Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money. Cross References Philippians 1:1 Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons: 1 Timothy 3:2 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 1 Timothy 3:3 not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money. 1 Timothy 3:12 A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household. 1 Timothy 5:23 Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments. Titus 1:7 As God's steward, an overseer must be above reproach--not self-absorbed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money. Titus 2:3 Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good. 1 Peter 5:2 Be shepherds of God's flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but because it is God's will; not out of greed, but out of eagerness; Treasury of Scripture Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; the deacons. Acts 6:3-6 Philippians 1:1 be. 1 Timothy 3:4 double-tongued. Psalm 5:9 Psalm 12:2 Psalm 50:19 not given. 1 Timothy 3:3 Leviticus 10:9 Ezekiel 44:21 |
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