Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible




Deacons are only to be married once, and they must manage their children and households properly. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband


Deacons are only to be married once, and they must manage their children and households properly. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband

Have we no right to travel with a Christian wife, like the rest of the apostles, like the brothers of the Lord, like Cephas himself? Verse ConceptsPeter, The ApostleBachelorsCompanionshipChrist's Earthly FamilyMarriage AllowedThe Apostles In ActionChristians Being Called Brothers

On entering the house of Peter, Jesus noticed his mother-in-law was down with fever, Verse ConceptsdiseasesDiseases, Kinds OfPeter, The DiscipleFeverMother In LawsEntering HousesSicknessGrandmothersgrandmas


I left you behind in Crete in order to finish putting things right and to appoint presbyters in every town as I told you, men who are above reproach, only once married, with children who believe and who are not liable to the charge of being profligate or insubordinate. [For a bishop must be above reproach ??he is a steward of God's house ??he must not be presumptuous or hot-tempered or a drunkard or violent or addicted to pilfering;

Deacons in turn are to be serious men; they are not to be tale-bearers or addicted to drink or pilfering; they must maintain the divine truth of the faith with a pure conscience. They too must be put on probation; after that, if they are above reproach, they can serve as deacons. read more.
Their wives must be serious too; they must not be slanderers but temperate and absolutely trustworthy. Deacons are only to be married once, and they must manage their children and households properly. For those who do good service as deacons win a good position for themselves as well as great freedom in the faith of Christ Jesus.

Deacons in turn are to be serious men; they are not to be tale-bearers or addicted to drink or pilfering; they must maintain the divine truth of the faith with a pure conscience. They too must be put on probation; after that, if they are above reproach, they can serve as deacons. read more.
Their wives must be serious too; they must not be slanderers but temperate and absolutely trustworthy. Deacons are only to be married once, and they must manage their children and households properly. For those who do good service as deacons win a good position for themselves as well as great freedom in the faith of Christ Jesus.


Deacons are only to be married once, and they must manage their children and households properly. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband


Deacons are only to be married once, and they must manage their children and households properly. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband

able to manage his own household properly and keep his children submissive and perfectly respectful (if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how is he to look after the church of God?);


Deacons are only to be married once, and they must manage their children and households properly. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband

able to manage his own household properly and keep his children submissive and perfectly respectful (if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how is he to look after the church of God?);


Deacons are only to be married once, and they must manage their children and households properly. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband


Deacons are only to be married once, and they must manage their children and households properly. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband



So I prefer young widows to marry again, to bear children, to look after their households, and not to afford our opponents any chance of reviling us. Verse ConceptsChild BearingMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningOpportunities, In LifeSatan, As The Enemy Of GodDesign Of MarriageConceptionMarriage AllowedYoung MarriageMan's Authority Over The DevilSame Sex Marriage


Deacons are only to be married once, and they must manage their children and households properly. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband


Deacons are only to be married once, and they must manage their children and households properly. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband



So I prefer young widows to marry again, to bear children, to look after their households, and not to afford our opponents any chance of reviling us. Verse ConceptsChild BearingMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningOpportunities, In LifeSatan, As The Enemy Of GodDesign Of MarriageConceptionMarriage AllowedYoung MarriageMan's Authority Over The DevilSame Sex Marriage


Deacons are only to be married once, and they must manage their children and households properly. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband


Deacons are only to be married once, and they must manage their children and households properly. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband


Deacons are only to be married once, and they must manage their children and households properly. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband



Deacons are only to be married once, and they must manage their children and households properly. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband






He replied, "Have you never read that He who created them male and female from the beginning said, Hence a man shall leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife, and the pair shall be one flesh?

Now some Pharisees came up and asked him if a man was allowed to divorce his wife. This was to tempt him. So he replied, "What did Moses lay down for you?" They said, "Moses permitted a man to divorce her by writing out a separation notice." read more.
Jesus said to them, "He wrote you that command on account of the hardness of your hearts. But from the beginning, when God created the world, Male and female, He created them: hence a man shall leave his father and mother, and the pair shall be one flesh. So they are no longer two, but one flesh.


Deacons are only to be married once, and they must manage their children and households properly. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband