New Testament · SCRIPTURE
1 Timothy 3:4
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An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity.
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One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
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one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
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one that ruleth well his own house, having [his] children in subjection with all gravity;
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presiding over [his] own house well, having children in submission, with all dignity—
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
1 Timothy 3
2 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of but one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,
3 not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.
4 An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity.
5 For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?
6 He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.
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