1 Timothy 3:8

Overview - 1 Timothy 3
How bishops and deacons, and their wives should be qualified;
14 and to what end Saint Paul wrote to Timothy of these things.
15 Of the church, and the blessed truth therein taught and professed.
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1 Timothy 3:8  (King James Version)
Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
 


the deacons
Acts 6:3-6 ; Philippians 1:1

be
3:4

double-tongued
Psalms 5:9 ; 12:2 50:19 52:2 Romans 3:13 ; James 3:10

not given
3 ; Leviticus 10:9 ; Ezekiel 44:21