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κNot given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patienta, not a brawler, not covetous;

or, not ready to quarrel and offer as wrong, as one in wine.

2 Tim. 2:24• ²⁴And a bondman of the Lord ought not to contend, but be gentle towards all; apt to teach; forbearing; (2 Tim. 2:24)

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Not given to wine.

or, Not ready to quarrel, and offer wrong,as one in wine.

1 Tim. 3:8• ⁸Ministers, in like manner, grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not seeking gain by base means, (1 Tim. 3:8)

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Lev. 10:9• ⁹Thou shalt not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, and thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tent of meeting, lest ye die--it is an everlasting statute throughout your generations, (Lev. 10:9)

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Isa. 5:11‑12• ¹¹Woe unto them that, rising early in the morning, run after strong drink; that linger till twilight, till wine inflameth them!
¹²And harp and lyre, tambour and flute, and wine are in their banquets; but they regard not the work of Jehovah, nor do they see the operation of his hands. (Isa. 5:11‑12)

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Isa. 28:1,7• ¹Woe to the crown of pride of the drunkards of Ephraim, and to the fading flower of his glorious adornment, which is on the head of the fat valley of them that are overcome with wine.
⁷But these also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are they gone astray. The priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink; they are overpowered by wine, they are gone astray through strong drink; they have erred in vision, they have stumbled in judgment. (Isa. 28:1,7)

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Isa. 56:12• ¹²Come, say they, I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and to morrow shall be as this day, and much more abundant. (Isa. 56:12)

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Ezek. 44:21• ²¹Neither shall any priest drink wine when they enter into the inner court. (Ezek. 44:21)

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Mic. 2:11• ¹¹If a man walking in wind and falsehood do lie, saying, I will prophesy unto thee of wine and of strong drink, he shall be the prophet of this people. (Mic. 2:11)

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Matt. 24:45‑51• ⁴⁵Who then is the faithful and prudent bondman whom his lord has set over his household, to give them food in season?
⁴⁶Blessed is that bondman whom his lord on coming shall find doing thus.
⁴⁷Verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all his substance.
⁴⁸But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come,
⁴⁹and begin to beat his fellow-bondmen, and eat and drink with the drunken;
⁵⁰the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour he knows not of,
⁵¹and shall cut him in two and appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. (Matt. 24:45‑51)

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Luke 12:42‑46• ⁴²And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and prudent steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give the measure of corn in season?
⁴³Blessed is that bondman whom his lord on coming shall find doing thus;
⁴⁴verily I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he has.
⁴⁵But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to be drunken,
⁴⁶the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour he knows not of, and shall cut him in two and appoint his portion with the unbelievers. (Luke 12:42‑46)

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Luke 21:34‑36• ³⁴But take heed to yourselves lest possibly your hearts be laden with surfeiting and drinking and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares;
³⁵for as a snare shall it come upon all them that dwell upon the face of the whole earth.
³⁶Watch therefore, praying at every season, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things which are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man. (Luke 21:34‑36)

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Eph. 5:18• ¹⁸And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit, (Eph. 5:18)

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Titus 1:7• ⁷For the overseer must be free from all charge against him as God's steward; not headstrong, not passionate, not disorderly through wine, not a striker, not seeking gain by base means; (Titus 1:7)

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Titus 2:3• ³that the elder women in like manner be in deportment as becoming those who have to say to sacred things, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of what is right; (Titus 2:3)

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2 Tim. 2:24‑25• ²⁴And a bondman of the Lord ought not to contend, but be gentle towards all; apt to teach; forbearing;
²⁵in meekness setting right those who oppose, if God perhaps may sometime give them repentance to acknowledgment of the truth, (2 Tim. 2:24‑25)

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not greedy.

Prov. 1:19• ¹⁹So are the paths of every one that is greedy of gain: it taketh away the life of its possessors. (Prov. 1:19)

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Prov. 15:27• ²⁷He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live. (Prov. 15:27)

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Isa. 56:11• ¹¹and the dogs are greedy, they know not to be satisfied, and these are shepherds that know not how to discern: they all turn to their own way, every one for his gain, even to the last of them: (Isa. 56:11)

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Jude 11• ¹¹Woe to them! because they have gone in the way of Cain, and given themselves up to the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core. (Jude 11)

filthy.

1 Tim. 3:8• ⁸Ministers, in like manner, grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not seeking gain by base means, (1 Tim. 3:8)

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1 Sam. 8:3• ³And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice. (1 Sam. 8:3)

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Titus 1:7,11• ⁷For the overseer must be free from all charge against him as God's steward; not headstrong, not passionate, not disorderly through wine, not a striker, not seeking gain by base means;
¹¹who must have their mouths stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which ought not to be taught for the sake of base gain. (Titus 1:7,11)

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1 Peter 5:2• ²shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising oversight, not by necessity, but willingly; not for base gain, but readily; (1 Peter 5:2)

patient.

1 Tim. 6:11• ¹¹But *thou*, O man of God, flee these things, and pursue righteousness, piety, faith, love, endurance, meekness of spirit. (1 Tim. 6:11)

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Eccl. 7:8• ⁸Better is the end of a thing than its beginning; better is a patient spirit than a proud spirit. (Eccl. 7:8)

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1 Thess. 5:14• ¹⁴But we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the faint hearted, sustain the weak, be patient towards all. (1 Thess. 5:14)

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2 Tim. 2:24• ²⁴And a bondman of the Lord ought not to contend, but be gentle towards all; apt to teach; forbearing; (2 Tim. 2:24)

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Rev. 1:9• ⁹I John, your brother and fellow-partaker in the tribulation and kingdom and patience, in Jesus, was in the island called Patmos, for the word of God, and for the testimony of Jesus. (Rev. 1:9)

a brawler.

