Paroinos describes a disqualifying association with drunkenness in qualifications for church oversight.

The two occurrences use the adjective in prohibitions within qualifications for leadership: the person described is not to be associated with drunkenness, alongside other conduct disallowed in those clauses.

1. Disqualifying association with drunkenness · dominant

   In 1 Timothy 3:3, the accusative singular masculine form occurs in a sequence of negative qualifications, and the APB renders the clause “Not drunken, not a bully, but gentle, peaceable, not greedy.” In Titus 1:7, the same form is again part of a list of traits excluded for an overseer; the APB renders “not given to drunkenness” among the prohibitions.

   1 Timothy 3:3Titus 1:7

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with “Not drunken” in 1 Timothy 3:3 and “not given to drunkenness” in Titus 1:7. These renderings confirm the clauses' shared concern without establishing a finer distinction.