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


In Context

1 This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer, he desires a good work.

2 The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

3 not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

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

5 (but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)

6 not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as 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 Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

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

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 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;