the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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1 Timothy 3:5
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(If anyone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God’s church?)
(For if a man know not how to rule his owne house, how shall he take care of the Church of God?)
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church?
(but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),
(If someone does not know how to lead the family, how can that person take care of God's church?)
(but if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),
(but if a man does not know how to lead his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),
For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?
If they don't know how to control their own families, how can they look after God's people?
for if a man can't manage his own household, how will he be able to care for God's Messianic Community?
(but if one does not know how to conduct his own house, how shall he take care of the assembly of God?)
If a man does not know how to lead his own family, he will not be able to take care of God's church.
For if a man does not know how to rule well his own household, how shall he take care of the church of God?
For if a man does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of the church of God?
(but if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),
But if anyone does not know how to rule his own house, how will he care for an assembly of God?
(for if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?).
(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
(For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)
(but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)
For if a man does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God's church?
For if his own house he know not to rule well, how is he able to rule the church of Aloha ?
For if he knoweth not how to guide his own house well, how can he guide the church of God.
For yf a man knowe not to rule his owne house, howe shall he care for the Churche of God?
(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
(but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)
For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?
(If a man does not know how to rule his own household, how shall he have the Church of God given into his care?)
for if ony man kan not gouerne his house, hou schal he haue diligence of the chirche of God? not new conuertid to the feith,
(but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
(For if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God?
(for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?);
For if a man cannot manage his own household, how can he take care of God's church?
If a man cannot be a good leader in his own home, how can he lead the church?
for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he take care of God's church?
Whereas, if anyone, over his own house, cannot, preside, how, of an assembly of God, shall he take care?
But if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?
for if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for God's church?
For yf a man cannot rule his owne housse how shall he care for the congregacion of God.
(and if any one his own house [how] to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)
(But yf a man can not rule his owne house, how shal he care for the congregacion of God?)
for if a man is incapable of governing his own family, how can he take care of the church of God?
If you can't run a small outfit of those who love you, you won't last long in a bigger outfit.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
if: 1 Samuel 2:29, 1 Samuel 2:30, 1 Samuel 3:13
the church: 1 Timothy 3:15, Acts 20:28, Ephesians 1:22, Ephesians 5:24, Ephesians 5:32
Reciprocal: Genesis 18:19 - command Leviticus 21:9 - the daughter 1 Kings 13:11 - came Psalms 101:2 - walk Ezekiel 44:22 - a widow Malachi 2:15 - That he Matthew 16:18 - my Romans 12:8 - ruleth 1 Corinthians 7:34 - careth 1 Corinthians 10:32 - the church 1 Corinthians 11:22 - or 2 Corinthians 7:12 - that our 1 Timothy 3:12 - General 1 Timothy 5:17 - rule Titus 1:6 - having Hebrews 12:23 - the general Hebrews 13:7 - which
Cross-References
But of the tree of knowledge of good and euill, thou shalt not eate of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof, thou shalt die the death.
And the woman said vnto the serpent, We eate of the fruite of the trees of the garden,
But of the fruite of the tree which is in the middes of the garden, God hath said, Ye shall not eate of it, neither shall ye touche it, lest ye die.
So the woman (seeing that the tree was good for meate, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to get knowledge) tooke of the fruite thereof, and did eate, & gaue also to her husband with her, and he did eate.
Then the eyes of them both were opened, and they knewe that they were naked, and they sewed figge tree leaues together, and made them selues breeches.
Who saide, I heard thy voyce in the garden, and was afraide: because I was naked, therefore I hid my selfe.
And the Lorde God saide to the woman, Why hast thou done this? And the woman said, The serpent beguiled me, and I did eate.
Then the Lord God said to the serpent, Because thou hast done this, thou art cursed aboue all cattell, and aboue euery beast of the fielde: vpon thy belly shalt thou goe, and dust shalt thou eate all the dayes of thy life.
I wil also put enimitie betweene thee and the woman, and betweene thy seede & her seede. He shall breake thine head, and thou shalt bruise his heele.
And the Lord God said, Beholde, the man is become as one of vs, to knowe good and euill. And nowe lest he put foorth his hand, and take also of ye tree of life & eate & liue for euer,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
For if a man know not how to rule his own house,.... Which is an affair of less importance, and more easy to be done; not requiring so much resolution, prudence, care, and thought:
how shall he take care of the church of God? preside over it, rule in it, provide for it, and see that everything is in its proper place, and done according to the will of God. The argument is from the lesser to the greater.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
For 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 purposes, and have a common object to aim at. They have common feelings and common needs. They have sympathy, like a family, with each other in their distresses and afflictions. The government of the church also is designed to be “paternal.” It should be felt that he who presides over it has the feelings of a father; that he loves all the members of the great family; that he has no prejudices, no partialities, no selfish aims to gratify.
Now, if a man cannot govern his own family well; if he is severe, partial, neglectful, or tyrannical at home, how can he be expected to take charge of the more numerous “household of faith” with proper views and feelings? If, with all the natural and strong ties of affection which bind a father to his own children; if, when they are few comparatively in number, and where his eye is constantly upon them, he is unable to govern them aright, how can he be expected to preside in a proper manner over the larger household where he will be bound with comparatively feebler ties, and where he will be exposed more to the influence of passion, and where he will have a much less constant opportunity of supervision? Confucius, as quoted by Doddridge, has a sentiment strikingly resembling that before us: “It is impossible that he who knows not how to govern and reform his own family, should rightly govern and reform a people.” We may remark, also, in this verse, a delicate and beautiful use of words by the apostle to prevent the possibility of misapprehension. While he institutes a comparison between the government of a family and that of the church, he guards against the possibility of its being supposed that he would countenance “arbitrary” authority in the church, even such authority as a father must of necessity employ in his own family. Hence, he uses different words. He speaks of the father as “ruling” over his own family, or “presiding over it” - προστῆναι prostēnai; he describes the minister of religion as “having a tender care for the church” - ἐπιμελὴσεται epimelēsetai.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 1 Timothy 3:5. For 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 plan, of presiding. It was natural for the apostle to say, If a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the Church of God? Look at a man's domestic arrangements; if they be not good, he should not be trusted with any branch of government, whether ecclesiastical or civil.
