1 Timothy 3:5

New Living Translation

For if a man cannot manage his own household, how can he take care of God’s church?

Cross References

Acts 20:28

“So guard yourselves and God’s people. Feed and shepherd God’s flock—his church, purchased with his own blood—over which the Holy Spirit has appointed you as leaders.

1 Corinthians 10:32

Don’t give offense to Jews or Gentiles or the church of God.

Ephesians 1:22

God has put all things under the authority of Christ and has made him head over all things for the benefit of the church.

Ephesians 5:24

As the church submits to Christ, so you wives should submit to your husbands in everything.

Ephesians 5:32

This is a great mystery, but it is an illustration of the way Christ and the church are one.

1 Timothy 3:15

so that if I am delayed, you will know how people must conduct themselves in the household of God. This is the church of the living God, which is the pillar and foundation of the truth.

1 Samuel 3:13

I have warned him that judgment is coming upon his family forever, because his sons are blaspheming God and he hasn’t disciplined them.