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1 Timothy 3:5
5(If anyone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God’s church?)
1 Timothy 3:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
- New International Version (NIV)(If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)
- English Standard Version (ESV)for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church?
- New King James Version (NKJV)(for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?);
Context of 1 Timothy 3:5
3not an excessive drinker, not a bully but gentle, not quarrelsome, not greedy. 4He must manage his own household competently and have his children under control with all dignity. (If anyone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God’s church?) 6He must not be a new convert, or he might become conceited and incur the same condemnation as the devil. 7Furthermore, he must have a good reputation among outsiders, so that he does not fall into disgrace and the devil’s trap.
Read all of 1 Timothy 31 Timothy 3:5 word by word
Εἰ δέ τις τοῦ ἰδίου οἴκου προστῆναι οὐκ οἶδεν, πῶς ἐκκλησίας θεοῦ ἐπιμελήσεται;Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Forδέde · thenG1161
- ifεἰei · ifG1487
- a manτιςtis · oneG5100
- knowεἴδωeidō · to perceive: understandG1492
- notοὐou · noG3756
- to ruleπροΐστημιproistēmi · to set beforeG4291
- his ownἴδιοςidios · one's own/privateG2398
- houseοἶκοςoikos · house: householdG3624
- howπῶςpōs · how?!G4459
- shall he take careἐπιμελέομαιepimeleomai · to careG1959
- of the churchἐκκλησίαekklēsia · assemblyG1577
- of Godθεόςtheos · GodG2316
Cross-references for 1 Timothy 3:5
- 1 Samuel 2:29Why, then, do all of you despise my sacrifices and offerings that I require at the place of worship? You have honored your sons more than me, by making yourselves fat with the best part of all of the offerings of my people Israel.’
- 1 Samuel 3:13I told him that I am going to judge his family forever because of the iniquity he knows about: his sons are cursing God, and he has not stopped them.
- 1 Timothy 3:15But if I should be delayed, I have written so that you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
- Acts 20:28Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which he purchased with his own blood.
- Ephesians 1:22And he subjected everything under his feet and appointed him as head over everything for the church,
- Ephesians 5:24Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives are to submit to their husbands in everything.
Commentaries on 1 Timothy 3:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5For if a man know not - Method is a matter of great importance in all the affairs of life. It is a true saying, He that does little with his head must do much with his hands; and even then the business is not half done for want of method. Now, he who has a proper method of doing business will show it in every affair of life, even the least. He who has a disorderly family has no government of that family; he probably has none because he has no method, no…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5For if a man know not how to rule - This is a beautiful and striking argument. A church resembles a family. It is, indeed, larger, and there is a greater variety of dispositions in it than there is in a family. The authority of a minister of the gospel in a church is also less absolute than that of a father. But still there is a striking resemblance. The church is made up of an assemblage of brothers and sisters. They are banded together for the same…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4-5The church, seen as a household, shared similarities with a family household (3:15). An overseer's ability to manage one area showed his skill in the other (see also 3:12; 5:17; Romans 12:8; 1 Thessalonians 5:12). Greek and Roman households were united by family bonds with shared responsibilities, roles, and management. The household included relatives by blood living together and other dependents, such as household servants.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. 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?Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Timothy 3
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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