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Commentaries:
People's Commentary (NT)
1 Timothy 3:8
Likewise [must] the deacons. The ancient church understood that the
seven appointed in Acts were the first deacons (Acts 6:5). They were
not called deacons, but filled a diaconate. In Philippians 1:1 we find deacons
existing. Their office seemed to have been to look after the temporal
matters of the church, and especially to care for the poor and the
widows (Acts 6:1).
Not doubletongued. Not saying one thing to one man, and another
thing to others.
Not greedy of filthy lucre. Men who are covetous and unscrupulous
as to modes of getting money are not to be chosen.
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1 Timothy 3:8
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