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1 Timothy 3:5
5(But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s community?)
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 addicted to wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, free from the love of money, 4managing his own household well, keeping his children under control with all respectfulness. (But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s community?) 6He must not be a new believer, or he may become puffed up and fall into the same judgment as the devil. 7Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with those outside, so that he will 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 do you kick at My sacrifice and My offering which I have commanded in My dwelling, and honor your sons above Me, by fattening yourselves with the choicest of every offering of Israel My people?
- 1 Samuel 3:13For I have told him that I am about to judge his house forever for the iniquity that he knew about, because his sons brought a curse on themselves yet he did not rebuke them.
- 1 Timothy 3:15But if I delay, I write so you may know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God—which is the community of the living God, a pillar and foundation of truth.
- Acts 20:28“Take care of yourselves and all the flock of which the Ruach ha-Kodesh has made you overseers, to shepherd the community of God—which He obtained with the blood of His own.
- Ephesians 1:22God placed all things under Messiah’s feet and appointed Him as head over all things for His community—
- Ephesians 5:24But as Messiah’s community is submitted to Messiah, so also the wives 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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