1 Timothy 3:5

Webster's Bible (1833)

(but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)

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  • 1 Sam 3:13 : 13 For I have told him that I will judge his house forever, for the iniquity which he knew, because his sons did bring a curse on themselves, and he didn't restrain them.
  • 1 Tim 3:15 : 15 but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
  • 1 Sam 2:29-30 : 29 Why kick you at my sacrifice and at my offering, which I have commanded in [my] habitation, and honor your sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel my people? 30 Therefore Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, I said indeed that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever: but now Yahweh says, Be it far from me; for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
  • Acts 20:28 : 28 Take heed, therefore, to yourselves, and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the assembly of the Lord and{TR, NU omit "the Lord and"} God which he purchased with his own blood.
  • 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 Give no occasions for stumbling, either to Jews, or to Greeks, or to the assembly of God;
  • Eph 1:22 : 22 He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly,
  • Eph 5:24 : 24 But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.
  • Eph 5:32 : 32 This mystery is great, but I speak concerning Christ and of the assembly.

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  • 1 Tim 3:1-4
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    1This is a faithful saying: if a man seeks the office of an overseer{Or, bishop}, he desires a good work.

    2The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;

    3not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;

    4one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;

  • 1 Tim 3:11-12
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    11Their wives in the same way must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things.

    12Let deacons be husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

  • 1 Tim 3:6-7
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    6not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.

    7Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.

  • Titus 1:6-7
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    6if anyone is blameless, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, who are not accused of loose or unruly behavior.

    7For the overseer must be blameless, as God's steward; not self-pleasing, not easily angered, not given to wine, not violent, not greedy for dishonest gain;

  • 1 Tim 5:7-8
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    7Also command these things, that they may be without reproach.

    8But if anyone doesn't provide for his own, and especially his own household, he has denied the faith, and is worse than an unbeliever.

  • Titus 2:4-5
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    4that they may train the young women to love their husbands, to love their children,

    5to be sober-minded, chaste, workers at home, kind, being in subjection to their own husbands, that God's word may not be blasphemed.

  • 1 Tim 3:15
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    15but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

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

  • 1 Tim 5:14
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    14I desire therefore that the younger widows marry, bear children, rule the household, and give no occasion to the adversary for reviling.

  • 1 Cor 7:33
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    33but he who is married is concerned about the things of the world, how he may please his wife.

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

    23For the husband is the head of the wife, and Christ also is the head of the assembly, being himself the savior of the body.

    24But as the assembly is subject to Christ, so let the wives also be to their own husbands in everything.

    25Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the assembly, and gave himself up for it;

  • 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 like manner, wives, be in subjection to your own husbands; so that, even if any don't obey the Word, they may be won by the behavior of their wives without a word;

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

    19Husbands, love your wives, and don't be bitter against them.

  • 1 Pet 5:2-3
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    2Shepherd the flock of God which is among you, exercising the oversight, not under compulsion, but voluntarily, not for dishonest gain, but willingly;

    3neither as lording it over the charge allotted to you, but making yourselves examples to the flock.

  • 1 Cor 14:35
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    35If they desire to learn anything, let them ask their own husbands at home, for it is shameful for a woman to chatter in the assembly.

  • Eph 5:27-29
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    27that he might present the assembly to himself gloriously, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.

    28Even so ought husbands also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself.

    29For no man ever hated his own flesh; but nourishes and cherishes it, even as the Lord also does the assembly;

  • Eph 5:33
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    33Nevertheless each of you must also love his own wife even as himself; and let the wife see that she respects her husband.

  • 1 Thess 4:4
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    4that each one of you know how to possess himself of his own vessel in sanctification and honor,

  • 1 Tim 5:17
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    17Let the elders who rule well be counted worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in the word and in teaching.

  • 1 Pet 3:5
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    5For this is how the holy women before, who hoped in God, also adorned themselves, being in subjection to their own husbands:

  • 1 Pet 3:7
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    7You husbands, in like manner, live with your wives according to knowledge, giving honor to the woman, as to the weaker vessel, as being also joint heirs of the grace of life; that your prayers may not be hindered.

  • Eph 6:4
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    4You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

  • 1 Tim 5:4
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    4But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety towards their own family, and to repay their parents, for this is{TR adds "good and"} acceptable in the sight of God.

  • 1 Cor 4:2
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    2Here, moreover, it is required of stewards, that they be found 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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    1Every wise woman builds her house, But the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.

  • 2 Tim 2:5
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    5Also, if anyone competes in athletics, he isn't crowned unless he has competed by the rules.

  • Col 3:21
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    21Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged.

  • Prov 25:28
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    28Like a city that is broken down and without walls Is a man whose spirit is without restraint.

  • 1 Tim 5:1
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    1Don't rebuke an older man, but exhort him as a father; the younger men as brothers;

  • Prov 17:2
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    2A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame, And shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.

  • Heb 3:6
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    6but Christ is faithful as a Son over his house; whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the glorying of our hope firm to the end.

  • Heb 13:17
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    17Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch on behalf of your souls, as those who will give account, that they may do this with joy, and not with groaning, for that would be unprofitable for you.

  • Prov 6:7
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    7Which having no chief, overseer, or ruler,