Emphasis Scriptures

The word 'deacons' occurs 14 times in the standard works.

4 of those occurances are found in the list of scriptures highlighted below. These verses have the highest concentration of the word 'deacons' in the standard works and contain 28.6% of all occurances. Assuming 30 seconds per verse, it would take about 2 minutes to read the entire list.

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D&C 20:38-39 (2 in 2 verses)

D&C 20:57-58 (2 in 2 verses)

Exact Word Count

  FULL PART ALL
OT 0 0 0
NT 3 0 3
Philip. 1 0 1
1 Tim. 2 0 2
BM 0 0 0
DC 11 0 11
PGP 0 0 0
TOTAL 14 0 14

Philip. 1:1
Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

1 Tim. 3:8
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

1 Tim. 3:12
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.