Bible verse
Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.
1 Timothy 3:8 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Timothy 3.
4 An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity.
5 For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?
6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.
7 Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil.
8 Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.
9 They must hold to the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience.
10 Additionally, they must first be tested. Then, if they are above reproach, let them serve as deacons.
11 In the same way, the women must be dignified, not slanderers, but temperate and faithful in all things.
12 A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.
KJV
Likewise [must] the deacons [be] grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
ASV
Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
ERV
Deacons in like manner must be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
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