| Churches of Christ - 1856 - 640 pages
...regard to other qualifications of deacons, Paul speaks in plain terms. He says, " The deacons must be grave, not double-tongued, not given' to wine, not...Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. And let these also (with the bishops) first be proved ; then let them use the office ot a deacon, being... | |
| 1856 - 578 pages
...and the snare of the devil. Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletougued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre ; Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. And let these also first be proved ; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.... | |
| Thomas Hartwell Horne - Bible - 1856 - 680 pages
...12.) Likewise must the Deacons be grave, not donble-tonaufd, not given to much reine, nor gri'e/ly of filthy lucre, holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. And let these alsojUrst be pmved, then let them use the office of a Deacon, being found blameless.... | |
| John Cumming - Apologetics - 1856 - 300 pages
...and the snare of the devil. Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre ; holding the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience." These are not descriptions of a system of priestcraft ; these verses do not... | |
| Rev. Henry Ives Bailey - 1857 - 870 pages
...men's sins. 1 Tim. v. 22. Likewise must the Deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre : holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. And let these also first be proved ; then let them use the office1 of a Deacon, being found blameless.... | |
| History - 1858 - 884 pages
...THEIR QUALIFICATIONS. " Likewise must the Deacons be grave, not double tongued, not giver» to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre, holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. And let these also be first proved ; and let them use the office of a Deacon, being found blameless.... | |
| Joseph Sylvester Clark, Henry Martyn Dexter, Alonzo Hall Quint, Isaac Pendleton Langworthy, Christopher Cushing, Samuel Burnham - Congregational churches - 1859 - 476 pages
...of the Church, he says, " likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre ; holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. And let these also first be proved ; then let them use the office of a Deacon, being found blameless."... | |
| Joseph Sylvester Clark, Henry Martyn Dexter, Alonzo Hall Quint, Christopher Cushing, Samuel Burnham - Congregationalism - 1859 - 460 pages
...of the Church, he says, " likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre ; holding the mystery of the faith in a pare conscience. And let these also first be proved ; then let them nsejhe office of a Deacon, being... | |
| 1859 - 854 pages
...the snare of the devil. » Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doublelongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre, » holding the mystery of the faith in a EeZli^eprlU'fth^ let them use the office of а deacon, being /оияа blameless. hven so must their... | |
| Edward Totterson Bartlett, John Punnett Peters - 1892 - 628 pages
...snare of the devil. Deacons in like manner must be nobly serious, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre, holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. And let these also first be proved, then let them serve as deacons if they be blameless. Their wives... | |
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