1 Timothy 3:5
moreover, if someone has_not_beheld to-stand-ahead/preside of{the own house}, how[?] he-will-be-concerned-upon/take-care of{[the] out-calling} of{God}[?]
Garth's Hyper-literal Translation
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
Cross References
Acts 20:28Be-holding-toward to{sameselves} and to{all the shepherded[flock]-let} in to{which} the Spirit, the Holy, places-such-as-to-be-placed you watch-upon-ers/overseers/supervisors to-be-shepherding the out-calling of{the Lord}, which he-makes-about-such-as-to-be-made-about through of{the blood} of{the own/self},
Ephesians 1:22and he-sets-under/subjects all under the feet of{same}, and he-gives same head over all to{the out-calling},
Ephesians 5:32The mystery, the-same, is-being great; moreover, I am-saying into Anointed and into the out-calling,
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 →