"Their throat is an opened grave; with their tongues they deceived"; " the poison of asps is under their lips";
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, Higit pang mga bersyonKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition In like manner the deacons [must be] worthy of respect, not shifty and double-talkers but sincere in what they say, not given to much wine, not greedy for base gain [craving wealth and resorting to ignoble and dishonest methods of getting it]. American Standard Version (1901) Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; Common English Bible In the same way, servants in the church should be dignified, not two-faced, heavy drinkers, or greedy for money. Catholic Public Domain Version Similarly, deacons must be chaste, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not pursuing tainted profit, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Deacons in like manner chaste, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre: |
"Their throat is an opened grave; with their tongues they deceived"; " the poison of asps is under their lips";
Paul and Timothy, bondservants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus who are at Philippi, together with the overseers and ministers:
Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children well, and their own houses.
It is necessary, therefore, for a bishop to be irreproachable, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, well-behaved, hospitable, skillful at teaching;
not given to wine, not a bully, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not loving money;
No longer drink water only, but use a little wine on account of your stomach, and your frequent illnesses.
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,
Older women likewise are to be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers, not given to much wine, teaching what is good,
Out of the same mouth come blessings and curses. My brothers, these things ought not to be so.
shepherd the flock of God among you, overseeing not by compulsion, but rather willingly, not in fondness for dishonest gain, but rather eagerly;