1 Timothy 3:8

So, too, Assistant-Officers should be serious and straightforward men, not given to taking much drink or to questionable money-making,

Twentieth Century New Testament

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 should also be well spoken of by outsiders, that he may not incur censure and so fall into the snares of the Devil.

9but men who hold the deep truths of the Faith and have a clear conscience.

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Cross References

Romans 3:13‘Their throats are like opened graves; they deceive with their tongues.’ ‘The venom of serpents lies behind their lips,’

1 Timothy 3:3not addicted to drink or brawling, but of a forbearing and peaceable disposition, and not a lover of money;

1 Timothy 5:23Do not continue to drink water only, but take a little wine on account of the weakness of your stomach, and your frequent ailments.

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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