World English Bible
"(but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)"
— 1 Timothy 3:5, World English Bible
“(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)”
“(but if a man knoweth not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) ”
“But if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for the church of God?”
“But 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 has not the art of ruling his house, how will he take care of the church of God?)”
“(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)”
The overseer therefore must be without reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, sensible, modest, hospitable, good at teaching;
not a drinker, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not covetous;
one who rules his own house well, having children in subjection with all reverence;
(but if a man doesn't know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the assembly of God?)
not a new convert, lest being puffed up he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.
Moreover he must have good testimony from those who are outside, to avoid falling into reproach and the snare of the devil.
Servants, in the same way, must be reverent, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for money;