1Tim 3:12 The Deacon's Family

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The Deacon's Family

1Tim 3:12  Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

Again as with the overseer the deacon must not be a polygamist (of which I would include the serial form commonly practiced today)

"Ruling" is an interesting way of putting it. As much of society has been feminized today, husbands are less viewed as having legitimate authority over their wife, and fathers less viewed as having authority over their children. So Christians need to keep the proper Biblical roles in mind. Before men can rule their children and household well, they first must be allowed to rule at all. They must be accepted as the legitimate authority figure which God has placed over the household. Husbands and fathers rightly resent it when their wives and children usurp their God-given position of authority.

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