Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
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Bible References
If
1 Samuel 2:29
Why then do you kick at (despise) My sacrifice and My offering which I commanded in My dwelling place, and honor your sons more than Me, by fattening yourselves with the choicest part of every offering of My people Israel?’
1 Samuel 3:13
Now I have told him that I am about to judge his house forever for the sinful behavior which he knew [was happening], because his sons were bringing a curse on themselves [dishonoring and blaspheming God] and he did not rebuke them.
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1 Timothy 3:12
Deacons must be husbands of only one wife, and good managers of their children and their own households.