1 Timothy 3:4
and (one who) ruleth his house well, holding his children in subjection with all purity.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
In Context
5For if his own house he know not to rule well, how is he able to rule the church of Aloha?
Cross References
Acts 10:2And he was just, and feared Aloha, he and all his house: he did much alms among the people, and in all time prayed of Aloha.
1 Timothy 3:12The ministers shall be (of them) severally who have one wife, and shall rule each his children and his household well.
Titus 2:2and teach, That the elders be watchful in their minds, and be chaste and pure, and sound in the faith, and in charity, and in patience.
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 →