1 Timothy 3:8

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Summary

1 Timothy 3:8

Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

The deacons

Acts 6:3

Philippians 1:1

Be

1 Timothy 3:4

Double-tongued

Not given

1 Timothy 3:3

Leviticus 10:9

Ezekiel 44:21

General references

Ezekiel 44:21

Bible References

The deacons

Therefore, brethren, select from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Spirit and of wisdom, whom we may put in charge of this task.

Paul and Timothy, bond-servants of Christ Jesus,

To all the

saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, including the overseers and deacons:

Be

He must be one who manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity

Double-tongued

There is nothing reliable in what they say;
Their inward part is destruction itself.
Their throat is an open grave;
They flatter with their tongue.

They speak falsehood to one another;
With flattering lips and with a double heart they speak.

“You

let your mouth loose in evil

And your tongue frames deceit.

Your tongue devises destruction,
Like a sharp razor, O worker of deceit.

“Their throat is an open grave,
With their tongues they keep deceiving,”
“The poison of asps is under their lips”;

from the same mouth come both blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be this way.

Not given

not addicted to wine or pugnacious, but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money.

“Do not drink wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons with you, when you come into the tent of meeting, so that you will not die—it is a perpetual statute throughout your generations—

Nor shall any of the priests drink wine when they enter the inner court.

General references

Nor shall any of the priests drink wine when they enter the inner court.