1 Timothy 3:4
An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity.
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- Titus 1:6 An elder must be blameless, the husband of but one wife, having children who are believers and who are not open to accusation of indiscretion or insubordination.
- Genesis 18:19 For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
- 1 Timothy 3:12 A deacon must be the husband of but one wife, a good manager of his children and of his own household.