Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, whereof the holy ghost hath made you overseers, to rule the congregation of God, which he hath purchased with his blood.
1 Timothy 3:5 - William Tyndale New Testament For if a man cannot rule his own house, how shall he care for the congregation of God. 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? |
Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, whereof the holy ghost hath made you overseers, to rule the congregation of God, which he hath purchased with his blood.
See that ye give none occasion of evil, neither to the jewes, nor yet to the gentiles, neither to the congregation of god:
And hath put all things under his feet, and hath made him above all things, the head of the congregation,
Therefore as the congregation is in subjection to Christ, likewise let the wives be in subjection to their husbands in all things.
This is a great secret, but I speak between Christ and the congregation.
And if I come not, that thou mayst yet have knowledge how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the congregation of the living God, the pillar and ground of truth.