1 Timothy 3:8
3:8 Deacons likewise must be dignified, not two-faced, not given to excessive drinking, not greedy for gain,
1 Timothy 3:1
Qualifications for Overseers and Deacons
3:1 This saying is trustworthy: “If someone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a good work.”
1 Timothy 1:3
Timothy’s Task in Ephesus
1:3 As I urged you when I was leaving for Macedonia, stay on in Ephesus to instruct certain people not to spread false teachings,
Titus 1:7
1:7 For the overseer
must be blameless as one entrusted with God’s work,
not arrogant, not prone to anger, not a drunkard, not violent, not greedy for gain.
Titus 1:11
1:11 who must be silenced because they mislead whole families by teaching for dishonest gain what ought not to be taught.
Titus 1:1-2
Salutation
1:1 From Paul, a slave of God and apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the faith of God’s chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth that is in keeping with godliness,
1:2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who does not lie, promised before the ages began.