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> The word deacon cannot possibly mean two different things in these
> verses.]

Actually it does mean two different things in these verses.

>> 1 Tim. 3:8 says otherwise.  [JGR:  Where?

Because overseer is an office and deacon is in parallelism to overseer, 
deacon *must* be office in this context.

Pastor Chad Richard Bresson
Clearcreek Chapel
Springboro, OH
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