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1 Timothy 3:5
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3 not1 given to wine, not violent, not greedy for money, but gentle, not quarrelsome, not3 covetous;  
4 one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence
5 (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?);
6 not a1 novice, lest being puffed up with pride he fall into the same condemnation as the devil.  
7 Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the asnare of the devil.  
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1 Timothy 3:5

If a man knoweth not (ei tiv ouk oiden). Condition of first class, assumed as true.

How to rule (prosthnai). Second aorist active infinitive of same verb proisthmi and with oiden means "know how to rule," not "know that he rules."

How (pwv). Rhetorical question expecting negative answer.

Shall he take care of (epimelhsetai). Future middle of epimeleomai, old compound (epi, direction of care towards) verb, in LXX, in N.T. only here and Luke 10:34 f.

The church of God (ekklhsiav qeou). Anarthrous as in verse I Timothy 3:15, elsewhere with article (I Corinthians 10:32; I Corinthians 15:9; II Corinthians 1:1; Galatians 1:13). The local church described as belonging to God. No one in N.T. but Paul (Acts 20:28) so describes the church. This verse is a parenthesis in the characteristics of the bishop.




Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Timothy 3:5:

Acts 14:23
1 Timothy 3:15
1 Timothy 4:6

 

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