1 Timothy 3:5
“(For if a man know not how to rule his owne house, how shall he take care of the Church of God?)”
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1 Timothy 3:5 Context
3Not giuen to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient, not a brawler, not couetous; 4One that ruleth well his owne house, hauing his children in subiection with all grauitie. 5(For if a man know not how to rule his owne house, how shall he take care of the Church of God?) 6Not a nouice, lest being lifted vp with pride, hee fall into the condemnation of the deuill. 7Moreouer, hee must haue a good report of them which are without, lest he fall into reproch, and the snare of the deuill.
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Other Translations for 1 Timothy 3:5
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
- King James Version
(but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),
- New American Standard Version (1995)
(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
- American Standard Version (1901)
(For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)
- Basic English Bible
(but if one does not know how to conduct his own house, how shall he take care of the assembly of God?)
- Darby Bible
(For if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
- Webster's Bible
(If a man does not know how to rule his own household, how shall he have the Church of God given into his care?)
- Weymouth Bible
(but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)
- World English Bible
for if ony man kan not gouerne his house, hou schal he haue diligence of the chirche of God? not new conuertid to the feith,
- Wycliffe Bible
(and if any one his own house [how] to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)
- Youngs Literal Bible
People's Bible Notes for 1 Timothy 3:5
1Ti 3:5 For if a man know not how to rule his own house. The order of his own house will show whether he is fit to have a charge in the house of God. The sins of Eli's sons showed that Eli, though a good man, was unfitted to rule (1Sa 2:22-25).