1 Timothy 3:5

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God?

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Referenced Verses

  • 1 Sam 3:13 : 13 You should tell him that I am about to judge his house forever because of the sin that he knew about. For his sons were cursing God, and he did not rebuke them.
  • 1 Tim 3:15 : 15 in case I am delayed, to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves in the household of God, because it is the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth.
  • 1 Sam 2:29-30 : 29 Why are you scorning my sacrifice and my offering that I commanded for my dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than you have me by having made yourselves fat from the best parts of all the offerings of my people Israel.’ 30 Therefore the LORD, the God of Israel, says,‘I really did say that your house and your ancestor’s house would serve me forever.’ But now the LORD says,‘May it never be! For I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be cursed!
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Watch out for yourselves and for all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God that he obtained with the blood of his own Son.
  • 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 Do not give offense to Jews or Greeks or to the church of God,
  • Eph 1:22 : 22 And God put all things under Christ’s feet, and gave him to the church as head over all things.
  • Eph 5:24 : 24 But 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 actually speaking with reference to Christ and the church.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Tim 3:1-4
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    1Qualifications for Overseers and Deacons This saying is trustworthy:“If someone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a good work.”

    2The overseer then must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher,

    3not a drunkard, not violent, but gentle, not contentious, free from the love of money.

    4He must manage his own household well and keep his children in control without losing his dignity.

  • 1 Tim 3:11-12
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    11Likewise also their wives must be dignified, not slanderous, temperate, faithful in every respect.

    12Deacons must be husbands of one wife and good managers of their children and their own households.

  • 1 Tim 3:6-7
    2 verses
    77%

    6He must not be a recent convert or he may become arrogant and fall into the punishment that the devil will exact.

    7And he must be well thought of by those outside the faith, so that he may not fall into disgrace and be caught by the devil’s trap.

  • Titus 1:6-7
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    6An elder must be blameless, the husband of one wife, with faithful children who cannot be charged with dissipation or rebellion.

    7For the overseer must be blameless as one entrusted with God’s work, not arrogant, not prone to anger, not a drunkard, not violent, not greedy for gain.

  • 1 Tim 5:7-8
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    7Reinforce these commands, so that they will be beyond reproach.

    8But if someone does not provide for his own, especially his own family, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

  • Titus 2:4-5
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    4In this way they will train the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children,

    5to be self-controlled, pure, fulfilling their duties at home, kind, being subject to their own husbands, so that the message of God may not be discredited.

  • 1 Tim 3:15
    71%

    15in case I am delayed, to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves in the household of God, because it is the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth.

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

  • 1 Tim 5:14
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    14So I want younger women to marry, raise children, and manage a household, in order to give the adversary no opportunity to vilify us.

  • 1 Cor 7:33
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    33But a married man is concerned about the things of the world, how to please his wife,

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

    23because the husband is the head of the wife as also Christ is the head of the church(he himself being the savior of the body).

    24But as 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 for her

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

  • 1 Pet 3:1
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    1Wives and Husbands In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands. Then, even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live,

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

    19Husbands, love your wives and do not be embittered against them.

  • 1 Pet 5:2-3
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    2Give a shepherd’s care to God’s flock among you, exercising oversight not merely as a duty but willingly under God’s direction, not for shameful profit but eagerly.

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

  • 1 Cor 14:35
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    35If they want to find out about something, they should ask their husbands at home, because it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in church.

  • Eph 5:27-29
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    27so that he may present the church to himself as glorious– not having a 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 has ever hated his own body, but he feeds it and takes care of it, just as Christ also does the church,

  • Eph 5:33
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    33Nevertheless, 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 know how to possess his own body in holiness and honor,

  • 1 Tim 5:17
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    17Elders who provide effective leadership must be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who work hard in speaking and teaching.

  • 1 Pet 3:5
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    5For in the same way the holy women who hoped in God long ago adorned themselves by being subject to their husbands,

  • 1 Pet 3:7
    67%

    7Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.

  • Eph 6:4
    67%

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

  • 1 Tim 5:4
    67%

    4But if a widow has children or grandchildren, they should first learn to fulfill their duty toward their own household and so repay their parents what is owed them. For this is what pleases God.

  • 1 Cor 4:2
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    2Now what is sought in stewards is that one be found faithful.

  • Mark 3:25
    67%

    25If a house is divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand.

  • Prov 14:1
    67%

    1Every wise woman has built her household, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands.

  • 2 Tim 2:5
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    5Also, if anyone competes as an athlete, he will not be crowned as the winner unless he competes according to the rules.

  • Col 3:21
    67%

    21Fathers, do not provoke your children, so they will not become disheartened.

  • Prov 25:28
    67%

    28Like a city that is broken down and without a wall, so is a person who cannot control his temper.

  • 1 Tim 5:1
    67%

    1Instructions about Specific Groups Do not address an older man harshly but appeal to him as a father. Speak to younger men as brothers,

  • Prov 17:2
    67%

    2A servant who acts wisely will rule over an heir who behaves shamefully, and will share the inheritance along with the relatives.

  • Heb 3:6
    67%

    6But Christ is faithful as a son over God’s house. We are of his house, if in fact we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope we take pride in.

  • Heb 13:17
    66%

    17Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. Let them do this with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.

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