1 Timothy 3:5

New Testament Epistle (Pauline) ASV (1901)

(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

1 Timothy 3:5 — American Standard Version

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Context — 1 Timothy 3

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2The bishop therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sober-minded, orderly, given to hospitality, apt to teach;

3no brawler, no striker; but gentle, not contentious, no lover of money;

4one that ruleth well his own house, having [his] children in subjection with all gravity;

5(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

6not a novice, lest being puffed up he fall into the condemnation of the devil.

7Moreover he must have good testimony from them that are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

8Deacons in like manner [must be] grave, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;

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