John Calvin Commentary 1 Timothy 3:11

"Women in like manner [must be] grave, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things." — 1 Timothy 3:11 (ASV)

Likewise the wives He means the wives both of deacons and of bishops, for they must be aids to their husbands in their office; which is not possible unless their behavior excels that of others.

Let the deacons be Since he mentioned wives, he lays down the same injunction about deacons as he had previously laid down about bishops; namely, that each of them—satisfied with having only one wife—is to set an example of a chaste and honorable father of a family, and is to keep his children and his whole house under holy discipline. And this refutes the error of those who understand this passage as referring to domestic servants.