1 Timothy 3:4
1 Timothy · New Testament · Chapter 3
“One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;”1 Timothy 3:4
What Does 1 Timothy 3:4 Mean?
1 Timothy 3:4 is found in the book of 1 Timothy, chapter 3, verse 4 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 16 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Family, and Self-Control.
Cross-References (16)
These passages are connected to 1 Timothy 3:4 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Genesis 18:19“For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.”Ephesians 5:21“Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God.”Philippians 4:8“Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.”Titus 1:6“If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly.”Hebrews 13:4“Marriage is honourable in all, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.”Psalms 101:2“I will behave myself wisely in a perfect way. O when wilt thou come unto me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.”Romans 12:8“Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.”1 Timothy 3:12“Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.”Malachi 2:15“And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.”Mark 10:45“For even the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.”Titus 2:2“That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.”Joshua 24:15“And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”Acts 10:2“A devout man, and one that feared God with all his house, which gave much alms to the people, and prayed to God alway.”Ezekiel 44:22“Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.”Titus 2:7“In all things shewing thyself a pattern of good works: in doctrine shewing uncorruptness, gravity, sincerity,”Leviticus 21:9“And the daughter of any priest, if she profane herself by playing the whore, she profaneth her father: she shall be burnt with fire.”
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