{Women} (gunaikas). Accusative with dei einai understood
(hosaut(9373), likewise) as in verse  8 . Apparently "women as
deacons" ( Ro 16:1  about Phoebe) and not women in general or
just "wives of deacons." See Pliny (_Ep_. X. 97) _ministrae_.
{Not slanderers} (m(8820)diabolous). Original meaning of diabolos
(from diaball(935c),  Lu 16:1 ), the devil being the chief slanderer
( Eph 6:11 ). "She-devils" in reality ( Tit 2:3 ). "While men are
more prone to be dilogous, double-tongued, women are more prone
than men to be slanderers" (White). {Faithful in all things}
(pistas en p(8373)in). Perhaps as almoners (Ellicott) the
deaconesses had special temptations.