1 Timothy 3:5

Modern English Version

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

Cross References

Acts 20:28

Therefore take heed to yourselves and to the entire flock, over which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.

1 Corinthians 10:32

Give no offense, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God,

Ephesians 1:22

And He put all things in subjection under His feet and made Him the head over all things for the church,

Ephesians 5:24

But as the church submits to Christ, so also let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.

Ephesians 5:32

This is a great mystery, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.

1 Timothy 3:15

but if I am delayed, you might know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

1 Samuel 3:13

For I told him that I will judge his house forever, for the guilt which he knew, because his sons are cursed, and he did not rebuke them.