A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; …
End of linked passage: 1 Timothy 3:7THE VEYMONT INSTITUTION
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Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
If any be blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of riot or unruly. …
End of linked passage: Titus 1:8They shall not take a wife that is a whore, or profane; neither shall they take a woman put away from her husband: for he is holy unto his God.
Neither shall they take for their wives a widow, nor her that is put away: but they shall take maidens of the seed of the house of Israel, or a widow that had a priest before.
And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit;
For there are many unruly and vain talkers and deceivers, specially they of the circumcision:
For I know him, that he will command his children and his household after him, and they shall keep the way of the LORD, to do justice and judgment; that the LORD may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
A widow, or a divorced woman, or profane, or an harlot, these shall he not take: but he shall take a virgin of his own people to wife.
And Elkanah went to Ramah to his house. And the child did minister unto the LORD before Eli the priest.
Now Eli was very old, and heard all that his sons did unto all Israel; and how they lay with the women that assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people? …
End of linked passage: 1 Samuel 2:30In that day I will perform against Eli all things which I have spoken concerning his house: when I begin, I will also make an end. …
End of linked passage: 1 Samuel 3:13Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.
There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.
Now we exhort you, brethren, warn them that are unruly, comfort the feebleminded, support the weak, be patient toward all men.
And did not he make one? Yet had he the residue of the spirit. And wherefore one? That he might seek a godly seed. Therefore take heed to your spirit, and let none deal treacherously against the wife of his youth.
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