Bible Verses About deaconess

“I commend unto you Phebe our sister, which is a servant of the church which is at Cenchrea:”

“Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.”

“Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;”

“Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:”

“Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.”

“And in those days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecians against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.”

“But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the man, but to be in silence.”

“A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; of good: or, modest”

“This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.”