8Deacons in like manner chaste, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre:
8Deacons in like manner chaste, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre:
5 But if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?
6 Not a neophyte: lest being puffed up with pride, he fall into the judgment of the devil.
7 Moreover he must have a good testimony of them who are without: lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
8 Deacons in like manner chaste, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre:
9 Holding the mystery of faith in a pure conscience.
10 And let these also first be proved: and so let them minister, having no crime.
3:8Likewise [must] the deacons [be] grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
3:8Deacons, likewise, are to be men worthy of respect, sincere, not indulging in much wine, and not pursuing dishonest gain.
3:8Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
3:8Ministers, in like manner, grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not seeking gain by base means,
3:8Deacons in like manner must be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
3:8Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre,
3:8Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money;
3:8Ministrants — in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,
3:8Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;