1 Timothy 3:12

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ordering well their children and their own families.

1 Timothy 3:2

A bishop then must be irreprehensible, the husband of one wife, temperate, sagacious, respectable, hospitable, well qualified for teaching;

Philippians 1:1

PAUL and Timothy, servants of Jesus Christ, to all the saints in Christ Jesus which are at Philippi, with the bishops and deacons:

1 Timothy 3:4-5

presiding over his own family with propriety, having his children under subjection with all gravity of behaviour:

1 Timothy 3:8

The deacons also in like manner must be grave, not doubletongued, not addicting themselves to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

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

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1 Timothy 3:2
A bishop then must be irreprehensible, the husband of one wife, temperate, sagacious, respectable, hospitable, well qualified for teaching;