1 Timothy 3:3
3not a drunkard, not violent but agentle, not quarrelsome, bnot a lover of money.1 Timothy 3:8
Qualifications for Deacons
8 cDeacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, ▼▼Or devious in speech
enot addicted to much wine, fnot greedy for dishonest gain. 1 Peter 5:2
2 gshepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, ▼▼Some manuscripts omit exercising oversight
inot under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; ▼▼Some manuscripts omit as God would have you
knot for shameful gain, but eagerly;
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