If a man knoweth not (ε τις ουκ οιδεν). Condition of first class, assumed as true.

How to rule (προστηνα).…

For if a man know not how to rule. This is a beautiful and striking argument. A church resembles a family. It is, indeed, larger, and ther…

For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?—The well-ordered household, the decent, mode…

The final three stated qualifications are developed in greater length. The first concerns the relationship of an overseer to his family—he must be …

And if anyone does not know how to rule his own house. This argument, drawn from the le er to the greater, is self-evident: he who is unfi…

For if a man know not how to rule his own house
Which is an affair of less importance, and more easy to be done; not…

If a man desired the pastoral office, and from love to Christ and the souls of men, was ready to deny himself and undergo hardships by devoting him…

1. Previously, the Apostle outlined the qualities a bishop should po e in himself. Now he describes the qualities he should have in his rela…