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1 Timothy 3:3-5
New Testament for Everyone
1 Timothy 3:3-5
New Testament for Everyone
3 He must not be a heavy drinker, or violent, but must be gentle, not quarrelsome, and not in love with money. 4 He must be good at managing his own household, with his children being subject to him with all godliness. 5 (After all, if a man doesn’t know how to run his own household, how can he take care of God’s church?)
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1 Timothy 3:3-5
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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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