1 Timothy 3:8

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Deacons likewise must be serious, not double-tongued, not indulging in much wine, not greedy for money;

Cross References

Psalm 12:2

They utter lies to each other; with flattering lips and a deceitful heart they speak.

Psalm 5:9

For there is no truth in their mouths; their hearts are destruction; their throats are open graves; they flatter with their tongues.

Psalm 50:19

“You give your mouth free rein for evil, and your tongue frames deceit.

Psalm 52:2

you are plotting destruction. Your tongue is like a sharp razor, you worker of treachery.

Ezekiel 44:21

No priest shall drink wine when he enters the inner court.

Leviticus 10:9

“Drink no wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons, when you enter the tent of meeting, that you may not die; it is a statute forever throughout your generations.

Romans 3:13

“Their throats are opened graves; they use their tongues to deceive.” “The venom of vipers is under their lips.”

Philippians 1:1

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

1 Timothy 3:12

Let deacons be married only once, and let them manage their children and their households well;

1 Timothy 3:2

Now a bishop must be above reproach, married only once, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an apt teacher,

1 Timothy 3:3

not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, and not a lover of money.

1 Timothy 5:23

No longer drink only water, but take a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.

Titus 1:7

For a bishop, as God’s steward, must be blameless; he must not be arrogant or quick-tempered or addicted to wine or violent or greedy for gain,

Titus 2:3

Likewise, tell the older women to be reverent in behavior, not to be slanderers or enslaved to much wine; they are to teach what is good,

James 3:10

From the same mouth comes a blessing and a curse. My brothers and sisters, this ought not to be so.

1 Peter 5:2

to tend the flock of God that is in your charge, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion but willingly, as God would have you do it, not for sordid gain but eagerly.