1 Timothy 3:5

God's Word

(If a man doesn’t know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)

Cross References

Acts 20:28

Pay attention to yourselves and to the entire flock in which the Holy Spirit has placed you as bishops to be shepherds for God’s church which he acquired with his own blood.

1 Corinthians 10:32

Don’t cause others to stumble, whether they are Jewish, Greek, or members of God’s church.

Ephesians 1:22

God has put everything under the control of Christ. He has made Christ the head of everything for the good of the church.

Ephesians 5:24

As the church is under Christ’s authority, so wives are under their husbands’ authority in everything.

Ephesians 5:32

This is a great mystery. (I’m talking about Christ’s relationship to the church.)

1 Timothy 3:15

in case I’m delayed. I want you to know how people who are members of God’s family must live. God’s family is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

1 Samuel 3:13

I told him that I would hand down a permanent judgment against his household because he knew about his sons’ sin—that they were cursing God  —but he didn’t try to stop them.