1 Timothy 3:5

Geneva Bible (1560)

For if any cannot rule his owne house, how shall he care for the Church of God?

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 3:13 : 13 And I haue tolde him that I will iudge his house for euer, for the iniquitie which hee knoweth, because his sonnes ranne into a slaunder, and he stayed them not.
  • 1 Tim 3:15 : 15 But if I tary long, that thou maist yet know, how thou oughtest to behaue thy self in ye house of God, which is the Church of the liuing God, the pillar and ground of trueth.
  • 1 Sam 2:29-30 : 29 Wherefore haue you kicked against my sacrifice and mine offering, which I commaunded in my Tabernacle, and honourest thy children aboue mee, to make your selues fatte of the first fruites of all the offerings of Israel my people? 30 Wherefore the Lorde God of Israel saith, I saide, that thine house and the house of thy father should walke before mee for euer: but nowe the Lord saith, It shall not be so: for them that honour me, I will honour, and they that despise me, shall be despised.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Take heede therefore vnto your selues, and to all the flocke, whereof the holy Ghost hath made you Ouerseers, to feede the Church of God, which hee hath purchased with that his owne blood.
  • 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 Giue none offence, neither to the Iewes, nor to the Grecians, nor to the Church of God:
  • Eph 1:22 : 22 And hath made all things subiect vnder his feete, and hath giuen him ouer all things to be the head to the Church,
  • Eph 5:24 : 24 Therfore as the Church is in subiection to Christ, euen so let the wiues be to their husbads in euery thing.
  • Eph 5:32 : 32 This is a great secrete, but I speake concerning Christ, and concerning the Church.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Tim 3:1-4
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    1This is a true saying, If any man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a worthie worke.

    2A Bishop therefore must be vnreproueable, the husband of one wife, watching, temperate, modest, harberous, apt to teache,

    3Not giuen to wine, no striker, not giuen to filthy lucre, but gentle, no fighter, not couetous,

    4One that can rule his owne house honestly, hauing children vnder obedience with all honestie.

  • 1 Tim 3:11-12
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    78%

    11Likewise their wiues must be honest, not euill speakers, but sober, and faithfull in all things.

    12Let the Deacons be the husbands of one wife, and such as can rule their children well, and their owne housholdes.

  • 1 Tim 3:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6He may not be a yong scholer, lest he being puffed vp fall into the condemnation of the deuill.

    7He must also be well reported of, euen of them which are without, lest he fall into rebuke, and the snare of the deuill.

  • Titus 1:6-7
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    6If any be vnreproueable, the husbande of one wife, hauing faithfull children, which are not slandered of riot, neither are disobedient.

    7For a Bishop must bee vnreproueable, as Gods steward, not froward, not angrie, not giuen to wine, no striker, not giuen to filthie lucre,

  • 1 Tim 5:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7These things therefore warne them of, that they may be blamelesse.

    8If there bee any that prouideth not for his owne, and namely for them of his housholde, hee denieth the faith, and is worse then an infidell.

  • Titus 2:4-5
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    4That they may instruct the yong women to be sober minded, that they loue their husbads, that they loue their children,

    5That they be temperate, chaste, keeping at home, good & subiect vnto their husbands, that the word of God be not euill spoken of.

  • 1 Tim 3:15
    71%

    15But if I tary long, that thou maist yet know, how thou oughtest to behaue thy self in ye house of God, which is the Church of the liuing God, the pillar and ground of trueth.

  • 1 Cor 11:3
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    3But I wil that ye know, that Christ is the head of euery man: and the man is the womans head: and God is Christs head.

  • 1 Tim 5:14
    70%

    14I will therefore that the yonger women marie, and beare children, and gouerne the house, and giue none occasion to the aduersary to speake euill.

  • 1 Cor 7:33
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    33But hee that is maried, careth for the things of the world, how he may please his wife.

  • Eph 5:22-25
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    22Wiues, submit your selues vnto your husbands, as vnto the Lord.

