Qualifications for Deacons

8 ^jDeacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued,¹ not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain.

7 For an ^soverseer,¹ as God’s ^tsteward, must be above reproach. He must not be arrogant or ^uquick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,

11 They must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by teaching for ^yshameful gain what they ought not to teach.

2 shepherd the ^zflock of God that is among you, exercising oversight,^{1 a}not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you;² not for shameful gain, but eagerly;