Sinai1 Timothy 3:5
American Standard Version
(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
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1 Timothy 3:5 in other translations
(but how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule one’s own house take care of God’s assembly?)
1 Timothy 3:5 in context
- 3no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;
- 4one that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
- 5(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
- 6not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
- 7Moreover he must have good testimony from them that are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.