exemplary believer whose “good work” personifies the redemptive will of God for all to see. Consistent with 1 Timothy’s use of household as its primary metaphor of the church, Paul lists marital fidelity and well-behaved children as the marks of the excellent administrator. However, in the context of the Pauline canon, where a solitary life committed only to God is celebrated (1 Tim. 5:9–10; cf. 1 Cor. 7), the phrase “husband of one wife” might be understood more rigidly as the husband of only one