1 Timothy 3:12
Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
Let the Deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children, and their owne houses well.
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- 1 Timothy 3:2Rank 1 from verse 12
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4One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
5(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
4One that ruleth well his owne house, hauing his children in subiection with all grauitie.
5(For if a man know not how to rule his owne house, how shall he take care of the Church of God?)
- 1 Timothy 3:8Rank 3 from verse 12
- Philippians 1:1Rank 4 from verse 12
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1 Timothy 3:12
Sense 1: To allow or permit; in older KJV use, also to hinder or restrain. Sense 2: To lower or send down.
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Men who hold the church office of deacon.
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Male spouses; men joined to wives in marriage.
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Present-participial or verbal-noun form of rule, meaning to govern, lead, direct, control, or exercise authority.
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Sons or daughters; descendants; or persons likened to children by age, relation, or character.
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Buildings or dwelling places; by extension, the families, households, estates, possessions, royal lines, or bodies of people associated with them.
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1. In a good, right, or sound manner. 2. A source of water.
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11Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
11Euen so must their wiues be graue; not slanderers, sober, faithfull in all things.
12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
12Let the Deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children, and their owne houses well.
Selected passage13For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
13For they that ‖haue vsed the office of a Deacon well, purchase to themselues a good degree, and great boldnesse in the faith, which is in Christ Iesus.