Titus 3:2• ²to speak evil of no one, not to be contentious, to be mild, shewing all meekness towards all men. (Titus 3:2)

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James 4:1• ¹Whence come wars and whence fightings among you? Is it not thence,--from your pleasures, which war in your members? (James 4:1)

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not covetous.

1 Sam. 2:15‑17• ¹⁵Even before they burned the fat, the priest's servant came, and said to the man that sacrificed, Give flesh to roast for the priest, and he will not accept sodden flesh of thee, but raw.
¹⁶If the man said to him, They will immediately burn the fat entire, then take as thy soul desires; he would say to him, No, but thou shalt give it now; and if not, I will take it by force.
¹⁷And the sin of the young men was very great before Jehovah, for men despised the offering of Jehovah. (1 Sam. 2:15‑17)

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2 Kings 5:20‑27• ²⁰And Gehazi, the servant of Elisha the man of God, said, Behold, my master has spared Naaman, this Syrian, in not receiving at his hands that which he brought; but as Jehovah liveth, I will run after him and take somewhat of him.
²¹And Gehazi followed after Naaman. And when Naaman saw him running after him, he sprang down from the chariot to meet him, and said, Is all well?
²²And he said, All is well. My master has sent me saying, Behold, even now there are come to me from mount Ephraim two young men of the sons of the prophets; give them, I pray thee, a talent of silver, and two changes of raiment.
²³And Naaman said, Consent to take two talents. And he urged him, and bound two talents of silver in two bags, with two changes of raiment, and laid them upon two of his young men; and they bore them before him.
²⁴And when he came to the hill, he took them from their hand, and stowed them in the house; and he let the men go, and they departed.
²⁵And he entered in and stood before his master. And Elisha said to him, Whence comest thou, Gehazi? And he said, Thy servant went no whither.
²⁶And he said to him, Did not my heart go, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and oliveyards, and vineyards, and sheep, and oxen, and bondmen, and bondwomen?
²⁷But the leprosy of Naaman shall fasten upon thee, and upon thy seed for ever. And he went out from his presence leprous, as snow. (2 Kings 5:20‑27)

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Jer. 6:13• ¹³For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them, every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely. (Jer. 6:13)

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Jer. 8:10• ¹⁰Therefore will I give their wives unto others, their fields to those that shall possess them; for every one, from the least even unto the greatest, is given to covetousness; from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely. (Jer. 8:10)

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Mic. 3:5,11• ⁵Thus saith Jehovah concerning the prophets that cause my people to err, that bite with their teeth, and cry, Peace! but whoso putteth not into their mouths they prepare war against him:
¹¹The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money; yet do they lean upon Jehovah, and say, Is not Jehovah in the midst of us? no evil shall come upon us. (Mic. 3:5,11)

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Mal. 1:10• ¹⁰Who is there among you that would even shut the doors? and ye would not kindle fire on mine altar for nothing. I have no delight in you, saith Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an oblation at your hand. (Mal. 1:10)

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Matt. 21:13• ¹³And he says to them, It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, but *ye* have made it a den of robbers. (Matt. 21:13)

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John 10:12‑13• ¹²but he who serves for wages, and who is not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep and flees; and the wolf seizes them and scatters the sheep.
¹³Now he who serves for wages flees because he serves for wages, and is not himself concerned about the sheep. (John 10:12‑13)

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John 12:5‑6• ⁵Why was this ointment not sold for three hundred denarii and given to the poor?
⁶But he said this, not that he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief and had the bag, and carried what was put into it. (John 12:5‑6)

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Acts 8:18‑21• ¹⁸But Simon, having seen that by the laying on of the hands of the apostles the Holy Spirit was given, offered them money,
¹⁹saying, Give to me also this power, in order that on whomsoever I may lay hands he may receive the Holy Spirit.
²⁰And Peter said to him, Thy money go with thee to destruction, because thou hast thought that the gift of God can be obtained by money.
²¹Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter, for thy heart is not upright before God. (Acts 8:18‑21)

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Acts 20:33• ³³I have coveted the silver or gold or clothing of no one. (Acts 20:33)

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Rom. 16:18• ¹⁸For such serve not our Lord Christ, but their own belly, and by good words and fair speeches deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting. (Rom. 16:18)

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2 Peter 2:3,14‑15• ³And through covetousness, with well-turned words, will they make merchandise of you: for whom judgment of old is not idle, and their destruction slumbers not.
¹⁴having eyes full of adultery, and that cease not from sin, alluring unestablished souls; having a heart practised in covetousness, children of curse;
¹⁵having left the straight way they have gone astray, having followed in the path of Balaam the son of Bosor, who loved the reward of unrighteousness; (2 Peter 2:3,14‑15)

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Rev. 18:11‑13• ¹¹And the merchants of the earth weep and grieve over her, because no one buys their lading any more;
¹²lading of gold, and silver, and precious stones, and pearl, and fine linen, and purple, and silk, and scarlet dye, and all thyine wood, and every article in ivory, and every article in most precious wood, and in brass, and in iron, and in marble,
¹³and cinnamon, and amomum, and incense, and unguent, and frankincense, and wine, and oil, and fine flour, and wheat, and cattle, and sheep, and of horses, and of chariots, and of bodies, and souls of men. (Rev. 18:11‑13)

J. N. Darby Translation

not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money,

W. Kelly Translation

not given to wine, no strikera, but gentle, not contentious, not fond of money,

WK Translation Notes

T. R. has here the clause "not seeking gain basely," taken apparently from verse 8 where it is all right, yet more probably from {vi 29900}{/vi}.