A moment in scripture
1 Timothy 3:5
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(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
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The surrounding passage
- 1 Timothy 3:3
Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
- 1 Timothy 3:4
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
- 1 Timothy 3:6
Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
- 1 Timothy 3:7
Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.