1 Timothy 3:5

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(For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God’s church?)

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  • 1 Sam 3:13 : 13 I have told him that I will judge his house forever because of the sin he knew about. His sons were cursing God, and he did not restrain them.
  • 1 Tim 3:15 : 15 But if I delay, you will know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
  • 1 Sam 2:29-30 : 29 Why do you scorn My sacrifice and offering that I commanded for My dwelling? Why do you honor your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves on the best of all the offerings of My people Israel? 30 Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: I certainly said that your house and your father’s house would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For those who honor Me I will honor, but those who despise Me will be disdained.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, among whom the Holy Spirit has appointed you as overseers, to shepherd the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.
  • 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 Do not cause anyone to stumble, whether Jews, Greeks, or the church of God.
  • Eph 1:22 : 22 And He put all things under His feet and made Him head over all things for the church,
  • Eph 5:24 : 24 As the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
  • Eph 5:32 : 32 This mystery is great—but I am speaking about Christ and the church.

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  • 1 Tim 3:1-4
    4 verses
    89%

    1This saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task.

    2Therefore, an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

    3not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, and not a lover of money.

    4He must manage his own household well, keeping his children under control with all dignity.

  • 1 Tim 3:11-12
    2 verses
    78%

    11Their wives likewise must be dignified, not slanderers, but sober-minded and faithful in all things.

    12Let deacons each be the husband of one wife, managing their children and their households well.

  • 1 Tim 3:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6He must not be a recent convert, so that he does not become conceited and fall into the judgment of the devil.

    7Moreover, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he won't fall into disgrace and the trap of the devil.

  • Titus 1:6-7
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    6An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, with faithful children who are not accused of wild living or rebellion.

    7For an overseer, as God’s steward, must be blameless—not arrogant, not hot-tempered, not given to drunkenness, not violent, and not greedy for dishonest gain.

  • 1 Tim 5:7-8
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    7Command these things so that they may be above reproach.

    8If anyone does not provide for their own, and especially for their own household, they have denied the faith and are worse than an unbeliever.

  • Titus 2:4-5
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    4They are to encourage the young women to love their husbands and children,

    5to be self-controlled, pure, committed to their homes, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, so that the word of God may not be slandered.

  • 1 Tim 3:15
    71%

    15But if I delay, you will know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

  • 1 Cor 11:3
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    3But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a woman is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.

  • 1 Tim 5:14
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    14Therefore, I desire that younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.

  • 1 Cor 7:33
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    33But a married man is concerned about the affairs of this world—how he can please his wife.

  • Eph 5:22-25
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    22Wives, submit to your own husbands as to the Lord.

    23For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, His body, of which He is the Savior.

    24As the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

    25Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her,

  • 1 Cor 7:16
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    16For how do you know, wife, whether you will save your husband? Or how do you know, husband, whether you will save your wife?

  • 1 Pet 3:1
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    1In the same way, wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands, so that even if some disobey the word, they may be won over without a word by the conduct of their wives.

  • Col 3:18-19
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    18Wives, submit yourselves to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord.

    19Husbands, love your wives and do not be harsh with them.

  • 1 Pet 5:2-3
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    2Shepherd the flock of God that is among you, watching over them—not under compulsion, but freely; not for dishonest gain, but eagerly.

    3Do not lord it over those entrusted to you, but be examples to the flock.

  • 1 Cor 14:35
    69%

    35If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home, for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church.

  • Eph 5:27-29
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    27and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.

    28In the same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself.

    29For no one ever hated his own body, but he nourishes and cherishes it, just as Christ does the church,

  • Eph 5:33
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    33However, each one of you must also love his own wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband.

  • 1 Thess 4:4
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    4That each of you knows how to control his own body in holiness and honor,

  • 1 Tim 5:17
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    17The elders who lead well should be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.

  • 1 Pet 3:5
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    5For in this way, in the past, the holy women who hoped in God also adorned themselves, submitting to their own husbands.

  • 1 Pet 3:7
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    7Husbands, in the same way, live with your wives in an understanding way, as with a weaker vessel, showing them honor as co-heirs of the grace of life, so that your prayers will not be hindered.

  • Eph 6:4
    67%

    4Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

  • 1 Tim 5:4
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    4But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show respect within their own family and repay their parents, for this is pleasing in the sight of God.

  • 1 Cor 4:2
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    2Now it is required that those who are entrusted as stewards must prove faithful.

  • Mark 3:25
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    25If a house is divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

  • Prov 14:1
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    1Wise women build their homes, but foolish ones tear theirs down with their own hands.

  • 2 Tim 2:5
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    5Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, they do not receive a victor's crown unless they compete according to the rules.

  • Col 3:21
    67%

    21Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they won’t become discouraged.

  • Prov 25:28
    67%

    28Like a city whose walls are broken through is a person who lacks self-control.

  • 1 Tim 5:1
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    1Do not rebuke an older man harshly, but appeal to him as you would to a father. Treat younger men as brothers,

  • Prov 17:2
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    2A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and will share in the inheritance among the brothers.

  • Heb 3:6
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    6But Christ is faithful as the Son over God's house. And we are his house, if indeed we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope in which we boast.

  • Heb 13:17
    66%

    17Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Allow them to do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.

  • Prov 6:7
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    7She has no commander, no overseer or ruler,