1 Timothy 3:3-5
Darby Translation
3 not given to excesses from wine, not a striker, but mild, not addicted to contention, not fond of money,
4 conducting his own house well, having [his] children in subjection with all gravity;
5 (but if one does not know how to conduct his own house, how shall he take care of the assembly of God?)
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1 Timothy 3:3-5
New International Version
3 not given to drunkenness,(A) not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome,(B) not a lover of money.(C) 4 He must manage his own family well and see that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full[a] respect.(D) 5 (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)(E)
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- 1 Timothy 3:4 Or him with proper
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