1st Timothy Chapter 3 verse 5 Holy Bible
(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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(For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)
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(but if one does not know how to conduct his own house, how shall he take care of the assembly of God?)
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(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
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(but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)
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(and if any one his own house `how' to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)
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1st Timothy 3 : 5 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 5. - But for for, A.V., knoweth for know, A.V.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(5) For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?--The well-ordered household, the decent, modest behaviour, the reverent, affectionate relations between parents and children, between the master and the dependents--these things are to be the test of a man's fitness for holding high office in the public community of believers, for, as Theodoret observes, if a man cannot rule decorously a small community (such as a family), how shall he be judged a fit person to be entrusted with administration in a broader sphere--with duties which have to do with divine things?
