1 Timothy 3:5 - Easy To Read Version (If a man does not know how to be a leader over his own family, then he will not be able to take care of God’s church.) Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 (for if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For if a man does not know how to rule his own household, how is he to take care of the church of God? American Standard Version (1901) (but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) Common English Bible because if they don’t know how to manage their own household, how can they take care of God’s church? Catholic Public Domain Version For if a man does not know how to lead his own house, how will he take care of the Church of God? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God? |
Be careful for yourselves and for all the people that God has given you. The Holy Spirit {\cf2\super [406]} gave you the work of caring for this flock. {\cf2\super [407]} You must be like shepherds to the church (people) of God. {\cf2\super [408]} This is the church that God bought with his own blood. {\cf2\super [409]}
God put everything under Christ’s power. And God gave him to be the head (ruler) over everything for the church.
The church is under the authority of Christ. So it is the same with you wives. You should be under the authority of your husbands in everything.
That secret truth is very important—I am talking about Christ and the church.
Then, even if I cannot come soon, you will know about the things that people must do in the family {\cf2\super [13]} of God. That family is the church of the living God. And God’s church is the support and foundation of the truth.
I told Eli I would punish his family forever. I will do that because Eli knew that his sons were saying and doing bad things against God but Eli failed to control them.