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1 Timothy 3:5

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(but how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule one’s own house take care of God’s assembly?)

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1 Timothy 3:5 in other translations

(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

1 Timothy 3:5 · American Standard Version

1 Timothy 3:5 in context

  1. 3not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
  2. 4one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
  3. 5(but how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule one’s own house take care of God’s assembly?)
  4. 6not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
  5. 7Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.