1 Timothy 3:5

Weymouth NT

(If a man does not know how to rule his own household, how shall he have the Church of God given into his care?)

Cross References

Acts 20:28

»Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock among which the Holy Spirit has placed you to take the oversight for Him and act as shepherds to the Church of God, which He has bought with His own blood.«

1 Corinthians 10:32

Do not be causes of stumbling either to Jews or to Gentiles, nor to the Church of God.

Ephesians 1:22

God has put all things under His feet, and has appointed Him universal and supreme Head of the Church, which is His Body,

Ephesians 5:24

And just as the Church submits to Christ, so also married women should be entirely submissive to their husbands.

Ephesians 5:32

That is a great truth hitherto kept secret: I mean the truth concerning Christ and the Church.

1 Timothy 3:15

But, for fear I may be hindered, I now write, so that you may have rules to guide you in dealing with God's household. For this is what the Church of the ever-living God is, and it is the pillar and foundation-stone of the truth.