The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
8.    "Not addicted to wine" or "not given to drunkenness" (NIV; Gr. me paroinon, 1 Timothy 3:3) means not a brawler, playboy, slave of drink, or drunkard (cf. Titus 1:7; 1 Corinthians 11:21). Paul evidently used "wine" to represent any enslaving beverage. We are probably correct in extending its meaning to include any destructive addiction (drugs, gambling, pornography, etc.).