1 Timothy 3:8

Lykwyse must the deacons be honest not double tonged not geve vnto moche drynkinge nether vnto filthy lucre:

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In The King James Version

Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

In Context

7He must also be well reported of amonge them which are with out forth lest he fall into rebuke and snare of the evyll speaker.

9but havynge the mistery of the fayth in pure conscience.

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Cross References

Romans 3:13Their throte is an open sepulchre with their tounges they have disceaved: the poyson of Aspes is vnder their lippes.

1 Timothy 3:3not dronken no fighter not geve to filthy lucre: but gentle abhorrynge fightynge abhorrynge coveteousnes

1 Timothy 5:23Drynke no lenger water but vse a lytell wyne for thy stommakes sake and thyne often diseases.

Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 3:2-8

Duties of Bishops and Deacons. ( a. d. 64.) 1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; 5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how… Read the whole commentary →

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