1 Timothy 3:5 KJV — MannaFest

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?)

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?

YLT

(and if any one his own house how to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)

DBT

(but if one does not know how to conduct his own house, how shall he take care of the assembly ofGod?)

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1 Timothy — Paul's first pastoral letter to his son in the faith. Guarding the deposit: sound doctrine, church order, pastoral responsibility.

Author: Paul (1:1)
Date: c. AD 62–66, from Macedonia after a first release

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16 verses on the floor

Acts 20:28
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Matthew 16:18
And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
Hebrews 13:7
Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.
1 Timothy 5:17
Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.
1 Samuel 3:13
For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.

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For--Greek, "But." the church--rather, "a church" or congregation. How shall he who cannot perform the lesser function, perform the greater and more difficult?

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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