5But if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?


In Context

2 It behoveth therefore a bishop to be blameless, the husband of one wife, sober, prudent, of good behaviour, chaste, given to hospitality, a teacher,

3 Not given to wine, no striker, but modest, not quarrelsome, not covetous, but

4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all chastity.

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

6 Not a neophyte: lest being puffed up with pride, he fall into the judgment of the devil.

7 Moreover he must have a good testimony of them who are without: lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.

1 Timothy 3:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:5(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

3:5(If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God's church?)

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

3:5(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5(but if one does not know how to conduct his own house, how shall he take care of the assembly of God?)

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

3:5(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5(For if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5(but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

3:5(and if any one his own house how to lead hath not known, how an assembly of God shall he take care of?)

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

3:5(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)