1 Timothy 3:8

English Majority Text Version

Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, not being given to much wine, not greedy for money,

Cross References

Romans 3:13

"Their throat is an opened grave; with their tongues they deceived"; " the poison of asps is under their lips";

Philippians 1:1

Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, together with the overseers and ministers:

1 Timothy 3:12

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

1 Timothy 3:2

It is necessary, therefore, for a bishop to be irreproachable, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, well-behaved, hospitable, skillful at teaching;

1 Timothy 3:3

not given to wine, not a bully, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not loving money;

1 Timothy 5:23

No longer drink water only, but use a little wine on account of your stomach, and your frequent illnesses.

Titus 1:7

For a bishop must be unimpeachable, as God's steward, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money,

Titus 2:3

Older women likewise are to be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teaching what is good,

James 3:10

Out of the same mouth come blessings and curses. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

1 Peter 5:2

shepherd the flock of God among you, overseeing not by compulsion, but rather willingly, not in fondness for dishonest gain, but rather eagerly;