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1 Timothy 3:2, 4, 12

1 Timothy 3:2 NIV

Now the overseer is to be above reproach, faithful to his wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach

1 Timothy 3:4 NIV

He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full respect.

1 Timothy 3:12 NIV

A deacon must be faithful to his wife and must manage his children and his household well.