As God’s steward, an overseer must be above reproach—not self-willed, not quick-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, not greedy for money.
Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.
Such punishment is specially reserved for those who indulge the corrupt desires of the flesh and despise authority. Bold
Be shepherds of God’s flock that is among you, watching over them not out of compulsion, but willingly, as God would hav
As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another
And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to giv
My beloved brothers, understand this: Everyone should be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger,
No priest may drink wine before he enters the inner court.
A quick-tempered man acts foolishly, and a devious man is hated.
This is a trustworthy saying: If anyone aspires to be an overseer, he desires a noble task.
And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.
These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddle
Israel’s watchmen are blind, they are all oblivious; they are all mute dogs, they cannot bark; they are dreamers lying a
A hot-tempered man stirs up strife, but he who is slow to anger calms dispute.
He who is slow to anger is better than a warrior, and he who controls his temper is greater than one who captures a city
The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as
“You and your sons are not to drink wine or strong drink when you enter the Tent of Meeting, or else you will die; this
Do not be quickly provoked in your spirit, for anger settles in the lap of a fool.
So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
Older women, likewise, are to be reverent in their behavior, not slanderers or addicted to much wine, but teachers of go
May I never enter their council; may I never join their assembly. For they kill men in their anger, and hamstring oxen o
Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom the master has put in charge of his household, to give the others their
It is not for kings, O Lemuel, it is not for kings to drink wine, or for rulers to crave strong drink,
Paul and Timothy, servants of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, together with the overseers a