1 Timothy 3:8

Likewise must Deacons be graue, not double tongued, not giuen vnto much wine, neither to filthy lucre,

Geneva Bible 1599

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, euen of them which are without, lest he fall into rebuke, and the snare of the deuill.

9Hauing the mysterie of the faith in pure conscience.

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Cross References

Psalms 5:9For no constancie is in their mouth: within, they are very corruption: their throte is an open sepulchre, and they flatter with their tongue.

Psalms 50:19Thou giuest thy mouth to euill, and with thy tongue thou forgest deceit.

Ezekiel 44:21Neither shall any Priest drinke wine when they enter into the inner court.

Romans 3:13Their throte is an open sepulchre: they haue vsed their tongues to deceit: the poyson of aspes is vnder their lippes.

1 Timothy 3:3Not giuen to wine, no striker, not giuen to filthy lucre, but gentle, no fighter, not couetous,

1 Timothy 5:23Drinke no longer water, but vse a litle wine for thy stomakes sake, and thine often infirmities.

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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