1 Timothy 3:8

Modern English Version

Likewise deacons must be honorable, not insincere, not given to much wine, not greedy,

Cross References

Psalm 12:2

They speak empty words, each with his own neighbor; with flattering lips and a deceitful heart they speak.

Psalm 5:9

For there is no uprightness in their mouth; destruction is in their midst; their throat is an open tomb; they flatter with their tongue.

Psalm 50:19

You give your mouth to evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue devises destruction, like a sharp razor, you worker of deceit.

Ezekiel 44:21

Nor shall any priest drink wine when they enter the inner court.

Leviticus 10:9

Do not drink wine nor strong drink, you or your sons with you, when you go into the tent of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations,

Romans 3:13

“Their throats are an open grave; with their tongues they have used deceit”; “the poison of vipers is under their lips”;

Philippians 1:1

Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, with the overseers and deacons:

1 Timothy 3:12

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

1 Timothy 3:2

An overseer then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach;

1 Timothy 3:3

not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money, but patient, not argumentative, not covetous;

1 Timothy 5:23

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

Titus 1:7

For an overseer must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not easily angered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain,

Titus 2:3

Likewise, older women should be reverent in behavior, and not be false accusers, not be enslaved to much wine, but teachers of good things,

James 3:10

Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.

1 Peter 5:2

Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, take care of them, not by constraint, but willingly, not for dishonest gain, but eagerly.