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6 長老は、責められる点がなく、ひとりの妻の夫であって、その子たちも不品行のうわさをたてられず、親不孝をしない信者でなくてはならない。

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

any: 1 Timothy 3:2-7

the husband: Leviticus 21:7, Leviticus 21:14, Ezekiel 44:22, Malachi 2:15, Luke 1:5, 1 Timothy 3:12

having: Genesis 18:19, 1 Samuel 2:11, 1 Samuel 2:22, 1 Samuel 2:29, 1 Samuel 2:30, 1 Samuel 3:12, 1 Samuel 3:13, 1 Timothy 3:4, 1 Timothy 3:5

not: Proverbs 28:7

or: Titus 1:10, 1 Thessalonians 5:14

Reciprocal: Leviticus 21:9 - the daughter 1 Corinthians 9:5 - to lead Philippians 2:15 - blameless 1 Timothy 3:10 - being 1 Timothy 5:1 - an elder 1 Timothy 5:19 - receive Hebrews 13:4 - Marriage

Gill's Notes on the Bible

If any be blameless,.... In his outward life and conversation, not chargeable with any notorious crime;

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the husband of one wife; :-:

having faithful children; legitimate ones, born in lawful wedlock, in the same sense as such are called godly and holy, in Malachi 2:15 1 Corinthians 7:14 for by faithful children cannot be meant converted ones, or true believers in Christ; for it is not in the power of men to make their children such; and their not being so can never be an objection to their being elders, if otherwise qualified; at most the phrase can only intend, that they should be brought up in the faith, in the principles, doctrines, and ways of Christianity, or in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Not accused of riot; or chargeable with sins of uncleanness and intemperance, with rioting and drunkenness, chambering and wantonness; or with such crimes as Eli's sons were guilty of, from which they were not restrained by their father, and therefore the priesthood was removed from the family: "or unruly" not subject, but disobedient to their parents; 1 Corinthians 7:14- :.

1 Corinthians 7:14- :.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

If any be blameless, the husband of one wife - See the notes at 1 Timothy 3:2.

Having faithful children - See the notes at 1 Timothy 3:4-5. That is, having a family well-governed, and well-trained in religion. The word here - πιστὰ pista - applied to the children, and rendered faithful, does not necessarily mean that they should be truly pious, but it is descriptive of those who had been well-trained, and were in due subordination. If a man’s family were not of his character - if his children were insubordinate, and opposed to religion - if they were decided infidels or scoffers, it would show that there was such a deficiency in the head of the family that he could not be safely entrusted with the government of the church; compare the notes at 1 Timothy 3:5. It is probably true, also, that the preachers at that time would be selected, as far as practicable, from those whose families were all Christians. There might be great impropriety in placing a man over a church, a part of whose family were Jews or heathens.

Not accused of riot - That is, whose children were not accused of riot. This explains what is meant by faithful. The word rendered “riot” - ἀσωτία asōtia - is translated excess in Ephesians 5:18, and riot in Titus 1:6; 1 Peter 4:4. It does not elsewhere occur in the New Testament, though the word riotous is found in Luke 15:13; see it explained in the notes at Ephesians 5:18. The meaning here is, that they should not be justly accused of this; this should not be their character. It would, doubtless, be a good reason now why a man should not be ordained to the ministry that he had a dissipated and disorderly family.

Or unruly - Insubordinate; ungoverned; see the notes, 1 Timothy 1:9; Luke 3:4.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 6. If any be blameless — 1 Timothy 3:2, c.

Having faithful children — Whose family is converted to God. It would have been absurd to employ a man to govern the Church whose children were not in subjection to himself for it is an apostolic maxim, that he who cannot rule his own house, cannot rule the Church of God; 1 Timothy 3:5.