1 Timothy 3:3-5
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3 not drunken, no fighter; not given to the love of money, but gentle, abhorring quarrels, abhorring covetousness; 4 and one who rules his own house well, having his children under obedience with all respectfulness. 5 For if a man cannot manage his own house, how will he care for the congregation of God?
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1 Timothy 3:3-5
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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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