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1 Timothy 3:4 KJV
1 Timothy · chapter 3 · verse 4
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;1 Timothy 3:4 · King James Version
1 Timothy 3:4 in context
2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
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?)
6Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- subjectionhypotagēthe act of subjecting, obedience, subjectionG5292 →
- childrenteknonoffspring, children, child, a male child, a son, metaph., the name transferred to that…G5043 →
- gravitysemnotēsthe characteristic of a thing or person which entitles to reverence and respect, dignity…G4587 →
- rulethproistēmito set or place before, to set over, to be over, to superintend, preside over, to be a…G4291 →
- havingechōto haveG2192 →
- houseoikosa house, an inhabited house, home, any building whatever, of a palace, the house of God…G3624 →
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The two epistles to Timothy, and that to Titus, contain a scripture-plan of church-government, or a direction to ministers. Timothy, we suppose, was an evangelist who was left at Ephesus, to take care of those whom the Holy Ghost had made bishops there, that is, the presbyters, as appears by Act 20:28, where the care…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7