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1 Tim. 3:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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 must not 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• ⁸Deacons likewise [must be] grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of base gain, (1 Tim. 3:8)

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

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Isa. 5:11‑12• ¹¹Woe unto them that rise up early in the morning, [that] they may follow strong drink; that tarry late into the night, [till] wine inflame them!
¹²And the harp and the lute, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of Jehovah, neither have they considered 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 beauty, 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 swallowed up of wine, they are gone astray through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble [in] judgment. (Isa. 28:1,7)

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Isa. 56:12• ¹²Come ye, [say they,] I will fetch wine, and we will fill ourselves with strong drink; and tomorrow shall be as this day, [a day] great beyond measure. (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 set over his household, to give them their food in due season?
⁴⁶Blessed [is] that bondman whom his lord on coming shall find so doing.
⁴⁷Verily I say to you, that he will set him over all that he hath.
⁴⁸But if that evil bondman shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth;
⁴⁹and shall begin to beat his fellow-bondmen, and shall eat and drink with the drunken,
⁵⁰the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour that he knoweth not,
⁵¹and shall cut him asunder, and appoint him 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 ruler over all that he possesseth.
⁴⁵But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; 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 doth not expect it, and in an hour he knoweth 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 weighed down with surfeiting and drunkenness and cares of life, and that day come upon you suddenly unawares,
³⁵for as a snare it will come upon all that are settled down upon the face of the whole earth.
³⁶But watch, at every season praying that ye may be deemed worthy to escape all these things that 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 dissoluteness, but be filled with [the] Spirit, (Eph. 5:18)

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Titus 1:7• ⁷For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-willed, not passionate, not quarrelsome, not a striker, not a seeker of base lucre; (Titus 1:7)

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Titus 2:3• ³that aged women likewise be in deportment reverent, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of good; (Titus 2:3)

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2 Tim. 2:24‑25• ²⁴And a bondman of [the] Lord must not contend, but be gentle towards all, apt to teach, forbearing,
²⁵in meekness instructing those that oppose, if haply God may give them repentance unto acknowledgment of truth, (2 Tim. 2:24‑25)

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Titus 1:7• ⁷For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-willed, not passionate, not quarrelsome, not a striker, not a seeker of base lucre; (Titus 1:7)

not greedy.

Prov. 1:19• ¹⁹So (are) the paths of every one that is greedy of gain:{HR}It taketh away the life of its owners. (Prov. 1:19)

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

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Isa. 56:11• ¹¹Yea, the dogs [are] greedy, they can never have enough; and these [are] shepherds [that] cannot understand: they have all turned to their own way, each one to his gain, from every quarter. (Isa. 56:11)

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Jude 11• ¹¹Woe unto them! because they went in the way of Cain, and rushed greedily into the error of Balaam's hire, and perished in the gainsaying of Korah. (Jude 11)

filthy.

1 Tim. 3:8• ⁸Deacons likewise [must be] grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of base gain, (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 blameless, as God's steward; not self-willed, not passionate, not quarrelsome, not a striker, not a seeker of base lucre;
¹¹whose mouths must be stopped, who are such as overthrow whole houses, teaching things which they ought not for filthy lucre's sake. (Titus 1:7,11)

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1 Peter 5:2• ²Tend the flock of God that [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 the beginning thereof:{HR}And the patient in spirit [is] better than the proud in spirit. (Eccl. 7:8)

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1 Thess. 5:14• ¹⁴And we exhort you, brethren, admonish the disorderly, comfort the faint-hearted, support the weak, be long-suffering toward all. (1 Thess. 5:14)

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2 Tim. 2:24• ²⁴And a bondman of [the] Lord must not 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 joint-partaker in tribulation and the kingdom and patience in Christ [Jesus], was in the isle that is called Patmos, because of the word of God and [because of] the testimony of Jesus [Christ]. (Rev. 1:9)

a brawler.

Titus 3:2• ²to speak evil of no one, to be uncontentious, gentle, showing all meekness toward all men. (Titus 3:2)

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James 4:1• ¹Whence [are] wars and whence fightings among you? [Are they] not hence, from your pleasures that combat in your members? (James 4:1)

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James 4• (James 4)

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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.
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 forever. 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 make my people 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 even among you that would shut the doors for nought? Neither do ye kindle fire on mine altar for nought. I have no pleasure in you, saith Jehovah of hosts, neither will I accept an offering 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• ¹²[But] he that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, beholdeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth, and the wolf snatcheth them, and scattereth;
¹³and the hireling fleeth because he is a hireling, and no care hath he for the sheep. (John 10:12‑13)

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John 12:5‑6• ⁵Why was this unguent not sold for three hundred denaries, and given to poor [persons]
⁶and this he said, not because he cared for the poor, but because he was a thief, and, having the bag, used to bear what was deposited. (John 12:5‑6)

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Acts 8:18‑21• ¹⁸Now Simon, when he saw that through the laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given,
¹⁹saying, Give me also this power that, on whomsoever I lay my hands, he may receive [the] Holy Spirit.
²⁰But Peter said to him, Thy money perish with thee, because thou thoughtest to obtain the gift of God through money.
²¹Thou hast neither part nor lot in this matter; for thy heart is not right before God. (Acts 8:18‑21)

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Acts 20:33• ³³I coveted no man's silver, or gold, or apparel; (Acts 20:33)

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Rom. 16:18• ¹⁸For such as they serve not our Lord [Jesus] Christ, but their own belly, and by kind speaking and fairness of speech deceive the hearts of the harmless. (Rom. 16:18)

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2 Peter 2:3,14‑15• ³And in covetousness with feigned words, they shall make merchandise of you: for whom judgment from of old is not idle, and their perdition slumbereth not.
¹⁴having eyes full of an adulteress and without cessation from sin; setting baits for unstable souls; having a heart practiced in covetousness, children of curse;
¹⁵abandoning as they did a straight way, they went astray, following out in the way of Balaam [son] of Beor, who loved wages of unrighteousness, (2 Peter 2:3,14‑15)

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Rev. 18:11‑13• ¹¹And the merchants of the earth weep and mourn on account of her; for their lading no one buyeth anymore—a
¹²lading of gold and of silver and of precious stone and of pearl and of fine linen and of purple and of silk and of scarlet; and all thyine wood and all furniture of ivory and all furniture of most precious wood, and of brass and of iron and of 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 .