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-# Connecting Statement:
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-Paul gives some special instructions on how the deacons of the church and their wives should act and be.
-
 # In the same way, deacons
 
-"Deacons, like overseers,"
+"Deacons, like overseers". Paul gives some special instructions on how the deacons of the church and their wives should act and be.
 
 # should be dignified, not double-talkers
 
-Paul speaks about some people as if they were "double-talkers" who could say two things at once. He is talking about people who say one thing but mean something else. Alternate translation: "should act properly and mean what they say" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
+"should act properly and mean what they say"