...apt to teach. Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre ; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous ; one that ruleth well his own house,...having his children in subjection with all gravity. (For, if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God ?) Not...

...cherished the desire of such an office — " A bishop then," says the Almighty, " a bishop then must be — one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection, with all gravity ; for if a man know not horn to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the Church of God ?"...

...made in the teeth of the Apostle Paul, who tells us that a Bishop must be "the husband of one wife, ...one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity ;"f. • .who says, " Let the Deacons be the husbands of one wife, rulingtheirchildren and their own...

...the teeth of the Apostle Paul, who tells us that a Bishop must be " the husband of one wife, . . . one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity ;"f. ..who says, " Let the Deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own...

...cherished the desire of such an office—" A bishop then," says the Almighty, " a bishop then must be— one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection, with all gravity; for if a man know not how to rule his own house, horn shall he take care of the Church of God ?" The...

...given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous ; ohe that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity ; (for if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take cave of the church of God ?)...

...demonstrate their diligence and zeal : " a bishop must be blameless, the husband of one wife:" "one that x ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity :" " Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well."...

...hearers will recollect enough of Scripture to tell you that you ought, like the Primitive Bishop, to be one, that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with att gravity : for if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the Church...

...apt to teach ; not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient, not a brawler, not covetous ; one that ruleth well his own house,...having his children in subjection with all gravity ; (for if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God ?)...

...grave, instead of that in the text. Among the qualifications of a bishop this is one, that " he rule well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity Likewise must the deacons be grave Likewise must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful...