1 Timothy 3:5
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
(For if a man know not how to rule his owne house, how shall he take care of the Church of God?)
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- 1 Samuel 3:13Rank 1 from verse 5
13For 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.
13‖*For I haue tolde him, that I will iudge his house for euer, for the iniquitie which hee knoweth: because his sonnes made themselues ‖vile, and he †restrained them not.
- Ephesians 5:24Rank 2 from verse 5
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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.
28¶ Take heed therefore vnto your selues, & to all the flocke, ouer the which the holy Ghost hath made you ouerseers, to feed the Church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
- Ephesians 5:32Rank 4 from verse 5
- 1 Timothy 3:15Rank 5 from verse 5
15But 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.
15But if I tary long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behaue thy selfe in the House of God, which is the Church of the liuing God, the pillar and ‖ground of the trueth.
- Ephesians 1:22Rank 6 from verse 5
- 1 Samuel 2:29–30Rank 7 from verse 5
29Wherefore 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?
30Wherefore 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.
29Wherefore kicke ye at my sacrifice, and at mine offering, which I haue commaunded in my habitation, and honourest thy sonnes aboue mee, to make your selues fat with the chiefest of all the offrings of Israel my people?
30Wherefore the LORD God of Israel saith, I sayd indeede that thy house, & the house of thy father should walke before me for euer: but now the LORD saith, Be it farre from mee; for them that honour me, I will honour, and they that despise me, shall be lightly esteemed.
- 1 Corinthians 10:32Rank 8 from verse 5
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1 Timothy 3:5
1. In behalf of or in the place of. 2. With respect to, concerning, or toward. 3. Because of or on account of. 4. During or throughout. 5. In order to obtain or reach. 6. As a conjunction, because or seeing that.
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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.
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To perceive, understand, recognize, experience, or be assured of something.
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Sense 1: To govern, lead, direct, control, or exercise authority. Sense 2: A standard, principle, prescribed order, measuring line, boundary, or allotted sphere.
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Sense 1: A building or dwelling. Sense 2: The people of a household or family. Sense 3: A lineage or family line. Sense 4: As a verb, to shelter, lodge, or provide a dwelling for.
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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.
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To receive, seize, carry, accept, choose, or lay hold of.
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Sense 1: Concern, attention, anxiety, or responsibility for a person or matter. Sense 2: To feel concern or regard; to take anxious thought.
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Sense 1: An assembly or congregation belonging to God or Christ. Sense 2: In passages identifying the church with Christ's body, the body of which Christ is the head.
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The one true God.
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3:1THIS is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work.
3:1¶ This is a true saying: If a man desire the office of a Bishop, he desireth a good worke.
3:2A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
3:2A Bishop then must be blamelesse, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, ‖of good behauiour, giuen to hospitalitie, apt to teach;
3:3Not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a brawler, not covetous;
3:3Not ‖giuen to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre, but patient, not a brawler, not couetous;
3:4One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;
3:4One that ruleth well his owne house, hauing his children in subiection with all grauitie.
3:5(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
3:5(For if a man know not how to rule his owne house, how shall he take care of the Church of God?)
Selected passage3:6Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
3:6Not a ‖nouice, lest being lifted vp with pride, hee fall into the condemnation of the deuill.
3:7Moreover he must have a good report of them which are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
3:7Moreouer, hee must haue a good report of them which are without, lest he fall into reproch, and the snare of the deuill.
3:8Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre;
3:8Likewise must the Deacons bee graue, not double tongued, not giuen to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre,
3:9Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience.
3:9Holding the mysterie of the faith in a pure conscience.
3:10And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless.
3:10And let these also first be proued; then let them vse the office of a Deacon, being found blamelesse.
3:11Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
3:11Euen so must their wiues be graue; not slanderers, sober, faithfull in all things.
3:12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
3:12Let the Deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children, and their owne houses well.
3:13For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
3:13For they that ‖haue vsed the office of a Deacon well, purchase to themselues a good degree, and great boldnesse in the faith, which is in Christ Iesus.