World English Bible

1 Timothy 3:12

“Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.”

Verse in context — 1 Timothy 3

Let them also first be tested; then let them serve if they are blameless.

Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

Let servants be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;

Instructions for church leadership and godly living.