1 Timothy 3:5
For if a man does not know how to lead his own house, how will he take care of the Church of God?
Catholic Public Domain 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
4but a man who leads his own house well, having children who are subordinate with all chastity.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:29Why have you kicked away my victims and my gifts, which I instructed to be offered in the temple? And why have you given more honor to your sons than to me, so that you eat the first-fruits of every sacrifice of my people Israel?
Acts 20:28Take care of yourselves and of the entire flock, over which the Holy Spirit has stationed you as Bishops to rule the Church of God, which he has purchased by his own blood.
Ephesians 1:22And he has subjected all things under his feet, and he has made him the head over the entire Church,
Ephesians 5:32This is a great Sacrament. And I am speaking in Christ and in 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 →