8. In like manner the deacons [must be] worthy of respect, not shifty and double-talkers but sincere in what they say, not given to much wine, not greedy for base gain [craving wealth and resorting to ignoble and dishonest methods of getting it].
9. They must possess the mystic secret of the faith [Christian truth as hidden from ungodly men] with a clear conscience.
10. And let them also be tried and investigated and proved first; then, if they turn out to be above reproach, let them serve [as deacons].
11. [The] women likewise must be worthy of respect and serious, not gossipers, but temperate and self-controlled, [thoroughly] trustworthy in all things.