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Deacons, likewise, should be worthy of respect, not hypocritical, not drinking a lot of wine, not greedy for money,
Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus: To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, including the overseers and deacons.
In the same way, older women are to be reverent in behaviour, not slanderers, not slaves to excessive drinking. They are to teach what is good,
Don’t continue drinking only water, but use a little wine because of your stomach and your frequent illnesses.
not an excessive drinker, not a bully but gentle, not quarrelsome, not greedy.
‘You and your sons are not to drink wine or beer when you enter the tent of meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute throughout your generations.
Blessing and cursing come out of the same mouth. My brothers and sisters, these things should not be this way.
As an overseer of God’s household, he must be blameless, not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not an excessive drinker, not a bully, not greedy for money,
Deacons are to be husbands of one wife, managing their children and their own households competently.
No priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court.
Shepherd God’s flock among you, not overseeing out of compulsion but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed for money but eagerly;
Their throat is an open grave; they deceive with their tongues. , Vipers’ venom is under their lips. ,
An overseer, therefore, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,