1 Timothy 3:5 · KJV
"(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)"
King James Version
What does 1 Timothy 3:5 mean? →Passage Context
3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
4One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
5(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
6Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
7Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
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