1 Timothy 3:3 Not given to wine .. "one who sits long at (beside, para) his wine. In N.T. only here and in Titus 1:7. " (Robertson). The idiom is describing one who does not sits around a long time with his drink. Not one lazy, but industrious. We would describe the guilty man today as one who sits around all day with his coffee. Striker .. not violent, a smiter, not pugnacious (quarrelsome) a contentious, quarrelsome person; (some strike with their tongue). Not greedy .. Patient .. gentle; (Kind, but not compromising.) Not a brawler .. contentious (does not live to fight). Not covetous .. not a lover of money, (or what money can do).