1 Timothy 3:8-13
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
A deacon is to a deaconess what a king is to a queen. They are not merely the same thing with different genders. A deaconess is not simply the name of a female occupying a familiar office anymore than a queen is merely a female king. There is no such thing as a female king. There is such a thing as a queen, but to have a queen is not the same thing as to have a king anymore than to have a deaconess is the same as to have a deacon. They are not interchangeable. A false positive is not the same as a true negative.
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