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1 Timothy 3:4
one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
1 Timothy 3:4 · World English Bible
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1 Timothy 3:4 in other translations
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity.
one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
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In context
1 This is a faithful saying: someone who seeks to be an overseer desires a good work.
2 The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
4 one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
5 (for how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)
6 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
7 Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.
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