1 Timothy 3:5
1 Timothy · New Testament · Chapter 3
“(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)”1 Timothy 3:5
What Does 1 Timothy 3:5 Mean?
1 Timothy 3:5 is found in the book of 1 Timothy, chapter 3, verse 5 of the New Testament. This verse connects to 16 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (16)
These passages are connected to 1 Timothy 3:5 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Matthew 16:18“And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”Acts 20:28“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.”Hebrews 13:7“Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God: whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.”1 Timothy 5:17“Let the elders that rule well be counted worthy of double honour, especially they who labour in the word and doctrine.”1 Samuel 3:13“For 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.”2 Corinthians 7:12“Wherefore, though I wrote unto you, I did it not for his cause that had done the wrong, nor for his cause that suffered wrong, but that our care for you in the sight of God might appear unto you.”Ephesians 5:24“Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.”1 Corinthians 10:32“Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:”Ephesians 5:32“This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.”Hebrews 12:23“To the general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,”1 Kings 13:11“Now there dwelt an old prophet in Bethel; and his sons came and told him all the works that the man of God had done that day in Bethel: the words which he had spoken unto the king, them they told also to their father.”1 Corinthians 11:22“What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise you not.”Ephesians 1:22“And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,”1 Timothy 3:15“But 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.”1 Samuel 2:29“Wherefore 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?”1 Corinthians 7:34“There is difference also between a wife and a virgin. The unmarried woman careth for the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and in spirit: but she that is married careth for the things of the world, how she may please her husband.”
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