1 Timothy 3:5

New King James Version

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

Cross References

1 Samuel 3:13

For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows, because his sons made themselves vile, and he did not restrain them.

Ephesians 5:24

Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.

Ephesians 5:32

This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

1 Timothy 3:15

but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

Ephesians 1:22

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

Acts 20:28

Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among 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, either to the Jews or to the Greeks or to the church of God,