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" 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. "
The Christian Spectator - Page 485
1827
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The Everyday Bible

Charles M. Sheldon - Bible - 1924 - 664 pages
...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...
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Early Latin theology: selections from Tertullian, Cyprian, Ambrose, and Jerome

Stanley Lawrence Greenslade - Christian literature, Early - 1956 - 422 pages
...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...
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The Congregational Quarterly, Volume 9

Joseph Sylvester Clark, Henry Martyn Dexter, Alonzo Hall Quint, Christopher Cushing, Samuel Burnham - Congregational churches - 1867 - 428 pages
...for the office which Paul gives. " The deacons must he grave, not dj.ihle-tongucd, n)t given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre ; holding the mystery of the faith in a pure eonscianea. I, at those also first ho proved; then let fiem use the office of duacon, b'ing found blameless."...
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Heresy and Authority in Medieval Europe

Edward Peters - History - 1980 - 324 pages
...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.'...
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Filled with the Spirit

John R. Rice - Religion - 2000 - 568 pages
...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...
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Minister's Service Book: For Pulpit and Parish

David F. Wells - Religion - 1993 - 268 pages
...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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The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians and the Epistles ...

Jean Calvin - Bible - 1996 - 424 pages
...who sins without shame? 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...
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Organizational Structure and Apostasy

Colin D. Standish - Seventh-Day Adventists - 2000 - 180 pages
...Ghost and wisdom. Acts 6:3 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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50 Years Among the Baptists

David Benedict - Religion - 2001 - 450 pages
...this office are full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, are grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre, holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience, ruling their children and their own houses well? I am led to suppose that in the more than fifteen...
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The Old Regular Baptists of Central Appalachia: Brothers and Sisters in Hope

Howard Dorgan - History - 2001 - 300 pages
...hands on them. (Acts 6:1-6) 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; and let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless....
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