the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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1 Timothy 3:5
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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 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.
(but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)
(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 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?)
for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God's church?
(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 knoweth 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 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 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?)
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?)
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 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 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?
For if any cannot rule his owne house, how shall he care for the Church of God?
For if a man does not know how to rule well his own household, how shall he take care of the church of God?
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 yf a man knowe not to rule his owne house, howe shall he care for the Churche 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?
(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 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 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?
(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?
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?);
If you can't run a small outfit of those who love you, you won't last long in a bigger outfit.
(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?),
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 if your eye is evil, your whole body will be full of darkness. Therefore, if the light in you is darkness, how great is that darkness!"
You will open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light and from Satan's control to God, so that they might receive the forgiveness of sins and a share among those who are sanctified by faith in me.'Isaiah 35:5; 42:7; Luke 1:77,79; John 8:12; Acts 20:32; 2 Corinthians 4:4; 6:14; Ephesians 1:11,18; 4:18; 5:8; Colossians 1:12-13; 1 Thessalonians 5:5; Ephesians 1:11,18, 1 Peter 2:9,25;">[xr]
In their case, the god of this world has blinded the minds of those who do not believe to keep them from seeing the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God.Isaiah 6:10; John 1:18; 16:11; 2 Corinthians 3:6,8-9,11, 14,18; Ephesians 6:12; Philippians 2:6; Colossians 1:15; Hebrews 1:3;">[xr]
However, I am afraid that just as the serpent deceived Eve by its tricks, so your minds may somehow be lured away from sincere and pureand pure">[fn] devotion to Christ.Genesis 3:4; John 8:44; Ephesians 6:24; Colossians 2:4,8, 18; 1 Timothy 1:3; 4:1; Hebrews 13:9; 2 Peter 3:17;">[xr]
He opposes and exalts himself above every so-called god and object of worship. As a result, he seats himself in the sanctuary of God and declares himself to be God.Isaiah 14:13; Ezekiel 28:2,6, 9; Daniel 7:25; 11:36; 1 Corinthians 8:5; Revelation 13:6;">[xr]
They worshiped the dragon because it had given authority to the beast. They also worshiped the beast, saying, "Who is like the beast, and who can fight a war with it?"Revelation 18:18;">[xr]
It deceives those living on earth with the signs that it is allowed to do on behalf ofin the presence of">[fn] the firstfirst">[fn] beast, telling them to make an image for the beast who was wounded by a sword and yet lived.2 Kings 20:7; 2 Thessalonians 2:9-10; Revelation 12:9; 19:20;">[xr]
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 âpaternal.â 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 âhousehold of faithâ 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: âIt is impossible that he who knows not how to govern and reform his own family, should rightly govern and reform a people.â 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 âarbitraryâ 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 ârulingâ over his own family, or âpresiding over itâ - ÏÏοÏÏηÍναι prosteÌnai; he describes the minister of religion as âhaving a tender care for the churchâ - εÌÏιμεληÌÏεÏαι epimeleÌsetai.
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.
