⁴ one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence

⁶ if a man is blameless, the husband of one wife, ^(A)having faithful children not accused of ^[a]dissipation or insubordination.

¹² Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

¹⁹ For I have known him, in order ^(A)that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and justice, that the Lord may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him.”

⁷ in all things showing yourself to be ^(A)a pattern of good works; in doctrine showing integrity, reverence, ^(B)incorruptibility,^[a]

² that the older men be sober, reverent, temperate, sound in faith, in love, in patience;

^2 (A)a devout man and one who ^(B)feared God with all his household, who gave ^[a]alms generously to the people, and prayed to God always.

¹⁵ And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, ^(A)choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether ^(B)the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of ^[a]the River, or ^(C)the gods of the Amorites, in whose land you dwell. ^(D)But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”