1 Timothy 3:4
one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
World English Bible Catholic
In The King James Version
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
In Context
3not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
5(for how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)
Cross References
Joshua 24:15If it seems evil to you to serve the LORD, choose today whom you will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
Acts 10:2a devout man, and one who feared God with all his house, who gave gifts for the needy generously to the people, and always prayed to God.
1 Timothy 3:12Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Titus 2:2that older men should be temperate, sensible, sober minded, sound in faith, in love, and in perseverance,
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 →