1 Timothy 3:5
New International Version
5 (If anyone does not know how to manage his own family, how can he take care of God’s church?)(A)
1 Timothy 3:5
King James Version
5 (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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1 Samuel 3:13
New International Version
13 For I told him that I would judge his family forever because of the sin he knew about; his sons blasphemed God,[a] and he failed to restrain(A) them.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 3:13 An ancient Hebrew scribal tradition (see also Septuagint); Masoretic Text sons made themselves contemptible
1 Samuel 3:13
King James Version
13 For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
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Ephesians 5:24
New International Version
24 Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands(A) in everything.
Ephesians 5:24
King James Version
24 Therefore as the church is subject unto Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands in every thing.
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Ephesians 5:32
New International Version
32 This is a profound mystery—but I am talking about Christ and the church.
Ephesians 5:32
King James Version
32 This is a great mystery: but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
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1 Timothy 3:15
New International Version
15 if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church(A) of the living God,(B) the pillar and foundation of the truth.
1 Timothy 3:15
King James Version
15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
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Ephesians 1:22
New International Version
22 And God placed all things under his feet(A) and appointed him to be head(B) over everything for the church,
Ephesians 1:22
King James Version
22 And hath put all things under his feet, and gave him to be the head over all things to the church,
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Acts 20:28
New International Version
28 Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock(A) of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers.(B) Be shepherds of the church of God,[a](C) which he bought(D) with his own blood.[b](E)
Footnotes
- Acts 20:28 Many manuscripts of the Lord
- Acts 20:28 Or with the blood of his own Son
Acts 20:28
King James Version
28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
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1 Samuel 2:29-30
New International Version
29 Why do you[a] scorn my sacrifice and offering(A) that I prescribed for my dwelling?(B) Why do you honor your sons more than me by fattening yourselves on the choice parts of every offering made by my people Israel?’
30 “Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that members of your family would minister before me forever.(C)’ But now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me! Those who honor me I will honor,(D) but those who despise(E) me will be disdained.(F)
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 2:29 The Hebrew is plural.
1 Samuel 2:29-30
King James Version
29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
30 Wherefore the Lord God of Israel saith, I said indeed that thy house, and the house of thy father, should walk before me for ever: but now the Lord saith, Be it far from me; for them that honour me I will honour, and they that despise me shall be lightly esteemed.
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1 Corinthians 10:32
New International Version
1 Corinthians 10:32
King James Version
32 Give none offence, neither to the Jews, nor to the Gentiles, nor to the church of God:
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