1 Timothy 3:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

Likewise, the deacons must be dignified, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain;

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  • Phil 1:1 : 1 Paul and Timothy, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
  • Titus 2:3 : 3 The older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine, teachers of good things;
  • 1 Tim 3:3 : 3 Not given to wine, not a striker, not greedy for dishonest gain; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
  • 1 Tim 5:23 : 23 No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach's sake and your frequent infirmities.
  • Ps 12:2 : 2 They speak vanity everyone with his neighbor: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.
  • Lev 10:9 : 9 'Do not drink wine or strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations,
  • Acts 6:3-6 : 3 Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this duty. 4 But we will devote ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word. 5 This proposal pleased the whole multitude, and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch. 6 They set them before the apostles, and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.
  • Rom 3:13 : 13 'Their throat is an open grave; with their tongues they have practiced deceit; the poison of vipers is under their lips.'
  • Ps 5:9 : 9 For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is pure wickedness; their throat is an open grave; they flatter with their tongue.
  • Ps 50:19 : 19 You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.
  • Ps 52:2 : 2 Your tongue devises mischiefs; like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
  • Ezek 44:21 : 21 No priest shall drink wine when they enter the inner court.
  • Titus 1:7 : 7 For a bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God; not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money;
  • 1 Tim 3:12 : 12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
  • Jas 3:10 : 10 Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
  • 1 Pet 5:2 : 2 Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by compulsion, but willingly; not for dishonest gain, but with a ready mind;

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    9Holding the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.

    10And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, being found blameless.

    11In the same way, their wives must be dignified, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.

    12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

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    1But speak the things that are fitting for sound doctrine:

    2That the older men be sober, dignified, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience.

    3The older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not addicted to much wine, teachers of good things;

    4That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

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