1 Timothy 3:8

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Likewise must ye ministers be graue, not double tongued, not geuen to much wine, neither greedy of fylthy lucre:

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  • Phil 1:1 : 1 Paul & Timotheus the seruauntes of Iesus Christ: To all the saintes in Christ Iesus, whiche are at Philippos, with the bisshops & deacons:
  • Titus 2:3 : 3 The elder women lykewyse, that they be in such behauiour as becometh holynesse, not false accusers, not geuen to much wine, teachers of good thinges,
  • 1 Tim 3:3 : 3 Not geuen to ouermuch wine, no striker, not greedy of fylthy lucre: but gentle, abhorryng fyghtyng, abhorryng couetousnesse:
  • 1 Tim 5:23 : 23 Drinke no longer water, but vse a litle wine for thy stomackes sake & thine often diseases.
  • Ps 12:2 : 2 Euery one vseth vayne talke with his neyghbour: and speaketh with a double heart out of flatteryng lippes.
  • Lev 10:9 : 9 Thou shalt not drinke wine nor strong drinke, thou nor thy sonnes that are with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye dye: Let it be a lawe for euer throughout your generations.
  • Acts 6:3-6 : 3 Wherfore brethren, loke ye out among you seuen men of honest report, & full of the holy ghost, and wysedome, to who we may commit this busynesse. 4 But we wyll geue our selues continually to prayer, and to the ministerie of the worde. 5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Steuen, a man full of fayth, and of the holy ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, & Timon, and Permenas, and Nicolas a conuert of Antioche. 6 These they set before the apostles: and whe they had prayed, they layde their handes on them.
  • Rom 3:13 : 13 Their throte is an open sepulchre, with their tongues they haue deceaued, the poyso of aspes is vnder their lippes.
  • Ps 5:9 : 9 For no trueth is in their mouth, their inwarde partes are very wickednesse: their throte is an open sepulchre, they flatter with their tongue.
  • Ps 50:19 : 19 Thou hast let thy mouth speake wickednesse: and with thy tongue thou hast set foorth deceipt.
  • Ps 52:2 : 2 Thy tongue imagineth wickednes: and deceaueth like a sharpe raser.
  • Ezek 44:21 : 21 Al the priestes that go into the inmost court shal drinke no wine.
  • Titus 1:7 : 7 For a bishop must be blamelesse, as the stewarde of God: not stubborne, not angry, not geuen to wyne, no striker, not geuen to filthie lucre:
  • 1 Tim 3:12 : 12 Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wife, and such as can rule their children well, and their owne housholdes.
  • Jas 3:10 : 10 Out of one mouth proceadeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these thynges ought not so to be.
  • 1 Pet 5:2 : 2 Feede you God his flocke, whiche is committed vnto you, takyng the ouersight of them not as compelled therto, but wyllyngly, not for the desyre of fylthy lucre, but of a good mynde:

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    6 Not a young scoler, lest he, beyng puffed vp, fall into the condempnation of the deuyll.

    7 He must also haue a good report of the which are without, lest he fall into the rebuke and snare of the deuyll.

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    9 Holdyng the misterie of the fayth in a pure conscience.

    10 And let them first be proued, then let them minister, beyng blamelesse.

    11 Euen so must their wyues be graue, not euyll speakers, sober, faythfull in all thynges.

    12 Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wife, and such as can rule their children well, and their owne housholdes.

    13 For they that haue ministred well, get them selues a good degree, and great libertie in the fayth whiche is in Christe Iesus.

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    6 If any be blamelesse, the husbande of one wyfe, hauyng faythfull chyldren, not accusable of riote, or vntractable.

    7 For a bishop must be blamelesse, as the stewarde of God: not stubborne, not angry, not geuen to wyne, no striker, not geuen to filthie lucre:

    8 But a louer of hospitalitie, a louer of goodnes, sober, ryghteous, godly, temperate,

    9 Holdyng fast the faythfull worde, which is accordyng to doctrine, that he may be able both to exhort in wholsome doctrine, and to improue them that say agaynst it.

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    1 This is a faithful saying: Yf a man desire ye office of a bishop, he desireth a good worke.