    23For the husband is the wiues head, euen as Christ is the head of the Church, and the same is the sauiour of his body.

    24Therfore as the Church is in subiection to Christ, euen so let the wiues be to their husbads in euery thing.

    25Husbands, loue your wiues, euen as Christ loued the Church, & gaue himselfe for it,

  • 1 Cor 7:16
    69%

    16For what knowest thou, O wife, whether thou shalt saue thine husband? Or what knowest thou, O man, whether thou shalt saue thy wife?

  • 1 Pet 3:1
    69%

    1Likewise let the wiues bee subiect to their husbandes, that euen they which obey not the worde, may without the worde be wonne by the conuersation of the wiues,

  • Col 3:18-19
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    18Wiues, submit your selues vnto your husbands, as it is comely in the Lord.

    19Husbands, loue your wiues, and be not bitter vnto them.

  • 1 Pet 5:2-3
    2 verses
    69%

    2Feede the flocke of God, which dependeth vpo you, caring for it not by constraint, but willingly: not for filthy lucre, but of a ready minde:

    3Not as though ye were lords ouer Gods heritage, but that yee may bee ensamples to the flocke.

  • 1 Cor 14:35
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    35And if they will learne any thing, let them aske their husbands at home: for it is a shame for women to speake in the Church.

  • Eph 5:27-29
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    69%

    27That hee might make it vnto him selfe a glorious Church, not hauing spot or wrinkle, or any such thing: but that it shoulde bee holy and without blame.

    28So ought men to loue their wiues, as their owne bodies: he that loueth his wife, loueth him selfe.

    29For no man euer yet hated his owne flesh, but nourisheth and cherisheth it, euen as the Lord doeth the Church.

  • Eph 5:33
    68%

    33Therefore euery one of you, doe ye so: let euery one loue his wife, euen as himselfe, and let the wife see that shee feare her husband.

  • 1 Thess 4:4
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    4That euery one of you should know, how to possesse his vessell in holines and honour,

  • 1 Tim 5:17
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    17The Elders that rule well, let them be had in double honour, specially they which labour in the worde and doctrine,

  • 1 Pet 3:5
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    5For euen after this maner in time past did the holy women, which trusted in God, tire them selues, and were subiect to their husbands.

  • 1 Pet 3:7
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    7Likewise ye husbands, dwel with them as men of knowledge, giuing honour vnto the woman, as vnto the weaker vessell, euen as they which are heires together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not interrupted.

  • Eph 6:4
    67%

    4And ye, fathers, prouoke not your children to wrath: but bring them vp in instruction and information of the Lord.

  • 1 Tim 5:4
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    4But if any widowe haue children or nephewes, let them learne first to shewe godlinesse towarde their owne house, and to recompense their kinred: for that is an honest thing and acceptable before God.

  • 1 Cor 4:2
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    2And as for the rest, it is required of the disposers, that euery man be found faithfull.

  • Mark 3:25
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    25Or if a house bee deuided against it selfe, that house can not continue.

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    1A wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish destroyeth it with her owne handes.

  • 2 Tim 2:5
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    5And if any man also striue for a Masterie, he is not crowned, except he striue as he ought to doe.

  • Col 3:21
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    21Fathers, prouoke not your children to anger, least they be discouraged.

  • Prov 25:28
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    28A man that refraineth not his appetite, is like a citie which is broken downe and without walles.

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  • Prov 17:2
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    2A discrete seruant shall haue rule ouer a lewde sonne, and hee shall deuide the heritage among the brethren.

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    6But Christ is as the Sonne, ouer his owne house, whose house we are, if we holde fast that confidence and that reioycing of that hope vnto the ende.

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    17Obey them that haue the ouersight of you, and submit your selues: for they watche for your soules, as they that must giue accountes, that they may doe it with ioy, and not with griefe: for that is vnprofitable for you.

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    7For shee hauing no guide, gouernour, nor ruler,