Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
"And moreover," etc. [ALFORD].
be proved—not by a period of probation, but by a searching inquiry, conducted by Timothy, the ordaining president (I Timothy 5:22), whether they be "blameless"; then when found so, "let them act as deacons."
blameless—Greek, "unexceptionable"; as the result of public investigation unaccused [TITTMANN].
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