1 Timothy 3:5

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

1 Timothy 3:5

Compare this verse across Bible translations. BLB includes New Testament text only (publisher draft).

BSB

Berean Standard Bible

For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?

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KJV

King James Version

(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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WEB

World English Bible

(for how could someone who doesn’t know how to rule his own house take care of God’s assembly?)

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ASV

American Standard Version

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

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

but if anyone does not know [how] to preside over [his] own house, how will he take care of [the] church of God?—

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

1 Timothy 3

³ not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and free of the love of money.

⁴ An overseer must manage his own household well and keep his children under control, with complete dignity.

⁵ For if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how can he care for the church of God?

⁶ He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.

⁷ Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil.

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