O papel do homem
A Bíblia define o papel do homem na família e na sociedade: líder servidor, provedor fiel, pai presente e marido amoroso, seguindo o exemplo de Cristo.
Marido e pai
O marido deve amar a esposa como Cristo amou a Igreja. O pai é chamado a criar os filhos na disciplina e instrução do Senhor.
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her,
And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.
Husbands, love your wives and do not be bitter toward them.
A Word to Husbands
Husbands, likewise, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered.
Provedor e responsável
Quem não cuida dos seus é pior que o descrente. O homem deve trabalhar com diligência e prover para sua família com honra.
But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.
For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat.
And whatever you do, do it heartily, as to the Lord and not to men,
A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, of good behavior, hospitable, able to teach; not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous; one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence
Caráter e liderança
O homem de Deus é corajoso, íntegro e cheio do Espírito. Ele lidera pelo exemplo e guia sua casa nos caminhos do Senhor.
Final Exhortations
Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong.
For I have known him, in order that he may command his children and his household after him, that they keep the way of the Lord, to do righteousness and justice, that the Lord may bring to Abraham what He has spoken to him."
And do not be drunk with wine, in which is dissipation; but be filled with the Spirit,