    2 A bishop therfore must be blamelesse, the husband of one wyfe, watchyng, sober, comely apparelled, a louer of hospitalitie, apt to teache,

    3 Not geuen to ouermuch wine, no striker, not greedy of fylthy lucre: but gentle, abhorryng fyghtyng, abhorryng couetousnesse:

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    1 But speake thou the thynges which become wholsome doctrine.

    2 That the elder men be watchyng, graue, sober, sounde in fayth, in loue, in pacience:

    3 The elder women lykewyse, that they be in such behauiour as becometh holynesse, not false accusers, not geuen to much wine, teachers of good thinges,

    4 To make the young women sober mynded, to loue their husbandes, to loue their chyldren,

    5 (To be) discrete, chaste, house kepers, good, obedient vnto their owne husbandes, that the worde of God be not blasphemed.

    6 Young men lykewyse exhort, to be sober mynded.

    7 In all thynges shewyng thy selfe a paterne of good workes, in the doctrine, vncorruptnesse, grauitie, integritie,

    8 Wholsome worde, vnrebukeable, that he which withstandeth, may be ashamed, hauyng no euyll thyng to say of you.

    9 Exhort seruauntes, to be obedient vnto their owne maisters, and to please them in all thynges, not aunsweryng agayne:

    10 Neither pickers, but shewing all good faythfulnesse, that they may adourne the doctrine of God our sauiour in all thynges.

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    11 Whose mouthes must be stopped, which subuert whole houses, teachyng thynges which they ought not, for fylthie lucre sake.

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    2 Feede you God his flocke, whiche is committed vnto you, takyng the ouersight of them not as compelled therto, but wyllyngly, not for the desyre of fylthy lucre, but of a good mynde:

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    16 Yf any man or woman that beleueth haue wydowes, let them susteine them, & let not the Churches be charged, that there maye be sufficient for them that are wydowes in deede.

    17 The elders that rule well are worthy of double honour, most speciallye they which labour in the worde & teachyng.

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    2 To blaspheme no man, to be no fyghters, but gentle, shewyng all mekenesse vnto all men.

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    3 Yf any man teache otherwyse, and consenteth not vnto the wholsome wordes of our Lorde Iesus Christe, and to the doctrine whiche is accordyng to godlynesse:

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    3 Let vs geue none occasion of euyll in any thyng, that the ministerie be not blamed:

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    3 And through couetousnesse, shall they with fayned wordes make marchaudize of you, whose iudgement is nowe not farre of, and their damnation sleepeth not.

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    20 For this we eschewe, that any man shoulde rebuke vs in this plenteous distribution that is ministred by vs:

    21 And make prouisio for honest thinges, not only in the syght of the Lorde, but also in the syght of men.

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    18 For they that are suche, serue not the Lorde Iesus Christe, but their owne belly, and with sweete and flatteryng wordes deceaue the heartes of the innocentes.

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    9 For they that wyll be riche, fall into temptations and snares, and into many folishe & noysome lustes, which drowne men in perdition and destruction.

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    22 Lay handes sodenly on no man, neither be partaker of other mens sinnes. Kepe thy selfe chaste.

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    8 This is a faythfull saying: And of these thynges I wyll that thou confirme, that they which haue beleued in God, myght be carefull to shewe foorth good workes. These thynges are good and profitable vnto men.

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    7 And these thynges commaunde, that they may be blamelesse.

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    3 Be not desirous of his daintie meates, for meate begyleth and deceaueth.

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    10 Nor theeues, nor couetous, nor drunckardes, nor cursed speakers, nor pyllers, shall inherite the kingdome of God.

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    5 For neither at any tyme vsed we flatteryng wordes, as ye knowe, neither cloke of couetousnes, God is recorde,

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    18 That they do good, that they be riche in good workes, that they be redye to geue, glad to distribute:

  • Acts 6:3
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    3 Wherfore brethren, loke ye out among you seuen men of honest report, & full of the holy ghost, and wysedome, to who we may commit this busynesse.

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    24 And the seruaunt of the Lorde must not striue: but be gentle vnto all men, apt to teache, sufferyng euyll in mekenesse,

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    3 But fornication, and all vncleannesse, or couetousnesse, let it not be once named among you, as it becommeth saintes:

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    5 Uayne disputations of men of corrupte myndes, destitute of the trueth, thynkyng lucre to be godlynesse. From suche be thou separate.

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