When Paul set out the qualifications required of a man “reaching out for an office of overseer, ” he stated that such a Christian should be“ a man presiding over his own household in a fine manner, having children in subjection with all seriousness. ” — 1 Timothy 3: 1, 4.
प्रथम शताब्दी में, अधिकांश मसीही प्राचीन बाल - बच्चेदार विवाहित पुरुष थे ।