1 Timothy 3:4
and one that guideth well his own house, and holdeth his children in subjection with all purity.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
In Context
5For if he knoweth not how to guide his own house well, how can he guide the church of God.
Cross References
Acts 10:2And he was righteous, and feared God, he and all his house; and he did much alms among the people, and prayed to God at all times.
1 Timothy 3:12Let the deacons be such as have each one wife and guide well their children and households.
Titus 2:2And teach the older men to be watchful in their minds, and to be sober, and to be pure, and to be sound in the faith, and in love 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 →