(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) Treasury of Scripture if. 1 Samuel 2:29,30 Why kick you at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honor your sons above me... 1 Samuel 3:13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knows; because his sons made themselves vile... the church. 1 Timothy 3:15 But if I tarry long, that you may know how you ought to behave yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God... Acts 20:28 Take heed therefore to yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost has made you overseers... Ephesians 1:22 And has put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church, Ephesians 5:24,32 Therefore as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing...
Context Qualifications for Overseers
1This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desires a good work. 2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach; 3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous; 4One that rules 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 shall he take care of the church of God?) 6Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil. 7Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
Douay-Rheims Bible
But if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?
Darby Bible Translation
(but if one does not know how to conduct his own house, how shall he take care of the assembly of God?)
King James Bible
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
Young's Literal Translation
(and if any one his own house how to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)
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