When he came in, the Jews who had come down from Jerusalem stood around him and brought a number of serious charges against him, which they could not prove.

"Sirs," he said to them, "I perceive that the voyage will be attended with injury and serious loss, not only to the cargo and to the ship, but also to our own lives."

Deacons, likewise, must be serious, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of gain,

that the older men be self-controlled, serious and sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience;

In your teaching be serious and sincere.