Sinai1 Timothy 3:4
American Standard Version
one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
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1 Timothy 3:4 in other translations
one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
1 Timothy 3:4 in context
- 2The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
- 3no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;
- 4one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
- 5(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
- 6not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.