1Tim.3.8

1 Timothy 3:8

KJV

Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

Qualifications for Deacons

Overseers and Deacons

Cross References

Philippians 1:1

KJV

Paul and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

1 Timothy 3:2

KJV

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

1 Timothy 3:3

KJV

Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

1 Timothy 3:12

KJV

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

1 Timothy 5:23

KJV

Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.

Titus 1:7

KJV

For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

Appointing Elders on Crete

Qualifications of Elders

Titus 2:3

KJV

The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

1 Peter 5:2

KJV

Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;