Scriptures

New King James Version (NKJV)

1 Timothy 3
⁴ one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence
⁵ (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?);
⁶ not a novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
⁷ Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
⁸ Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for money,
⁹ holding the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience.
¹⁰ But let these also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, being found blameless.
¹¹ Likewise their wives must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.
¹² Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
¹³ For those who have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
¹⁴ These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly;