1 Timothy 3:8

1 Timothy 3:8

6 not a¹ novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.

7 Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the ^asnare of the devil.

Qualifications of Deacons

8 Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, ^anot given to much wine, not greedy for money,

9 holding the¹ mystery of the faith with a pure conscience.

10 But let these also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, being found blameless.

11 Likewise, their wives must be reverent, not¹ slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

12 Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

13 For those who have served well as deacons ^aobtain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Deacons (diakonouv). Accusative case of general reference like the preceding with dei einai understood. Technical sense of the word here as in Philippians 1:1 which see (two classes of church officers, bishops or elders, deacons).

Grave (semnouv). See Philippians 4:8. Repeated in verse I Timothy 3:11; Titus 2:2.

Not double-tongued (mh dilogouv). Rare word (dis, legw) saying same thing twice. Xenophon has dilogew and dilogia. In Pollux, but LXX has diglwssov (double-tongued, Latin bilinguis). Only here in N.T. One placed between two persons and saying one thing to one, another to the other. Like Bunyan's Parson "Mr. Two-Tongues."

Not given to much wine (mh oinw pollw prosexontav). "Not holding the mind (ton noun understood as usual with prosexw, I Timothy 1:4) on much wine" (oinw, dative case). That attitude leads to over-indulgence.

Not greedy of filthy lucre (mh aisxrokerdeiv). Old word from aisxrov (Ephesians 5:12) and kerdov (Philippians 1:21). "Making small gains in mean ways" (Parry). Not genuine in verse I Timothy 3:3. In N.T. only here and Titus 1:7 (of bishops).

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Timothy 3:8:**

Acts 6:2
Acts 20:28
Romans 16:1
1 Corinthians 3:5
Philippians 1:1
Philippians 4:8
1 Timothy 1:4
1 Timothy 3:11
1 Timothy 4:1
Titus 1:7
Titus 1:11
Titus 2:2
Titus 2:3
1 Peter 5:2

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