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1 Timothy 3:5
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(If anyone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God’s church?)
(For if a man know not how to rule his owne house, how shall he take care of the Church of God?)
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church?
(but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),
(If someone does not know how to lead the family, how can that person take care of God's church?)
(but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),
(but if a man does not know how to lead his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),
For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?
If they don't know how to control their own families, how can they look after God's people?
for if a man can't manage his own household, how will he be able to care for God's Messianic Community?
(but if one does not know how to conduct his own house, how shall he take care of the assembly of God?)
If a man does not know how to lead his own family, he will not be able to take care of God's church.
For if any cannot rule his owne house, how shall he care for the Church of God?
For if a man does not know how to rule well his own household, how shall he take care of the church of God?
For if a man does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of the church of God?
(but if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),
But if anyone does not know how to rule his own house, how will he care for an assembly of God?
(for if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?).
(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
(but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)
For if a man does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God's church?
For if his own house he know not to rule well, how is he able to rule the church of Aloha ?
For if he knoweth not how to guide his own house well, how can he guide the church of God.
For yf a man knowe not to rule his owne house, howe shall he care for the Churche of God?
(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
(but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)
For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?
(If a man does not know how to rule his own household, how shall he have the Church of God given into his care?)
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,
(but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
(For if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God?
(for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?);
For if a man cannot manage his own household, how can he take care of God's church?
If a man cannot be a good leader in his own home, how can he lead the church?
for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he take care of God's church?
Whereas, if anyone, over his own house, cannot, preside, how, of an assembly of God, shall he take care?
But if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?
for if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for God's church?
For yf a man cannot rule his owne housse how shall he care for the congregacion of God.
(and if any one his own house [how] to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)
(But yf a man can not rule his owne house, how shal he care for the congregacion of God?)
for if a man is incapable of governing his own family, how can he take care of the church of God?
If you can't run a small outfit of those who love you, you won't last long in a bigger outfit.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
if: 1 Samuel 2:29, 1 Samuel 2:30, 1 Samuel 3:13
the church: 1 Timothy 3:15, Acts 20:28, Ephesians 1:22, Ephesians 5:24, Ephesians 5:32
Reciprocal: Genesis 18:19 - command Leviticus 21:9 - the daughter 1 Kings 13:11 - came Psalms 101:2 - walk Ezekiel 44:22 - a widow Malachi 2:15 - That he Matthew 16:18 - my Romans 12:8 - ruleth 1 Corinthians 7:34 - careth 1 Corinthians 10:32 - the church 1 Corinthians 11:22 - or 2 Corinthians 7:12 - that our 1 Timothy 3:12 - General 1 Timothy 5:17 - rule Titus 1:6 - having Hebrews 12:23 - the general Hebrews 13:7 - which
Cross-References
But of the fruit of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you may not take; for on the day when you take of it, death will certainly come to you.
And the woman said, We may take of the fruit of the trees in the garden:
But of the fruit of the tree in the middle of the garden, God has said, If you take of it or put your hands on it, death will come to you.
And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and a delight to the eyes, and to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit, and gave it to her husband.
And their eyes were open and they were conscious that they had no clothing and they made themselves coats of leaves stitched together.
And he said, Hearing your voice in the garden I was full of fear, because I was without clothing: and I kept myself from your eyes.
And the Lord God said to the woman, What have you done? And the woman said, I was tricked by the deceit of the snake and I took it.
And the Lord God said to the snake, Because you have done this you are cursed more than all cattle and every beast of the field; you will go flat on the earth, and dust will be your food all the days of your life:
And there will be war between you and the woman and between your seed and her seed: by him will your head be crushed and by you his foot will be wounded.
And the Lord God said, Now the man has become like one of us, having knowledge of good and evil; and now if he puts out his hand and takes of the fruit of the tree of life, he will go on living for ever.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For if a man know not how to rule his own house,.... Which is an affair of less importance, and more easy to be done; not requiring so much resolution, prudence, care, and thought:
how shall he take care of the church of God? preside over it, rule in it, provide for it, and see that everything is in its proper place, and done according to the will of God. The argument is from the lesser to the greater.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For if a man know not how to rule - This is a beautiful and striking argument. A church resembles a family. It is, indeed, larger, and there is a greater variety of dispositions in it than there is in a family. The authority of a minister of the gospel in a church is also less absolute than that of a father. But still there is a striking resemblance. The church is made up of an assemblage of brothers and sisters. They are banded together for the same purposes, and have a common object to aim at. They have common feelings and common needs. They have sympathy, like a family, with each other in their distresses and afflictions. The government of the church also is designed to be “paternal.” It should be felt that he who presides over it has the feelings of a father; that he loves all the members of the great family; that he has no prejudices, no partialities, no selfish aims to gratify.
Now, if a man cannot govern his own family well; if he is severe, partial, neglectful, or tyrannical at home, how can he be expected to take charge of the more numerous “household of faith” with proper views and feelings? If, with all the natural and strong ties of affection which bind a father to his own children; if, when they are few comparatively in number, and where his eye is constantly upon them, he is unable to govern them aright, how can he be expected to preside in a proper manner over the larger household where he will be bound with comparatively feebler ties, and where he will be exposed more to the influence of passion, and where he will have a much less constant opportunity of supervision? Confucius, as quoted by Doddridge, has a sentiment strikingly resembling that before us: “It is impossible that he who knows not how to govern and reform his own family, should rightly govern and reform a people.” We may remark, also, in this verse, a delicate and beautiful use of words by the apostle to prevent the possibility of misapprehension. While he institutes a comparison between the government of a family and that of the church, he guards against the possibility of its being supposed that he would countenance “arbitrary” authority in the church, even such authority as a father must of necessity employ in his own family. Hence, he uses different words. He speaks of the father as “ruling” over his own family, or “presiding over it” - προστῆναι prostēnai; he describes the minister of religion as “having a tender care for the church” - ἐπιμελὴσεται epimelēsetai.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Timothy 3:5. For if a man know not — Method is a matter of great importance in all the affairs of life. It is a true saying, He that does little with his head must do much with his hands; and even then the business is not half done for want of method. Now, he who has a proper method of doing business will show it in every affair of life, even the least. He who has a disorderly family has no government of that family; he probably has none because he has no method, no plan, of presiding. It was natural for the apostle to say, If a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the Church of God? Look at a man's domestic arrangements; if they be not good, he should not be trusted with any branch of government, whether ecclesiastical or civil.
