1 Timothy 3:7–8

²¹Providing for honest things, not only in the sight of the Lord, but also in the sight of men.

²⁶And that they may recover themselves out of the snare of the devil, who are taken captive by him at his will.

⁵Walk in wisdom toward them that are without, redeeming the time.

³²Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:

¹²That ye may walk honestly toward them that are without, and that ye may have lack of nothing.

⁹But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition.

³Giving no offence in any thing, that the ministry be not blamed:

³Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

⁸Sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of you.

²²Abstain from all appearance of evil.

⁵To be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

¹²For what have I to do to judge them also that are without? do not ye judge them that are within?

¹⁴If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified.

¹⁵But let none of you suffer as a murderer, or as a thief, or as an evildoer, or as a busybody in other men’s matters.

¹⁶Yet if any man suffer as a Christian, let him not be ashamed; but let him glorify God on this behalf.

²⁴Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the Lord’s people to transgress.

¹⁴I will therefore that the younger women marry, bear children, guide the house, give none occasion to the adversary to speak reproachfully.

²⁴Some men’s sins are open beforehand, going before to judgment; and some men they follow after.

²⁵Likewise also the good works of some are manifest beforehand; and they that are otherwise cannot be hid.

²²And they said, Cornelius the centurion, a just man, and one that feareth God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by an holy angel to send for thee into his house, and to hear words of thee.

¹²And one Ananias, a devout man according to the law, having a good report of all the Jews which dwelt there,

¹¹And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these things are done in parables:

¹²Demetrius hath good report of all men, and of the truth itself: yea, and we also bear record; and ye know that our record is true.

¹PAUL and Timotheus, the servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

³Wherefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of honest report, full of the Holy Ghost and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business.

⁴But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word.

⁵¶ And the saying pleased the whole multitude: and they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch:

⁶Whom they set before the apostles: and when they had prayed, they laid their hands on them.

³Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;

²³Drink no longer water, but use a little wine for thy stomach’s sake and thine often infirmities.

³The aged women likewise, that they be in behaviour as becometh holiness, not false accusers, not given to much wine, teachers of good things;

⁹Do not drink wine nor strong drink, thou, nor thy sons with thee, when ye go into the tabernacle of the congregation, lest ye die: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations:

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

²¹Neither shall any priest drink wine, when they enter into the inner court.

¹⁰Out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

²They speak vanity every one with his neighbour: with flattering lips and with a double heart do they speak.

²Thy tongue deviseth mischiefs; like a sharp rasor, working deceitfully.

⁷For a bishop must be blameless, as the steward of God; not selfwilled, not soon angry, not given to wine, no striker, not given to filthy lucre;

²Feed the flock of God which is among you, taking the oversight thereof, not by constraint, but willingly; not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind;

⁹For there is no faithfulness in their mouth; their inward part is very wickedness; their throat is an open sepulchre; they flatter with their tongue.

¹⁹Thou givest thy mouth to evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

¹³Their throat is an open sepulchre; with their tongues they have used deceit; the poison of asps is under their lips: