As we have seen, an overseer was not obliged to have children, or even be married. But if married, to qualify as an elder or a ministerial servant, a Christian had to exercise proper and loving headship over his wife and show himself capable of keeping his children in proper submission.
პავლე განმარტავს: „თუ ვინმემ საკუთარი სახლის განმგებლობა არ იცის, როგორ იზრუნებს ღვთის ეკლესიაზე“.