1 Timothy 3:8
“Likewise must the Deacons bee graue, not double tongued, not giuen to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre,”
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1 Timothy 3:8 Context
6Not a nouice, lest being lifted vp with pride, hee fall into the condemnation of the deuill. 7Moreouer, hee must haue a good report of them which are without, lest he fall into reproch, and the snare of the deuill. 8Likewise must the Deacons bee graue, not double tongued, not giuen to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre, 9Holding the mysterie of the faith in a pure conscience. 10And let these also first be proued; then let them vse the office of a Deacon, being found blamelesse.
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Likewise [must] the deacons [be] grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
- King James Version
Deacons likewise {must be} men of dignity, not double-tongued, or addicted to much wine or fond of sordid gain,
- New American Standard Version (1995)