Thematic Bible


Thematic Bible




Assistant-Officers should be faithful husbands, and men who rule their children and their households well. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband


Assistant-Officers should be faithful husbands, and men who rule their children and their households well. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband

Have not we a right to take a wife with us, if she is a Christian, as the other Apostles and the Master's brothers and Kephas all do? Verse ConceptsPeter, The ApostleBachelorsCompanionshipChrist's Earthly FamilyMarriage AllowedThe Apostles In ActionChristians Being Called Brothers

When Jesus went into Peter's house, he saw Peter's mother-in- law prostrated with fever. Verse ConceptsdiseasesDiseases, Kinds OfPeter, The DiscipleFeverMother In LawsEntering HousesSicknessGrandmothersgrandmas


My reason for leaving you in Crete was that you might put in order what had been left unsettled, and appoint Officers of the Church in the various towns, as I myself directed you. They are to be men of irreproachable character, who are faithful husbands, whose children are Christians and have never been charged with dissolute conduct or have been unruly. For a Presiding-Officer, as God's steward, ought to be a man of irreproachable character; not self-willed or quick-tempered, nor addicted to drink or to brawling or to questionable money-making.

So, too, Assistant-Officers should be serious and straightforward men, not given to taking much drink or to questionable money-making, but men who hold the deep truths of the Faith and have a clear conscience. They should be tested first, and only appointed to their Office if no objection is raised against them. read more.
It should be the same with the women. They should be serious, not gossips, sober, and trustworthy in all respects. Assistant-Officers should be faithful husbands, and men who rule their children and their households well. Those who have filled that post with honour gain for themselves an honorable position, as well as great confidence through the faith that they place in Christ Jesus.

So, too, Assistant-Officers should be serious and straightforward men, not given to taking much drink or to questionable money-making, but men who hold the deep truths of the Faith and have a clear conscience. They should be tested first, and only appointed to their Office if no objection is raised against them. read more.
It should be the same with the women. They should be serious, not gossips, sober, and trustworthy in all respects. Assistant-Officers should be faithful husbands, and men who rule their children and their households well. Those who have filled that post with honour gain for themselves an honorable position, as well as great confidence through the faith that they place in Christ Jesus.


Assistant-Officers should be faithful husbands, and men who rule their children and their households well. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband


Assistant-Officers should be faithful husbands, and men who rule their children and their households well. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband

he should be a man who rules his own household well, and whose children are kept under control and are well-behaved. If a man does not know how to rule his own household, how can he take charge of the Church of God?


Assistant-Officers should be faithful husbands, and men who rule their children and their households well. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband

he should be a man who rules his own household well, and whose children are kept under control and are well-behaved. If a man does not know how to rule his own household, how can he take charge of the Church of God?


Assistant-Officers should be faithful husbands, and men who rule their children and their households well. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband


Assistant-Officers should be faithful husbands, and men who rule their children and their households well. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband



Therefore I advise young widows to marry, bear children, and attend to their homes, and so avoid giving the enemy an opportunity for scandal. Verse ConceptsChild BearingMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningOpportunities, In LifeSatan, As The Enemy Of GodDesign Of MarriageConceptionMarriage AllowedYoung MarriageMan's Authority Over The DevilSame Sex Marriage


Assistant-Officers should be faithful husbands, and men who rule their children and their households well. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband


Assistant-Officers should be faithful husbands, and men who rule their children and their households well. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband



Therefore I advise young widows to marry, bear children, and attend to their homes, and so avoid giving the enemy an opportunity for scandal. Verse ConceptsChild BearingMarriage, Restrictions ConcerningOpportunities, In LifeSatan, As The Enemy Of GodDesign Of MarriageConceptionMarriage AllowedYoung MarriageMan's Authority Over The DevilSame Sex Marriage


Assistant-Officers should be faithful husbands, and men who rule their children and their households well. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband


Assistant-Officers should be faithful husbands, and men who rule their children and their households well. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband


Assistant-Officers should be faithful husbands, and men who rule their children and their households well. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband



Assistant-Officers should be faithful husbands, and men who rule their children and their households well. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband






"Have not you read," replied Jesus, "that at the beginning the Creator 'made them male and female,' And said--'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, and be united to his wife, and the man and his wife shall become one'?

Presently some Pharisees came up and, to test him, asked: "Has a husband the right to divorce his wife?" "What direction did Moses give you?" replied Jesus. "Moses," they said, "permitted a man to 'draw up in writing a notice of separation and divorce his wife.'" read more.
"It was owing to the hardness of your hearts," said Jesus, "that Moses gave you this direction; But, at the beginning of the Creation, God 'made them male and female.' 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother, And the man and his wife shall become one;' so that they are no longer two, but one.


Assistant-Officers should be faithful husbands, and men who rule their children and their households well. Verse ConceptsLove, In RelationshipsMonogamyAuthority Of DisciplesMarriage ControlledWifeFamily FirstMoney ManagementA Good Husband