| 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... | |
| 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... | |
| 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.'... | |
| 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... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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... | |
| 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.... | |
| 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... | |
| 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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