1 Timothy 3:12

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

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Before · 1 Timothy 3:10–11

10Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless. 11Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, and faithful in all things.

12Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

After · 1 Timothy 3:13–14

13For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. 14These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly,

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