1Ti 3:8 | PNT | STEP | Likewise [must] the deacons . The ancient church understood that the seven appointed in Acts were the first deacons ( ). They were not called deacons, but filled a diaconate. In we find deacons existing. Their office seemed to have been to look after the temporal matters of the church, and especially to care for the poor and the widows ( ). Not doubletongued . Not saying one thing to one man, and another thing to others. Not greedy of filthy lucre . Men who are covetous and unscrupulous as to modes of getting money are not to be chosen.

1 Timothy 3:8

Likewise [must] the deacons. The ancient church understood that the seven appointed in Acts were the first deacons (Ac 6:5). They were not called deacons, but filled a diaconate. In Php 1:1 we find deacons existing. Their office seemed to have been to look after the temporal matters of the church, and especially to care for the poor and the widows (Ac 6:1,2).

Not doubletongued. Not saying one thing to one man, and another thing to others.

Not greedy of filthy lucre. Men who are covetous and unscrupulous as to modes of getting money are not to be chosen.