charge [against them].
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being [found] blameless.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
And let them first be proued: then let them minister, if they be found blameles.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
They should also be approved first, then they should serve because they are blameless.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
And let them fyrst be proved and then let them minister yf they be founde fautlesse.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
and let these also first be proved, then let them minister, being unblameable.
FBV Free Bible Version
They should be tried out first, and if they can't be faulted then let them serve as deacons.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
And let these first be put to the test; then let them become Deacons if there is nothing against them.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y estos sean antes probados: y así exerciten el ministerio, si son hallados irreprehensibles.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y éstos también sean antes probados; y así ministren, si fueren sin crimen.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Primero deben ser puestos a prueba, y después, si no hay nada malo de qué acusarlos, que sirvan como diáconos.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Éstos también sean probados primero, y entonces, si son irreprochables, sirvan como diáconos.
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Deben ser probados primero, y si no se halla en ellos ninguna falta, entonces permítanles servir como diáconos.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
También estos sean puestos a prueba primero; luego sirvan como diáconos, si son irreprensibles.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
καὶ οὗτοι δὲ δοκιμαζέσθωσαν πρῶτον, εἶτα διακονείτωσαν ἀνέγκλητοι ὄντες.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
και ουτοι δε δοκιμαζεσθωσαν πρωτον, ειτα διακονειτωσαν ανεγκλητοι οντες.
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
Καὶ οὗτοι δὲ δοκιμαζέσθωσαν πρῶτον, εἶτα διακονείτωσαν, ἀνέγκλητοι ὄντες.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
και ουτοι δε δοκιμαζεσθωσαν πρωτον ειτα διακονειτωσαν ανεγκλητοι οντεσ
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
καὶ οὗτοι δὲ δοκιμαζέσθωσαν πρῶτον, εἶτα διακονείτωσαν ἀνέγκλητοι ὄντες.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
καὶ οὗτοι δὲ δοκιμαζέσθωσαν πρῶτον, εἶτα διακονείτωσαν ἀνέγκλητοι ὄντες.
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Et hi autem probentur primum: et sic ministrent, nullum crimen habentes.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
И҆ сі́и ᲂу҆́бѡ да и҆скꙋша́ютсѧ пре́жде, пото́мъ же да слꙋ́жатъ, непоро́чни сꙋ́ще.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
И таких надобно прежде испытывать, потом, если беспорочны, допускать до служения.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Και ούτοι δε ας δοκιμάζωνται πρώτον, έπειτα ας γίνωνται διάκονοι, εάν ήναι άμεμπτοι.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
А и ови да се кушају најпре, па онда да служе, ако су без мане.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
A i ovi da se kušaju najpre, pa onda da služe, ako su bez mane.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَإِنَّمَا هَؤُلَاءِ أَيْضًا لِيُخْتَبَرُوا أَوَّلًا، ثُمَّ يَتَشَمَّسُوا إِنْ كَانُوا بِلَا لَوْمٍ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC