 | George Townsend - Bible - 1825 - 810 pages
...given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 4 One 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 ?)... | |
 | Robert Leighton, John Norman Pearson - Theology - 1825 - 640 pages
...makes his own house exemplary. It is, you know, one special qualification of abishop and pastor, to be one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection ; for if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God? 1 Tim.... | |
 | Daniel Wilson - Children's sermons - 1825 - 680 pages
...God. The Apostle, in the verses preceding the text, had described the true minister as one that ruled well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity. In opposition to these domestic circles, he then calls the assembly of the believers in Christ, the... | |
 | George Fox - Letters - 1825 - 494 pages
...pure religion, let there be care taken, to prevent all these things. For such an one as cannot rule well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity, how can he take care of the church of God. 1 Tim. iii. Now, dear friends, consider old Eli's case,... | |
 | John Milton - Dogma - 1825 - 794 pages
...well as other apostles ? I Tim. iii. 2. a bishop must be blameless, the husband of one wife. v. 4. one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection. Marriage, by its definition, is an union of the most intimate nature ; but not indissoluble or indivisible,*... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 698 pages
...no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre ; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous ; One that rub-til 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... | |
 | Daniel Wilson - Children's sermons - 1825 - 662 pages
...• The Apostle, in the verses preceding the text, had described the true minister as one that ruled well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity. In opposition to these domestic circles, he then calls the assembly of the believers in Christ, the... | |
 | William Laurence Brown - Christianity and other religions - 1826 - 376 pages
...of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach. Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre ; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous...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... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - Domestic relations - 1826 - 582 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Southey - Anglican Communion - 1826 - 562 pages
...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... | |
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... 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... 
