Teks -- 1 Timothy 3:4 (NET)

3:4 He must manage his own household well and keep his children in control without losing his dignity.

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Robertson: 1Ti 3:4 - Ruling

Ruling ( proistamenon ).

Present middle participle of proistēmi , old word to place before and (intransitive as here) to stand before. See note on 1Th 5:12; Rom 12:8.

Robertson: 1Ti 3:4 - In subjection

In subjection ( en hupotagēi ).

See 1Ti 3:11.

Vincent: 1Ti 3:4 - That ruleth

That ruleth ( προΐστάμενον )

Mostly in the Pastorals, but also in Rom 12:8; 1Th 5:12. The participle means placed in front . Here in a general sense, but in 1Th 1:5 of church authorities, but only functionally, not as a title of specially appointed officers. It is characteristic of the loose and unsettled ecclesiastical nomenclature of the apostolic age.

Vincent: 1Ti 3:4 - Having in subjection

Having in subjection ( ἔχοντα ἐν ὑποταγῇ )

The phrase is unique in N.T. Ὑποταγή subjection is a Pauline word: see 2Co 9:13; Gal 2:5. o lxx.

Wesley: 1Ti 3:4 - Having his children in subjection with all seriousness

For levity undermines all domestic authority; and this direction, by a parity of reason, belongs to all parents.

JFB: 1Ti 3:4 - ruleth

Greek, "presiding over."

JFB: 1Ti 3:4 - his own house

Children and servants, as contrasted with "the church" (house) of God (1Ti 3:5, 1Ti 3:15) which he may be called on to preside over.

JFB: 1Ti 3:4 - having his children

Rather as Greek, "having children (who are) in subjection" (Tit 1:6).

JFB: 1Ti 3:4 - gravity

Propriety: reverent modesty on the part of the children [ALFORD]. The fact that he has children who are in subjection to him in all gravity, is the recommendation in his favor as one likely to rule well the Church.

Clarke: 1Ti 3:4

The fourteenth qualification of a Christian bishop is, that he ruleth well his own house; του ιδιου οικου καλως προΐσταμενον, one who properly presides over and governs his own family. One who has the command, of his own house, not by sternness, severity, and tyranny, but with all gravity; governing his household by rule, every one knowing his own place, and each doing his own work, and each work having the proper time assigned for its beginning and end. This is a maxim of common sense; no family can be prosperous that is not under subjection, and no person can govern a family but the head of it, the husband, who is, both by nature and the appointment of God, the head or governor of his own house. See the note on Eph 5:22.

Calvin: 1Ti 3:4 - Who ruleth well his own house // Who hath his children in subjection with, all reverence

4.Who ruleth well his own house Hence it is evident, that Paul does not demand that a bishop shall be unacquainted within human life, ⁵⁹ but that he shall be a good and praiseworthy master of a household; for, whatever may be the admiration commonly entertained for celibacy and a philosophical life altogether removed from ordinary custom, yet wise and thoughtful men are convinced by experience, that they who are not ignorant of ordinary life, but are practiced in the duties of human intercourse, are better trained and adapted for governing the Church. And, therefore, we ought to observe the reason which is added, (1Ti 3:5,) that he who does not know how to rule his family, Will not be qualified for governing the Church. Now, this is the case with very many persons, and indeed with almost all who have been drawn out of an idle and solitary life, ⁶⁰ as out of dens and caverns; for they are a sort of savages and destitute of humanity.

Who hath his children in subjection with, all reverence The apostle does not recommend a clever man, and deeply skilled in domestic matters, but one who has learned to govern a family by wholesome discipline. He speaks chiefly of children, who may be expected to possess the natural disposition of their father; and therefore it will be a great disgrace to a bishop, if he has children who lead a wicked and scandalous life. As to wives, he will speak of them afterwards; but at present, as I have said, he glances at the most important part of a house.

In the Epistle to Titus, (Tit 1:6,) he shows what is here meant by the word reverence; for, after having said that the children of a bishop must not be unruly and disobedient, he likewise adds,

“nor liable to the reproach of profligacy or of intemperance.”

He therefore means, in a word, that their morals shall be regulated by all chastity, modesty, and gravity.

TSK: 1Ti 3:4 - ruleth // with

ruleth : 1Ti 3:12; Gen 18:19; Jos 24:15; Psa 101:2-8; Act 10:2; Tit 1:6

with : Phi 4:8 *Gr: Tit 2:2, Tit 2:7

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Poole: 1Ti 3:4 - One that ruleth well his own house // Having his children in subjection with all gravity

One that ruleth well his own house if he he one to whom God hath given a family, one who hath given an experiment of his conversation and ability to take care of a church, by the care that he hath taken of his family, and his ruling in that lesser society.

Having his children in subjection with all gravity one that hath not let his children behave themselves rudely, and indecently, and rebelliously, but kept them in order by a grave demeanour towards them.

PBC: 1Ti 3:4

ruleth well his own house - He rules his own house (home) well. Here Paul makes a pertinent point. Watch this man in his home with family members, both wife and children. If you observe his interaction with them, you can predict how he will function in a leadership role in the church. If you don’t approve of his role in his family, beware ordaining him. He will function much the same way in his church position.  41

Haydock: 1Ti 3:4 - Ruleth well his own house // With all chastity

Ruleth well his own house, &c. Before he is set over the Church, let him have given proofs of his talents for governing within his own house, by the regularity he has made all his dependants observe. In the infancy of the Church, it was frequently necessary to ordain the most regular fathers of families bishops, for want of others of a sufficient age who had observed perpetual continency. ---

With all chastity. The Greek implies, grave, sober, temperate; but as this seems to answer what is said Titus i. 6. it seems to be properly understood of chastity. (Witham)

Gill: 1Ti 3:4 - One that ruleth well his own house // having his children in subjection with all gravity // 1Sa 2:23 3:13

One that ruleth well his own house,.... His family, wife, children, and servants; and is not to be understood of his body, and of keeping of that under, and of preserving it chaste and temperate, as appears from what follows:

having his children in subjection with all gravity; keeping a good decorum in his family; obliging his children to observe his orders, and especially the rules of God's word; and not as Eli, who did not use his authority, or lay his commands upon his sons, nor restrain them from evil, or severely reprove them for their sins, but neglected them, and was too mild and gentle with them;

1Sa 2:23 3:13 but like Abraham, who not only taught, but commanded his children and his household, to keep the way of the Lord; Gen 18:19 and so should those act who are in such an office as is here treated of; and should not only rule well in their families, preside over them, go before them, and set an example to them, and keep their children in obedience and subjection; but this should be "with all gravity": not only in the master of the family, but in the children; who as their father is, or should be, should be brought up in, and used to gravity in words and in dress; and in the whole of their deportment and conversation. This may he observed against the Papists, who forbid marriage to the ministers of the Gospel.