1 Timothy 3:5

New American Bible - revised edition

for if a man does not know how to manage his own household, how can he take care of the church of God?

Cross References

Acts 20:28

Keep watch over yourselves and over the whole flock of which the holy Spirit has appointed you overseers, in which you tend the church of God that he acquired with his own blood.

1 Corinthians 10:32

Avoid giving offense, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God,

Ephesians 1:22

And he put all things beneath his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church,

Ephesians 5:24

As the church is subordinate to Christ, so wives should be subordinate to their husbands in everything.

Ephesians 5:32

This is a great mystery, but I speak in reference to Christ and the church.

1 Timothy 3:15

But if I should be delayed, you should know how to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of truth.

1 Samuel 3:13

I announce to him that I am condemning his house once and for all, because of this crime: though he knew his sons were blaspheming God, he did not reprove them.