1 Timothy 3:5

Coverdale Bible (1535)

(But yf a man can not rule his owne house, how shal he care for the congregacion of God?)

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  • 1 Sam 3:13 : 13 for I haue tolde him, yt I wilbe Iudge ouer his house for euer, because of the wickednes, yt he knewe how shamefully his childre behaued the selues, and hath not once loked sowerly therto.
  • 1 Tim 3:15 : 15 but yf I tary loge, that then thou mayest yet haue knowlege, how thou oughtest to behaue thy selfe in Gods house, which is the congregacion of the lyuynge God, the piler and grounde of trueth:
  • 1 Sam 2:29-30 : 29 Why layest thou thy selfe then agaynst my sacrifices and meatofferinges, which I commaunded (to offer) in the habitacion: and thou honourest thy sonnes more then me, that ye mighte fede youre selues with the firstlinges of all the meatofferynges of my people of Israel? 30 Therfore sayeth the LORDE God of Israel: I haue spoken, that thy house and thy fathers house shulde walke before me for euer. But now sayeth the LORDE: That be farre fro me. But who so euer honoureth me, him wil I honor also: as for those yt despyse me, they shal not be regarded.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Take hede therfore vnto youre selues, and to all the flocke, amonge the which the holy goost hath set you to be Bishoppes, to fede the congregacion of God, which he hath purchaced thorow his owne bloude.
  • 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 Be not ye an occasion of fallinge, nether to the Iewes, ner to the Gentyles, ner to the congregacion of God,
  • Eph 1:22 : 22 And hath put all thinges vnder his fete, and hath made him aboue all thinges the heade of the cogregacion,
  • Eph 5:24 : 24 Therfore as the congregacion is in subieccion to Christ, likewyse let the wyues be in subieccion to their hussbandes in all thinges.
  • Eph 5:32 : 32 This is a greate secrete: but I speake of Christ and the congregacion.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Tim 3:1-4
    4 verses
    89%

    1 This is a true sayege: Yf a ma covet ye office of a Bisshoppe, he desyreth a good worke.

    2 But a Bisshoppe must be blamelesse, the hussbade of one wife, sober, discrete, manerly, harberous, apte to teach:

    3 Not geuen to moch wyne, no fighter, not geuen to filthy lucre: but gentle, abhorrynge stryfe, abhorrynge couetousnes:

    4 & one that ruleth his awne house honestly, hauynge obedient children with all honestye.

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

    11 Euen so must their wyues be honest, not euell speakers, but sober and faithfull in all thinges.

    12 Let the mynisters be, euery one the hussbade of one wyfe, and soch as rule their children well, and their owne housholdes.

  • 1 Tim 3:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6 He maye not be a yoge scolar, lest he be puft vp, and fall in to the iudgment of ye euell speaker.

    7 He must also haue a good reporte of them which are without, lest he fall in to the rebuke and snare of the euell speaker.

  • Titus 1:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6 Yf eny be blamelesse, the hussbande of one wife, hauynge faithfull children, which are not slaundred or ryote, nether are dishobedient.

    7 For a Bisshoppe must be blamelesse, as the stewarde of God: not wylfull, not angrye, not geuen vnto moch wyne, no fyghter, not gredye of filthye lucre:

  • 1 Tim 5:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7 And these thinges commaunde, that they maye be without blame.

    8 But yf there be eny man that prouydeth not for his awne, and specially for them of his houssholde, the same hath denyed the faith, and is worse then an infydele.

  • Titus 2:4-5
    2 verses
    73%

    4 that they enfourme the yonge wemen to be sober mynded, to loue their hussbandes, to loue their childre,

    5 to be discrete, chaste, husswyfly, good, obedient vnto their awne hussbandes, that the worde of God be not euell spoken of.

  • 1 Tim 3:15
    71%

    15 but yf I tary loge, that then thou mayest yet haue knowlege, how thou oughtest to behaue thy selfe in Gods house, which is the congregacion of the lyuynge God, the piler and grounde of trueth:

  • 1 Cor 11:3
    70%

    3 But I certifye you, that Christ is the heade of euery man. As for ye man, he is the heade of ye woman, but God is Christes heade.

  • 1 Tim 5:14
    70%

    14 I wil therfore that the yonger wemen mary, beare children, gyde the house, to geue ye aduersary no occasion to speake euell.

  • 1 Cor 7:33
    70%

    33 But he that is maried, careth for the thinges of the worlde, how he maye please his wife,

  • Eph 5:22-25
    4 verses
    69%

    22 Let the wemen submytte them selues vnto their hussbandes, as vnto the LORDE.

    23 For the hussbande is the wyues heade, eue as Christ also is the heade of the congregacion, and he is the Sauioure of his body.

