Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for money,
Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Jesus Christ, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:
the older women likewise, that they be reverent in behavior, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things—
No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for your stomach’s sake and your frequent infirmities.
not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
“Do not drink wine or intoxicating drink, you, nor your sons with you, when you go into the tabernacle of meeting, lest you die. It shall be a statute forever throughout your generations,
Out of the same mouth proceed blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not to be so.
For a bishop must be blameless, as a steward of God, not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money,
Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
No priest shall drink wine when he enters the inner court.
Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, working deceitfully.
They speak idly everyone with his neighbor; With flattering lips and a double heart they speak.
For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; Their inward part is destruction; Their throat is an open tomb; They flatter with their tongue.
Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, serving as overseers, not by compulsion but willingly, not for dishonest gain but eagerly;
“Their throat is an open tomb; With their tongues they have practiced deceit”; “The poison of asps is under their lips”;
You give your mouth to evil, And your tongue frames deceit.
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach;