 | Episcopal Church - 1830 - 482 sidor
...'.he merits oi our Saviour Jesus Christ, win liveth and rcigncth with thi'c and the Holy T 1KF.WISE must the Deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not...holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. AnJ lut there also first he proved ; then lei them use the Office of a Deacon, heing found blameless.... | |
 | 1830 - 744 sidor
...temporal affairs of the ( hristian community. Their qualification« arc laid down, 1 Tim. Hi. 8—10. " Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued,...not greedy of filthy lucre ; holding the mystery of rtie faith in a pure conscience. And let these also first he proved ; then let them use the office... | |
 | Hugh James Rose - 1831 - 332 sidor
...same character for piety and good conduct is required in deacons as in presbyters. Nay, it is added, " Let these also first be proved, then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless ;" chapter iii. 10. Yet this office seems to have been probationary with respect to a higher office,... | |
 | George Thomas Chapman - 1832 - 334 sidor
...at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons.' I find in another directed to Timothy, that he writes,' Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued,...the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.' And to show, that they were to he admitted by him to this ministry, Paul adds, ' let these also first be... | |
 | Francis Gastrell - 1832 - 330 sidor
...edification, and not for destruction. 6 Set in order the things that are wanting in all Churches. 7 Likewise must the deacons be grave ; not doubletongued,...lucre ; holding the mystery of the faith in a pure con1 Titus i. 5. 2 Tim. ii. 2. 1 Tim. v. 22. « 1 Tim. v. 20. 19. 3 1 Tim. i. 2, 3. 6, 7. 4 Titus iii.... | |
 | John Mitchell Mason - 1832 - 458 sidor
...faithful discharge of that office, they are to be elevated to a higher station. ' Likewise,' says he, ' must the Deacons be grave, not double-tongued, not...not greedy of filthy lucre, holding the mystery of faith in a pure conscience.' ' Let these also be first proved, and then let them use the office of... | |
 | William Burkitt - 1832 - 908 sidor
...occasion to the heathen to blaspheme Christianity, and to reproach him for his former course of life. 8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not double-tongued,...not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre ; Nole here, I. That there are but two sorts of fixed church-officers mentioned by St. Paul, bishops... | |
 | 1832 - 550 sidor
...prophetess, to teach, S;c." Again, Paul instructs Timothy concerning the deacons, " Let these alto frtt be proved ; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless." And the angel of Ephesus is commended by St. John, because, " Thou hast tried them which say they are... | |
 | Leonard Bacon - 1833 - 228 sidor
...without reason then that Paul requires these officers of the church to be " grave, not double tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre,...the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience," and to be furthermore men who have been " proved" in the church and have been " found blameless." It is... | |
 | 1834 - 406 sidor
...without ; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. 8 Likewise must the deacons be grare, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre ; 9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. 10 And! let these also first be proved ;... | |
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And let these also first be proved ; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. 
