1 Timothy 3:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

(Εἰ δέ τις τοῦ ἰδίου οἴκου προστῆναι οὐκ οἶδεν, πῶς ἐκκλησίας Θεοῦ ἐπιμελήσεται;)

Transliteration

(If de anyone the idiou oikou prostēnai ouk oiden, how ekklēsias Theou epimelēsetai?)

Grammar Details

*de*: conjunction - but/and/now
*idiou*: adjective, genitive, masculine, singular - his own/one's own
*oikou*: noun, genitive, masculine, singular - house/household
*prostēnai*: verb, aorist, active, infinitive - to manage/to rule over
*ouk*: negative particle - not
*oiden*: verb, perfect, active, indicative, 3rd person, singular - knows/understands
*ekklēsias*: noun, genitive, feminine, singular - church/assembly
*Theou*: noun, genitive, masculine, singular - God
*epimelēsetai*: verb, future, middle, indicative, 3rd person, singular - will care for/will take care of

Word Meanings

*idiou*: his own/one's own/private
*oikou*: house/household/family
*prostēnai*: to manage/to rule over/to preside over
*oiden*: knows/understands/has knowledge of
*ekklēsias*: church/assembly/congregation
*Theou*: God/deity
*epimelēsetai*: will care for/will take care of/will look after

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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High concordance with source wording
Well-suited for in-depth word studies and exegesis
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Reference numbers can disrupt continuous reading
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Referenced Verses

1 Sam 3:13 : 13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
1 Tim 3:15 : 15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
1 Sam 2:29-30 : 29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people? 30 Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the LORD saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
Acts 20:28 : 28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
1 Cor 10:32 : 32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
Eph 1:22 : 22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
Eph 5:24 : 24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
Eph 5:32 : 32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.

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