Check out this
description of what is allowed for bishops vs. deacons. :)
1 Timothy 3:1-9(NKJV)
This is a faithful saying: If a man desires the
position of a bishop, he desires a good work.
A bishop then must
be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good
behavior, hospitable, able to teach;
not given to wine, not
violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not
covetous;
one who rules his
own house well, having his children
in submission with all reverence
(for if a man does
not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of
God?);
not a novice, lest
being puffed up with pride he fall into the same
condemnation as the devil.
Moreover he must
have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach
and the snare of the devil.
Likewise
deacons must be reverent, not
double-tongued, not given
to much wine, not greedy for money,
holding the mystery
of the faith with a pure conscience.
Not given to wine
vs. not given to much wine. Who
determines the value of much? :)
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