And the Lord said, Who is indeed that faithful and wise steward, whom his master will set over his family to give out the measure of food in due season?

Take heed to yourselves, least at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and the cares of life, and so that day should come upon you unawares:

And be not drunk with wine, in which there is riotous excess; but be filled with the Spirit:

For a bishop must be blameless as the steward of God, not self-willed, not passionate, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of sordid gain:

the aged women likewise in behaviour as becometh saints, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

Not greedy

Wo unto them; for they have gone in the way of Cain, and been carried away by Balaam's error, the love of lucre, and perished as in the contradiction of Korah.

Filthy

The deacons should likewise be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of base gain,

For a bishop must be blameless as the steward of God, not self-willed, not passionate, not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of sordid gain:

taking the episcopal charge of it, not by constraint, but willingly; not for shameful lucre, but with a ready mind:

Patient

But do thou, O man of God, flee these things, and follow after righteousness, piety, fidelity, love, patience, meekness.

And admonish the disorderly, comfort the feeble-minded, support the weak, be of a patient spirit towards all.

but to be gentle towards all men, ready to teach, patient under injuries,

I John, who am also your brother, and companion in the affliction, and in the kingdom and patience of Jesus Christ, was in the island called Patmos, for the sake of the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus Christ.

Not covetous

and said to them, It is written, "My house shall be called the house of prayer," but ye have made it a den of thieves.

But the hireling, that is not the true shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf seizeth them, and disperseth the sheep.

Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence and given to the poor?

And when Simon saw that the holy Spirit was given by the imposition of the hands of the apostles, he offered them money,

I have coveted no one's silver, or gold, or apparel:

and avoid them; for such people serve not our Lord Jesus Christ, but their own belly; and by a soothing address and good words deceive the hearts of the innocent.

and by artful speeches they will make sale of you for gain. Whose judgement is long since hastening, and their destruction doth not slumber.

And the merchants of the earth shall bewail and mourn over her, because no one will buy their merchandize any more:

General references

Drink no longer water only, but use a little wine with it, for the sake of thy stomach and thy frequent infirmities.