They speak falsehood with each other; They speak with flattering lips, a double heart.
1 Timothy 3:8 - The Scriptures 2009 Likewise attendants are to be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for filthy gain, Dugang nga mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In like manner the deacons [must be] worthy of respect, not shifty and double-talkers but sincere in what they say, not given to much wine, not greedy for base gain [craving wealth and resorting to ignoble and dishonest methods of getting it]. American Standard Version (1901) Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; Common English Bible In the same way, servants in the church should be dignified, not two-faced, heavy drinkers, or greedy for money. Catholic Public Domain Version Similarly, deacons must be chaste, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not pursuing tainted profit, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Deacons in like manner chaste, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre: |
They speak falsehood with each other; They speak with flattering lips, a double heart.
For there is no stability in their mouth; Their inward part is destruction; Their throat is an open burial-site; They flatter with their tongue.
Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.
“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,”
“Their throat is an open tomb, with their tongues they have deceived,” “The poison of adders is under their lips,”
Sha’ul and Timotiyos, servants of יהושע Messiah, to all the set-apart ones in Messiah יהושע who are in Philippi, with the overseers and attendants:
Let attendants be the husbands of only one wife, ruling children and their own houses well.
An overseer, then, should be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, sensible, orderly, kind to strangers, able to teach,
not given to wine, no brawler, but gentle, not quarrelsome, no lover of silver,
No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent ailments.
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,
Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be so.
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,