1 Timothy 3:8

James Moffatt - New Testament

Deacons in turn are to be serious men; they are not to be tale-bearers or addicted to drink or pilfering;

Cross References

Philippians 1:1

PAUL and Timotheus, servants of Christ Jesus, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, as well as to the bishops and deacons:

Titus 2:3

Tell the older women also to be reverent in their demeanour and not to be slanderers or slaves to drink;

1 Timothy 5:23

[Give up being a total abstainer; take a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent attacks of illness.]

1 Timothy 3:3

not a drunkard or violent, but lenient and conciliatory, not a lover of money,

James 3:10

blessing and cursing stream from the same lips! My brothers, this ought not to be.

Titus 1:7

[For a bishop must be above reproach — he is a steward of God's house — he must not be presumptuous or hot-tempered or a drunkard or violent or addicted to pilfering;

1 Timothy 3:12

Deacons are only to be married once, and they must manage their children and households properly.

1 Peter 5:2

be shepherds to your flock of God; take charge of them willingly instead of being pressed to it, not to make a base profit from it but freely,

Romans 3:13

Their throat is an open grave, they are treacherous with their tongues, the venom of an asp lies under their lips.

1 Timothy 3:2

Well, for the office of a bishop a man must be above reproach; he must be only married once, he must be temperate, master of himself, unruffled, hospitable, a skilled teacher,