1 Timothy 3:4
and one that rueleth his awne housse honestly havynge chyldren vnder obedience with all honeste.
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
In Context
5For yf a man cannot rule his owne housse how shall he care for the congregacion of God.
Cross References
Acts 10:2a devoute man and one that feared God with all his housholde which gave moche almes to the people and prayde God alwaye.
1 Timothy 3:12Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wyfe and suche as rule their chyldren well and their awne housholdes.
Titus 2:2That the elder men be sober honest discrete sounde in the fayth in love and in paciece.
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 3:2-8
Duties of Bishops and Deacons. ( a. d. 64.) 1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; 5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how… Read the whole commentary →