1 Timothy 3:5
(but if any man knows not how to rule his own house, how will he take care of a congregation of God?),
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
In Context
4a man who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all propriety
6not a new convert, lest having been puffed up he may fall into the condemnation of the devil.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:29Why do ye kick at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in [my] habitation, and honor thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chief of all the offerings of Israel my people?
Acts 20:28Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit placed you guardians, to tend the church of the Lord and God, which he purchased by his own blood.
Ephesians 1:22And he subordinated all things under his feet, and appointed him head over all things for the church,
Ephesians 5:32This mystery is great, but I speak for Christ and for the church.
Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 3:2-8
Duties of Bishops and Deacons. ( a. d. 64.) 1 This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. 2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3 Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; 5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how… Read the whole commentary →