1 Timothy 3:4–5
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4He must manage his own household well, with all dignity ekeeping his children submissive, 5for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for wGod’s church?
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
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 respect. (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
He must manage his own household competently and have his children under control with all dignity. (If anyone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God’s church?)
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He must manage his own family well, having children who respect and obey him. For if a man cannot manage his own household, how can he take care of God’s church?
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
managing his own household well, having children in submission with all dignity (but if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),
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KJV 1900King James Version
One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity; (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
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