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?)

General references

Bible References

If

1 Samuel 2:29
Why, then, do all of you show contempt for my sacrifice and offering that I've commanded for my dwelling? And you honor your sons more than me in order to fatten yourselves from the best of all the offerings of my people Israel.'
1 Samuel 3:13
I've told him that I'm about to judge his family forever because of the iniquity that he knew about. His sons committed blasphemy and he did not rebuke them.

General references

1 Timothy 3:12
Ministers must be husbands of one wife and must manage their children and their families well.

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