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Not given to wine, not combative but gentle and considerate, not quarrelsome but forbearing and peaceable, and not a lover of money [insatiable for wealth and ready to obtain it by questionable means].

He must rule his own household well, keeping his children under control, with true dignity, commanding their respect in every way and keeping them respectful.

For if a man does not know how to rule his own household, how is he to take care of the church of God?

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not given to drunkenness,(A) not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome,(B) not a lover of money.(C) He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full[a] respect.(D) (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)(E)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 3:4 Or him with proper