Such are the ways of everyone greedy for gain; It takes away the life of its owners.
1 Timothy 3:3 - The Scriptures 2009 not given to wine, no brawler, but gentle, not quarrelsome, no lover of silver, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Not given to wine, not combative but gentle and considerate, not quarrelsome but forbearing and peaceable, and not a lover of money [insatiable for wealth and ready to obtain it by questionable means]. American Standard Version (1901) no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money; Common English Bible They shouldn’t be addicted to alcohol or be a bully. Instead, they should be gentle, peaceable, and not greedy. Catholic Public Domain Version not a drunkard, not combative but restrained, not quarrelsome, not covetous; Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Not given to wine, no striker, but modest, not quarrelsome, not covetous, but |
Such are the ways of everyone greedy for gain; It takes away the life of its owners.
He who is greedy for gain, troubles his own house, But he who hates bribes lives.
The end of a matter is better than its beginning. The patient in spirit is better than the proud in spirit.
Woe to the proud crown of the drunkards of Ephrayim, and to the fading flower of its splendid comeliness that is on the head of the fertile valley, to those who are overcome with wine!
And these too have gone astray through wine, and through strong drink wandered about. Priest and prophet have gone astray through strong drink, they are swallowed up by wine, they wander about through strong drink, they go astray in vision, they stumble in right-ruling.
“For from the least of them even to the greatest of them, they are all greedy for gain. And from the prophet even to the priest, all act falsely.
“Therefore I give their wives to others, and their fields to possessing ones. For from the least even to the greatest, they are all greedy for gain. From the prophet to the priest, all act falsely.
“And no priest is to drink wine when he comes into the inner court.
Do not drink wine or strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of Appointment, lest you die – a law forever throughout your generations,”
“If a man walking after wind and falsehood has lied: ‘I preach to you of wine and of strong drink,’ he shall be the ‘preacher’ of this people!
Her heads judge for a bribe, her priests teach for pay, and her prophets divine for a price. Yet they lean on יהוה, and say, “Is not יהוה in our midst? Evil does not come upon us.”
Thus said יהוה concerning the prophets who lead my people astray, who are biting with their teeth and have called out, “Peace!” They even set apart a battle against him who does not give for their mouths.
“Who among you who would shut the doors, so that you would not kindle fire on My slaughter-place for naught? I have no pleasure in you,” said יהוה of hosts, “Nor do I accept an offering from your hands.
And He said to them, “It has been written, ‘My House shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of robbers.’ ”
For such ones do not serve our Master יהושע Messiah, but their own stomach, and by smooth words and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the innocent.
And do not be drunk with wine, in which is loose behaviour, but be filled with the Spirit,
And we appeal to you, brothers, warn those who are disorderly, encourage the faint-hearted, uphold the weak, be patient with all.
Likewise attendants are to be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for filthy gain,
For men shall be lovers of self, lovers of silver, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, thankless, wrong-doers,
whose mouths have to be stopped, who upset entire households, teaching what they should not teach, for the sake of filthy gain.
For an overseer has to be unreprovable, as a managing one of Elohim, not self-pleasing, not wroth, not given to wine, no brawler, not greedy for filthy gain,
the older women likewise are to be set-apart in behaviour, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of what is good,
not to slander anyone, not to be quarrelsome, to be gentle, showing all meekness to all men.
Let your way of life be without the love of silver, and be satisfied with what you have. For He Himself has said, “I shall never leave you nor forsake you,”
Where do fightings and strivings come from among you? Do they not come from your pleasures that battle in your members?
Shepherd the flock of Elohim which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but voluntarily, not out of greed for filthy gain, but eagerly,
and in greed, with fabricated words, they shall use you for gain. From of old their judgment does not linger, and their destruction does not slumber.
Woe to them! Because they have gone in the way of Qayin, and gave themselves to the delusion of Bil‛am for a reward, and perished in the rebellion of Qoraḥ.
I, Yoḥanan, both your brother and co-sharer in pressure, and in the reign and endurance of יהושע Messiah, came to be on the island that is called Patmos for the Word of Elohim and for the witness of יהושע Messiah.
But his sons did not walk in his ways, and turned aside after own gain, and took bribes, and twisted right-ruling.