4One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all chastity.


In Context

1 A faithful saying: if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.

2 It behoveth therefore a bishop to be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, of good behaviour, chaste, given to hospitality, a teacher,

3 Not given to wine, no striker, but modest, not quarrelsome, not covetous, but

4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all chastity.

5 But if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?

6 Not a neophyte: lest being puffed up with pride, he fall into the judgment of the devil.

1 Timothy 3:4 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:4One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:4He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him with proper respect.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:4one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:4conducting his own house well, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:4one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:4One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:4one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:4his own house leading well, having children in subjection with all gravity,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:4One that rules well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;