1 Timothy 3:12Bible in Basic English
Let Deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their houses well.
Related Verses
Genesis 2:24
For this cause will a man go away from his father and his mother and be joined to his wife; and they will be one flesh.
Genesis 3:8
And there came to them the sound of the Lord God walking in the garden in the evening wind: and the man and his wife went to a secret place among the trees of the garden, away from the eyes of the Lord God.
Genesis 3:16
To the woman he said, Great will be your pain in childbirth; in sorrow will your children come to birth; still your desire will be for your husband, but he will be your master.
Genesis 3:17
And to Adam he said, Because you gave ear to the voice of your wife and took of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take, the earth is cursed on your account; in pain you will get your food from it all your life.
Genesis 3:20
And the man gave his wife the name of Eve because she was the mother of all who have life.