1 Timothy 3:5 - The Scriptures 1998

⁵ for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how shall he look after the assembly of Elohim?

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ (for if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ For if a man does not know how to rule his own household, how is he to take care of the church of God?

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ (but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

Common English Bible

⁵ because if they don’t know how to manage their own household, how can they take care of God’s church?

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ For if a man does not know how to lead his own house, how will he take care of the Church of God?

1 Timothy 3:5 Cross References

Acts 20:28

“Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Set-apart Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of Elohim which He has purchased with His own blood.

1 Corinthians 10:32

Cause no stumbling, either to the Yehuḏ

Ephesians 1:22

And He put all under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all, to the assembly,

Ephesians 5:24

But as the assembly is subject to Messiah, so also let the wives be to their own husbands in every respect.

Ephesians 5:32

This secret is great, but I speak concerning Messiah and the assembly.

1 Timothy 3:15

but if I delay, that you might know how you should behave in the House of Elohim, which is the assembly of the living Elohim – a strong support and foundation of the truth.

1 Samuel 3:13

“For I have declared to him that I am judging his house forever for the crookedness which he knows, because his sons cursed Elohim, and he did not rebuke them.