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Qualifications for Deacons

(A)Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued,[a] (B)not addicted to much wine, (C)not greedy for dishonest gain.

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  1. 1 Timothy 3:8 Or devious in speech

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

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12 Let deacons each be (A)the husband of one wife, (B)managing their children and their own households well.

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

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