1 Timothy 3:8 - The Scriptures 1998

⁸ Likewise attendants are to be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for filthy gain,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁸ Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁸ 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)

⁸ Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

Common English Bible

⁸ In the same way, servants in the church should be dignified, not two-faced, heavy drinkers, or greedy for money.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁸ Similarly, deacons must be chaste, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not pursuing tainted profit,

1 Timothy 3:8 Cross References

Psalm 12:2

They speak falsehood with each other; They speak with flattering lips, a double heart.

Psalm 5:9

For there is no stability in their mouth; Their inward part is destruction; Their throat is an open grave; They flatter with their tongue.

Psalm 50:19

“You let your mouth loose to evil, And your tongue frames deceit.

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

Ezekiel 44:21

“And no priest is to drink wine when he comes into the inner court.

Leviticus 10:9

“Do not drink wine or strong drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the Tent of Meeting, lest you die – a law forever throughout your generations,

Romans 3:13

“Their throat is an open tomb, with their tongues they have deceived,” “The poison of adders is under their lips,”

Philippians 1:1

Sha’ul and Timothy, servants of יהושע  Messiah, to all the set-apart ones in Messiah יהושע  who are in Philippi, with the overseers and attendants:

1 Timothy 3:12

Let attendants be the husbands of only one wife, ruling children and their own houses well.

1 Timothy 3:2

An overseer, then, should be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, sensible, orderly, kind to strangers, able to teach,

1 Timothy 3:3

not given to wine, no brawler, but gentle, not quarrelsome, no lover of money,

1 Timothy 5:23

No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent ailments.

Titus 1:7

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,

Titus 2:3

the older women likewise are to be set-apart in behaviour, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of what is good,

James 3:10

Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be so.

1 Peter 5:2

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,