Now the overseer is to be…no lover of lover of money…In the same way deacons are to be…not pursuing dishonest gain…1 Timothy 3:3, 8
“This requires that he must be free from avarice, not mercenary, not stingy. The desire for money must not be a ruling motive in his life…Nor must they be “greedy of filthy lucre,” that is, “eager for base gain,” turning the opportunities of their office into a means of personal profit.”
D. Edmund Hiebert in 1 Timothy (Chicago: Moody Bible Institute, 1957) 66-69.