 | 1814 - 570 pages
...live in faith and love, and ehastity, IWh sobriety. luere; but patient,not abrawler, not eovetous; 6 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take eare of the ehureh of God f) -i One that ruleth well his own house, having his ehildren in subjeetion... | |
 | 1814 - 630 pages
...doctrines of Devils." And directions are given how a bishop should govern his wife and children,^ " for if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shalT he take care of the church of God ? Yet your interpreters would have this wife and this house... | |
 | 1815 - 294 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...house, how shall he take care of the church of God ? not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride, he fall int» the condemnation of the devil. Moreover,... | |
 | Gamaliel Smith Olds - 1815 - 216 pages
...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...subjection with all gravity; for if a man know not hoiv to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of GOD? not a norice, lest being lifted... | |
 | Nathaniel Lardner - 1815 - 616 pages
...grave, instead of that in the text. Among the qualifications of a bish'op this is one, that " he rule world. He said to his disciples : " Fear not, little Likewise must the deacons be grave Likewise must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful... | |
 | 1815 - 608 pages
...no striker, not greedy of base gain; but moderate, not contentions, not covetous; 4. One who rules well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; .5. For if a man knows not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?... | |
 | Richard Cecil, Josiah Pratt - 1816 - 664 pages
...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...house, how shall he take care of the Church of God? V. BY MEDDLING, BEYOND YOUR SPHERE, IN TEMPORALS. Your aim and conversation, like your sacred call,... | |
 | Robert Nelson - 1816 - 482 pages
...it, we shall still find him acted by principles of true piety ; and indeed, as the apostle observeth, If a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God ? If he hath not a tine concern for the souls of his wife and children and servants, and doth not make... | |
 | Job Orton - 1816 - 148 pages
...There appears likewise to me a strong intimation of this duty, when it is said, " a bishop must be one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity, ; for, saith the apostle, if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church... | |
 | William Paley - 1816 - 396 pages
...given to wine, no striker, not greedy of jilt hy 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. chap. iii. 2 — 4. "If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children,... | |
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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 a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation... 
