Verse 5

For yf a man knowe not to rule his owne house, howe shall he care for the Churche of God?

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 3:13 : 13 I haue tolde hym that I wyll iudge his house for euer, for the wickednesse which he knoweth: For whe the people cursed his sonnes for ye same wickednesse he hath not corrected them.
• 1 Tim 3:15 : 15 But yf I tary long, that thou mayest knowe howe thou oughtest to behaue thy selfe in the house of God, whiche is the Church of the lyuyng God, the pyller and grounde of trueth.
• 1 Sam 2:29-30 : 29 Wherfore treade ye downe my sacrifice and mine offering which I comaunded in the tabernacle, and honorest thy chyldren aboue me, to make your selues fat of the first fruites of all the offerynges of Israel my people? 30 Wherefore the Lorde God of Israel saith: I sayde, that thy house and the house of thy father should walke before me for euer: But nowe the Lorde saith, That be farre fro me: For them that worship me, I wyll worship, and they that despise me, shall come to shame.
• Acts 20:28 : 28 Take heede therfore vnto your selues, and to all the flocke, ouer the which the holy ghost hath made you ouerseers, to rule the Church of God, which he hath purchased with his owne blood.
• 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 See that ye geue none offence, neither to the Iewes, nor yet to the Grecians, neither to the Churche of God.
• Eph 1:22 : 22 And hath put all thynges vnder his feete, and gaue him to be the head ouer all thynges to the Churche,
• Eph 5:24 : 24 But as the Church is subiect to Christ, lykewyse the wyues to their owne husbandes in all thynges.
• Eph 5:32 : 32 This is a great secrete: but I speake of Christe and of the Churche.