1 Timothy3:10

Translation

First these should also be proved worthy through testing,

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then, being blameless, let them serve.

Paraphrase

Before serving as a “servant” these should be vetted carefully, and if found to be free from any accusation, they should serve.

Footnotes

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The meaning is “to prove something is good through careful examination or through the difficult tests of life.”