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NASB | 1 Timothy 3:4 He must be one who manages his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Timothy 3:4 He must manage his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity [keeping them respectful and well-behaved] |
Bible Question: Can someone explain this verse abit more for me? Does this mean that to qualify as an overseer a mans children must be christians, or that they should be respectable, not rebellious? Does it just refer to children before they've reached adulthood? Thanks. |
Bible Answer: 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. 1 Timothy 3:4 AMPLIFIED [Diomede: In this verse (by itself) I see no requirement for an overseer's children to be Christians. We know what the verse means by what it says and what it says is: "keeping his children under control, with true dignity, commanding their respect in every way and keeping them respectful." --Kalos] 'having his children in subjection with all gravity; keeping a good decorum in his family; obliging his children to observe his orders, and especially the rules of God's word; and not as Eli, who did not use his authority, or lay his commands upon his sons, nor restrain them from evil, or severely reprove them for their sins, but neglected them, and was too mild and gentle with them; 1Sa 2:23 3:13 but like Abraham, who not only taught, but commanded his children and his household, to keep the way of the Lord; (Genesis 18:19) and so should those act who are in such an office as is here treated of; and should not only rule well in their families, preside over them, go before them, and set an example to them, and keep their children in obedience and subjection; but this should be "with all gravity": not only in the master of the family, but in the children; who as their father is, or should be, should be brought up in, and used to gravity in words and in dress; and in the whole of their deportment and conversation.' (Gill, John. "Commentary on 1 Timothy 3:4". "The New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible". [www.studylight.org/]) |