1 Timothy 3:4

1 Timothy 3:4
Ruling his house well, having his children under control with all serious behaviour;

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1 Timothy 3:1
This is a true saying, A man desiring the position of a Bishop has a desire for a good work.

1 Timothy 3:2
The Bishop, then, is to be a man of good name, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, serious-minded, having respect for order, opening his house freely to guests, a ready teacher;

1 Timothy 3:3
Not quickly moved to wrath or blows, but gentle; no fighter, no lover of money;

1 Timothy 3:4
Ruling his house well, having his children under control with all serious behaviour;

1 Timothy 3:5
(For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)

1 Timothy 3:6
Not one newly taken into the church, for fear that, through his high opinion of himself, he may come into the same sin as the Evil One.

1 Timothy 3:7
And he is to have a good name among those outside the church, so that nothing may be said against him and he may not be taken by the designs of the Evil One.

1 Timothy 3:8
Deacons, in the same way, are to be serious in their behaviour, not false in word, not given to taking much wine or greatly desiring the wealth of this world;

Titus 1:6
Men having a good record, husbands of one wife, whose children are of the faith, children of whom it may not be said that they are given to loose living or are uncontrolled.

1 Timothy 3:11
Women are to be serious in behaviour, saying no evil of others, controlling themselves, true in all things.

Philippians 4:8
For the rest, my brothers, whatever things are true, whatever things have honour, whatever things are upright, whatever things are holy, whatever things are beautiful, whatever things are of value, if there is any virtue and if there is any praise, give thought to these things.

2 Timothy 2:2
And the things which I have said to you before a number of witnesses, give to those of the faith, so that they may be teachers of others.

Philippians 1:1
Paul and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus at Philippi, with the Bishops and Deacons of the church:

1 Timothy 3:13
For those who have done good work as Deacons get for themselves a good position and become free from fear in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

1 Timothy 3:14
I am writing these things to you, though I am hoping to come to you before long;

1 Timothy 3:15
But if I am long in coming, this will make clear to you what behaviour is right for men in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of what is true.

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1 Timothy 3:12
Let Deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their houses well.

Romans 12:8
He who has the power of comforting, let him do so; he who gives, let him give freely; he who has the power of ruling, let him do it with a serious mind; he who has mercy on others, let it be with joy.

Acts 20:28
Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.

1 Timothy 5:17
Let rulers whose rule is good be honoured twice over, specially those whose work is preaching and teaching.

John 21:15
Then when they had taken food, Jesus said to Simon Peter, Simon, son of John, is your love for me greater than the love of these others? He said to him, Yes, Lord; you are certain of my love for you. He said to him, Then give my lambs food.

1 Corinthians 1:16
And I gave baptism to the house of Stephanas; but I am not certain that any others had baptism from me.

1 Thessalonians 5:12
But we make this request to you, my brothers: give attention to those who are working among you, who are over you in the Lord to keep order among you;

Hebrews 13:17
Give ear to those who are rulers over you, and do as they say: for they keep watch over your souls, ready to give an account of them; let them be able to do this with joy and not with grief, because that would be of no profit to you.

1 Peter 5:2
Keep watch over the flock of God which is in your care, using your authority, not as forced to do so, but gladly; and not for unclean profit but with a ready mind;

1 Peter 5:3
Not as lords over God's heritage, but making yourselves examples to the flock.

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1 Timothy 2:2
For kings and all those in authority; so that we may have a calm and quiet life in all fear of God and serious behaviour.

Titus 2:7
In all things see that you are an example of good works; holy in your teaching, serious in behaviour,

Titus 2:2
That old men are to be simple in their tastes, serious, wise, true in faith, in love, and of a quiet mind.

1 Timothy 2:11
Let a woman quietly take the place of a learner and be under authority.

1 Timothy 3:9
Keeping the secret of the faith in a heart free from sin.

1 Timothy 3:10
And let these first be put to the test; then let them become Deacons if there is nothing against them.

Titus 1:5
I did not take you with me when I went away from Crete, so that you might do what was necessary to put things in order there, placing men in authority over the churches in every town, as I said to you;

Titus 1:7
For it is necessary for a Bishop to be a man of virtue, as God's servant; not pushing himself forward, not quickly moved to wrath or blows, not desiring profit for himself;

1 Timothy 4:14
Make use of that grace in you, which was given to you by the word of the prophets, when the rulers of the church put their hands on you.

Revelation 2:1
To the angel of the church in Ephesus say: These things says he who has the seven stars in his right hand, who is walking in the middle of the seven gold lights:

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Ephesians 6:4
And, you fathers, do not make your children angry: but give them training in the teaching and fear of the Lord.

Deuteronomy 6:7
Teaching them to your children with all care, talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up.

Proverbs 22:6
If a child is trained up in the right way, even when he is old he will not be turned away from it.

Deuteronomy 6:20
And when your son says to you in time to come, What is the reason for these rules and laws and decisions which the Lord our God has given you?

Deuteronomy 21:19
Then let his father and mother take him to the responsible men of the town, to the public place;

Isaiah 38:19
The living, the living man, he will give you praise, as I do this day: the father will give the story of your mercy to his children.

1 Samuel 3:13
And you are to say to him that I will send punishment on his family for ever, for the sin which he had knowledge of; because his sons have been cursing God and he had no control over them.

Deuteronomy 4:9
Only take care, and keep watch on your soul, for fear that the things which your eyes have seen go from your memory and from your heart all the days of your life; but let the knowledge of them be given to your children and to your children's children;

Deuteronomy 11:19
Teaching them to your children, and talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up:

Deuteronomy 31:13
And so that your children, to whom it is new, may give ear and be trained in the fear of the Lord your God, while you are living in the land which you are going over Jordan to take for your heritage.

Psalms 78:5
He put up a witness in Jacob, and made a law in Israel; which he gave to our fathers so that they might give knowledge of them to their children;

Proverbs 13:24
He who keeps back his rod is unkind to his son: the loving father gives punishment with care.

Proverbs 19:18
Give your son training while there is hope; let not your heart be purposing his death.

Proverbs 22:15
Foolish ways are deep-seated in the heart of a child, but the rod of punishment will send them far from him.

Proverbs 23:13
Do not keep back training from the child: for even if you give him blows with the rod, it will not be death to him.

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Lamentations 2:19
Up! give cries in the night, at the starting of the night-watches; let your heart be flowing out like water before the face of the Lord, lifting up your hands to him for the life of your young children who are falling down, feeble for need of food, at the top of every street.

2 Corinthians 12:14
This is now the third time that I am ready to come to you; and I will not be a trouble to you: my desire is for you, not for your property: for it is not the children's business to make store for their fathers, but the fathers for the children.

Colossians 3:21
Fathers, do not be hard on your children, so that their spirit may not be broken.

Titus 2:4
Training the younger women to have love for their husbands and children,

Isaiah 28:9
To whom will he give knowledge? and to whom will he make clear the word? Will it be to those who have newly given up milk, and who have only now been taken from the breast?

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Genesis 18:19
For I have made him mine so that he may give orders to his children and those of his line after him, to keep the ways of the Lord, to do what is good and right: so that the Lord may do to Abraham as he has said.

Joshua 24:15
And if it seems evil to you to be the servants of the Lord, make the decision this day whose servants you will be: of the gods whose servants your fathers were across the River, or of the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living: but I and my house will be the servants of the Lord.

Psalms 101:2
I will do wisely in the way of righteousness: O when will you come to me? I will be walking in my house with a true heart.

Psalms 101:3
I will not put any evil thing before my eyes; I am against all turning to one side; I will not have it near me.

Psalms 101:4
The false heart I will send away from me: I will not have an evil-doer for a friend.

Psalms 101:5
I will put to death anyone who says evil of his neighbour secretly; the man with a high look and a heart of pride is disgusting to me.

Psalms 101:6
My eyes will be on those of good faith in the land, so that they may be living in my house; he who is walking in the right way will be my servant.

Psalms 101:7
The worker of deceit will not come into my house; the false man will have no place before my eyes.

Psalms 101:8
Morning by morning will I put to death all the sinners in the land, so that all evil-doers may be cut off from Jerusalem.

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