1 Timothy 3:5
(If a man does not know how to rule his own household, how shall he have the Church of God given into his care?)
Weymouth NT (1912)
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 ruling his own household wisely and well, with children kept under control with true dignity.
Cross References
Acts 20:28"Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has placed you to take the oversight for Him and act as shepherds to the Church of God, which He has bought with His own blood.
Ephesians 1:22God has put all things under His feet, and has appointed Him universal and supreme Head of the Church, which is His Body,
Ephesians 5:32That is a great truth hitherto kept secret: I mean the truth concerning Christ and 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 →