'Household' in the Bible
managing his own household well, having children in submission with all dignity
(but if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),
But if I am delayed, [I am writing] in order that you may know how one must conduct oneself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and mainstay of the truth.
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must learn to show profound respect for their own household first, and to pay back recompense to their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.
But if someone does not provide for his own [relatives], and especially the members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
Therefore I want younger [widows] to marry, to bear children, to manage a household, to give the adversary no opportunity for reproach.
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Bible Theasaurus
- Family (608 instances)
- Garrison (19 instances)
- Habitual (11 instances)
- Home (454 instances)
- House (2166 instances)
- Household (360 instances)
- Simple (46 instances)
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