◄ 1 Timothy 3:9 ►
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Good News Translation
they should hold to the revealed truth of the faith with a clear conscience.

New Revised Standard Version
they must hold fast to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.

Contemporary English Version
And they must have a clear conscience and hold firmly to what God has shown us about our faith.

New American Bible
holding fast to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Holding the mystery of faith in a pure conscience.

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Holding the mystery of faith in a pure conscience.

Holding.

1 Timothy 1:5,19 Now the end of the commandment is charity from a pure heart, and a good conscience, and an unfeigned faith. . . .

the mystery.

1 Timothy 3:16 And evidently great is the mystery of godliness, which was manifested in the flesh, was justified in the spirit, appeared unto angels, hath been preached unto the Gentiles, is believed in the world, is taken up in glory.

2 John 1:9,10 Whosoever revolteth and continueth not in the doctrine of Christ hath not God. He that continueth in the doctrine, the same hath both the Father and the Son. . . .

Context
Qualifications for Deacons
8Deacons in like manner: chaste, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre: 9Holding the mystery of faith in a pure conscience. 10And let these also first be proved: and so let them minister, having no crime.…
Cross References
1 Timothy 1:5
Now the end of the commandment is charity from a pure heart, and a good conscience, and an unfeigned faith.

1 Timothy 1:19
Having faith and a good conscience, which some rejecting have made shipwreck concerning the faith.

1 Timothy 3:8
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