 Not 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...  The Wesleyan juvenile offering - Page 98by Wesleyan Methodist missionary society - 1847Full view - About this book
 | 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 ?)... | |
 | George Townsend - 1825 - 808 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 bouse, how shall he take care of the church of God ?)... | |
 | William Carpenter - Bible - 1825 - 572 pages
...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, 1 Tim. Ш. S — 4. And let these also first be proved ; then let them use the office of a deacon,... | |
 | William Paley - Theology - 1825 - 436 pages
...not given to wine, no striker, not greedy ofjilthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity 1 ." 1 Tim. chap. iii. 2—4. " If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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,*... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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 - 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... | |
 | Christopher Anderson - Domestic relations - 1826 - 484 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...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 ?" The deacons, too, it seems,... | |
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