ELDER'S CHILDREN -- "Believing Children"

1. Passages similar in the usage of "believing."
     Acts 5:14
     1 Tim 4:12
     Acts 10:45
     Acts 16:1
     Acts 2:44
     1 Tim. 6:2

2. Passages similar in the usage of "Faithful." (K.J.)
     1 Cor. 4:2; 4:17; 10:13
     Gal. 3:9
     Eph. 1:1; 6:21
     Col. 1:2; 1:7; 4:7; 4:9
     2 Tim. 2:2
     Titus 1:6
     Heb 2:17; 3:5
     1 Pet. 5:12

3. 1 Timothy 3:4-5; Titus 1:6:
     (1) Both passages are emphasizing the necessity of a
         man's ability to oversee his family.
     (2) Proven leadership.
     (3) Age and experience.
     (4) Able to guide his children into the paths of
         obedience to the Lord.
     (5) Thayer says, "children that are not heathens."
     (6) At what age would children indicate their submission
         to the father?

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