1 Timothy 3:8

In 9 translations

BSB

Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued or given to much wine or greedy for money.

KJV

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

WEB

Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money,or, Deacons.

ASV

Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

LSV

Servants, in like manner, dignified, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to shameful gain,

YLT

Ministrants — in like manner grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not given to filthy lucre,

DBY

Ministers, in like manner, grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not seeking gain by base means,

DRC

Deacons in like manner chaste, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre:

GNV

Likewise must Deacons be graue, not double tongued, not giuen vnto much wine, neither to filthy lucre,

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT

Διακόνους ὡσαύτως σεμνούς, μὴ διλόγους, μὴ οἴνῳ πολλῷ προσέχοντας, μὴ αἰσχροκερδεῖς,

RP2018

Διακόνους ὡσαύτως σεμνούς, μὴ διλόγους, μὴ οἴνῳ πολλῷ προσέχοντας, μὴ αἰσχροκερδεῖς,

TR-Boyd

Διακόνους ὡσαύτως σεμνούς, μὴ διλόγους, μὴ οἴνῳ πολλῷ προσέχοντας, μὴ αἰσχροκερδεῖς,

SCR1894

διακονους ωσαυτως σεμνους μη διλογους μη οινω πολλω προσεχοντας μη αισχροκερδεις

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Philippians 1:1Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers and deacons:
• Acts 6:3–6Therefore, brothers, select from among you seven men confirmed to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will appoint this responsibility to them and will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.” This…
• 1 Timothy 5:23Stop drinking only water and use a little wine instead, because of your stomach and your frequent ailments.
• 1 Timothy 3:3not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
• Titus 2:3Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of good.
• Leviticus 10:9“You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this is a permanent statute for the generations to come.
• Ezekiel 44:21No priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court.
• Psalms 12:2They lie to one another; they speak with flattering lips and a double heart.
• 1 Timothy 3:12A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.
• James 3:10Out of the same mouth come blessing and cursing. My brothers, this should not be!
• Titus 1:7As 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.
• Psalms 52:2Your tongue devises destruction like a sharpened razor, O worker of deceit.
• Psalms 50:19You unleash your mouth for evil and unharness your tongue for deceit.
• Romans 3:13“Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.” “The venom of vipers is on their lips.”
• 1 Peter 5:2Be 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;
• Psalms 5:9For not a word they speak can be trusted; destruction lies within them. Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.

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