Verse 5

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

Other Translations

• Bibeloversettelse fra KJV1611 og Textus Receptus

  For hvis en mann ikke vet hvordan han skal styre sitt eget hus, hvordan kan han da ta vare på Guds menighet?

• NT, oversatt fra gresk

  (For hvis noen ikke vet hvordan han skal lede sitt eget hus, hvordan kan han da ha omsorg for Guds menighet?)

• Norsk King James

  For hvis en mann ikke vet hvordan han skal styre sitt eget hus, hvordan kan han da ta vare på Guds menighet?

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  For hvis noen ikke kan lede sitt eget hjem, hvordan kan han ta seg av Guds menighet?

• KJV/Textus Receptus til norsk

  (Men om noen ikke vet hvordan han skal styre sitt eget hus, hvordan skal han da kunne ta seg av Guds menighet?)

• Den norske oversettelsen av Det Nye Testamente

  (for hvis noen ikke vet hvordan han skal styre sitt eget hus, hvordan kan han da ta vare på Guds menighet?)

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  For hvis en mann ikke vet hvordan han skal lede sitt eget hjem, hvordan kan han da ta vare på Guds menighet?

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  For om en mann ikke vet hvordan han skal lede sitt eget hjem, hvordan skal han da kunne ta vare på Guds kirke?

• gpt4.5-preview

  For hvis en mann ikke vet hvordan han skal styre sitt eget hus, hvordan kan han da ta vare på Guds menighet?

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  For hvis en mann ikke vet hvordan han skal styre sitt eget hus, hvordan kan han da ta vare på Guds menighet?

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  (For hvis noen ikke vet hvordan han skal styre sitt eget hus, hvordan kan han da ta vare på Guds menighet?)

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  (For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God’s church?)

• biblecontext

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• NT, oversatt fra gresk Aug2024

  For hvis noen ikke vet hvordan han skal ta vare på sitt eget hus, hvordan kan han da ta vare på Guds menighet?

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  — thi dersom Nogen ikke veed at forestaae sit eget Huus, hvorledes kan han sørge for Guds Menighed? —

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

• KJV 1769 norsk

  (For dersom noen ikke vet hvordan han skal lede sitt eget hus, hvordan kan han da ta seg av Guds menighet?)

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  (for hvis en mann ikke vet hvordan han skal styre sitt eget hus, hvordan kan han da ta seg av Guds forsamling?)

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  (For hvis noen ikke vet hvordan han skal lede sitt eget hus, hvordan kan han da ha omsorg for Guds menighet?)

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  (men hvis noen ikke vet hvordan han skal styre sitt eget hus, hvordan skal han kunne ta vare på Guds menighet?)

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  (For dersom en mann ikke kan lede sitt eget hus, hvordan kan han da ta seg av Guds menighet?)

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  For yf a man cannot rule his owne housse how shall he care for the congregacion of God.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

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

• Geneva Bible (1560)

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

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  For yf a man knowe not to rule his owne house, howe shall he care for the Churche of God?

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

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

• 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?)

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  (and if any one his own house `how' to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)

• American Standard Version (1901)

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

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  (For if a man has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)

• World English Bible (2000)

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

• 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?

Referenced Verses

• 1 Sam 3:13 : 13 For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows about; because his sons made themselves vile, and he did not restrain them.
• 1 Tim 3:15 : 15 But if I delay, that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
• 1 Sam 2:29-30 : 29 Why do you scorn my sacrifice and 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 the LORD God of Israel says, I did indeed say that your house, and the house of your father, should walk before me forever: but now the LORD 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 Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which He purchased with His own blood.
• 1 Cor 10:32 : 32 Give no offense, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
• Eph 1:22 : 22 And He put all things under His feet and gave Him to be head over all things to the church,
• Eph 5:24 : 24 Therefore just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in everything.
• Eph 5:32 : 32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.