提摩太前書 3:8
In the same way, deacons are to be worthy of respect, sincere, not indulging in much wine, and not pursuing dishonest gain.
作執事的，也是如此：必須端莊，不一口兩舌，不好喝酒，不貪不義之財；
使徒行傳 26:16
'Now get up and stand on your feet. I have appeared to you to appoint you as a servant and as a witness of what you have seen and will see of me.
你起來站著，我特意向你顯現，要派你作執事，作見證，將你所看見的事和我將要指示你的事證明出來。；
歌羅西書 1:25
I have become its servant by the commission God gave me to present to you the word of God in its fullness-
我照神為你們所賜我的職分作了教會的執事，要把神的道理傳得全備，
提摩太前書 3:2
Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
作監督的，必須無可指責，只作一個婦人的丈夫，有節制，自守，端正，樂意接待遠人，善於教導；
提摩太前書 3:10
They must first be tested; and then if there is nothing against them, let them serve as deacons.
這等人也要先受試驗，若沒有可責之處，然後叫他們作執事。
羅馬書 12:7
if it is serving, then serve; if it is teaching, then teach;
或作執事，就當專一執事；或作教導的，就當專一教導；
提多書 2:3
Likewise, teach the older women to be reverent in the way they live, not to be slanderers or addicted to much wine, but to teach what is good.
又勸老年婦人，舉止行動要恭敬，不說讒言，不給酒作奴僕，用善道教訓人，
以弗所書 3:7
I became a servant of this gospel by the gift of God's grace given me through the working of his power.
我作了這福音的執事，是照神的恩賜，這恩賜是照他運行的大能賜給我的。
提摩太前書 3:12
A deacon must be faithful to his wife and must manage his children and his household well.
執事只要作一個婦人的丈夫，好好管理兒女和自己的家。
提摩太前書 3:13
Those who have served well gain an excellent standing and great assurance in their faith in Christ Jesus.
因為善作執事的，自己就得到美好的地步，並且在基督耶穌裡的真道上大有膽量。
哥林多前書 4:1
This, then, is how you ought to regard us: as servants of Christ and as those entrusted with the mysteries God has revealed.
人應當以我們為基督的執事，為神奧秘事的管家。
