 | Thomas Smyth - 1908
...respectability. 1 Tim. 3 : 8-12. Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued ; not given to much wine ; not greedy of filthy lucre ; holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. And let these also first be proved ; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.... | |
 | Herbert McClellan Riggle - 1912 - 488 pagina’s
...officers called "deacons." "Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre ; holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. And let these also first be proved ; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.... | |
 | 1852
...further stated by St. Paul : " Likewise must the Deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre ; holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience." The Apostle adds, " And let these also first be proved ; then let them use the office of a Deacon,... | |
 | James Orr - 1915
...overseer, Paul continues: "Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless. Women in... | |
 | Charles M. Sheldon - 1924 - 640 pagina’s
...the snare of the devil. Deacons in like manner must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre ; holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. And let these also first be proved; then let them serve as deacons, if they be blameless. If thou put... | |
 | Stanley Lawrence Greenslade - 1956 - 415 pagina’s
...equal care. "Likewise must the deacons be chaste," he writes, "not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre, holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. And let these also first be proved; and then let them minister, being found blameless." 51 Woe to the... | |
 | Edward Peters - 1980 - 312 pagina’s
...subjection with all gravity. Likewise, the deacons must be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of being a deacon, being found blameless.'... | |
 | John R. Rice - 2000 - 555 pagina’s
...Scripture says, "Likewise must the deacons " He is to "be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine , not greedy of filthy lucre; holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience . " And the deacons' wives are to be "grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things." Possibly... | |
 | David F. Wells, Jesse Jai McNeil - 1993 - 318 pagina’s
...Matthew 20:26-28. — or — Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.... | |
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