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Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. |
Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. |
Let deacons be husbands of only one wife, and good managers of [managing well] their children and their own households. |
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A deacon must be the husband of but one wife and must manage his children and his household well. |
Let deacons be the husbands of but one wife, and let them manage [their] children and their own households well. |
Let the deacons be one-wife sort of me [that is, married only once], ruling their children and their own households in a commendable way, |
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Deacons should be men with only one wife, able to control their children and manage their own households properly. |
A deacon too must have only one wife, and manage his children and household well. |
Let the deacons 1249 be 2077 the husbands 435 of one 3391 wife, 1135 ruling 4291 their children 5043 and 2532 their own 2398 houses 3624 well. 2573 |
- No cross references or parallel passage have been cited for this verse.
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