    24 Therfore as the congregacion is in subieccion to Christ, likewyse let the wyues be in subieccion to their hussbandes in all thinges.

    25 Ye hussbandes loue youre wyues, euen as Christ loued the congregacion, and gaue himselfe for it,

  • 1 Cor 7:16
    69%

    16 For what knowest thou O woma, whether thou shalt saue ye ma? Or what knowest thou O man, whether thou shalt saue the woman?

  • 1 Pet 3:1
    69%

    1 Likewyse let the wyues be in subieccion to their hussbandes, that euen they which beleue not the worde, maye without the worde be wonne by ye couersacion of the wyues,

  • Col 3:18-19
    2 verses
    69%

    18 Ye wyues, submytte youre selues vnto youre hussbandes, as it is comly in the LORDE.

    19 Ye hussbandes, loue youre wyues, and be not bytter vnto them.

  • 1 Pet 5:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2 Fede Christes flocke which is amonge you, and take the ouersighte of the, not as though ye were copelled therto, but wyllingly: not for the desyre of filthye lucre, but of a good mynde:

    3 not as though ye were lordes ouer the parishes, but that ye be an ensample to the flocke:

  • 1 Cor 14:35
    69%

    35 But yf they wyll lerne eny thinge, let them axe their hussbades at home. For it becommeth not weme to speake in the congregacion.

  • Eph 5:27-29
    3 verses
    69%

    27 to make it vnto himselfe a glorious congregacion, hauynge no spot ner wrynkle, ner eny soch thinge, but that it shulde be holy and without blame.

    28 So oughte men also to loue their wyues, euen as their awne bodyes. He that loueth his wife, loueth himselfe.

    29 For no ma euer yet hated his awne flesshe, but norisheth and cherissheth it, euen as the LORDE doth also the congregacion.

  • Eph 5:33
    68%

    33 Neuertheles do ye so, that euery one of you loue his wife euen as himselfe: but let the wife feare hir hussbande.

  • 1 Thess 4:4
    68%

    4 yt euery one of you shulde knowe how to kepe his vessell in holynes and honoure,

  • 1 Tim 5:17
    68%

    17 The Elders that rule well, are worthy of double honoure, most specially they which laboure in the worde & in teachinge.

  • 1 Pet 3:5
    68%

    5 For after this maner in the olde tyme, dyd ye holy weme which trusted in God, tyer the selues, & were obedient vnto their hussbades:

  • 1 Pet 3:7
    67%

    7 Likewyse ye men, dwell with them acordinge vnto knowlege, geuynge honor vnto the wife, as to the weaker vessel: & as vnto the yt are heyres with you of the grace of life, that youre prayers be not let.

  • Eph 6:4
    67%

    4 And ye fathers, prouoke not youre children vnto wrath, but brynge the vp in the nourtoure and informacion of the LORDE.

  • 1 Tim 5:4
    67%

    4 Yf eny wedowe haue children or neves, let them lerne first to rule their awne houses godly, and to recompence their elders. For yt is good & acceptable before God.

  • 1 Cor 4:2
    67%

    2 Now is there no more requyred of the stewardes, then, that they be founde faithfull.

  • Mark 3:25
    67%

    25 And yf a house be deuyded agaynst it self, it can not contynue.

  • Prov 14:1
    67%

    1 A wyse woma vpholdeth hir house, but a foolish wife plucketh it downe.

  • 2 Tim 2:5
    67%

    5 And though a man stryue for a mastrye, yet is he not crowned, excepte he stryue laufully.

  • Col 3:21
    67%

    21 Ye fathers, rate not yor children, lest they be of a desperate mynde.

  • Prov 25:28
    67%

    28 He that can not rule himself, is like a cite, which is broken downe, and hath no walles.

  • 1 Tim 5:1
    67%

    1 Rebuke not an Elder, but exhorte him as a father: and the yoger men as brethren:

  • Prov 17:2
    67%

    2 A discrete seruaut shal haue more rule then the sonnes yt haue no wysdome, and shal haue like heretage wt the brethren.

  • Heb 3:6
    67%

    6 But Christ as a sonne hath rule ouer his house, whose house are we, yf we holde fast the confidence and reioysinge of that hope vnto the ende.

  • Heb 13:17
    66%

    17 Obey them that haue the ouersighte off you, and submytte youre selues vnto them: for they watch for youre soules, euen as they that must geue accoptes therfore, that they maye do it with ioye, and not with grefe: for that is an vnprofitable thinge for you.

  • Prov 6:7
    66%

    7 She hath no gyde, no teacher, no leder:

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