1 Timothy 3:5
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5 (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?);
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1 Samuel 3:13
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13 (A)For I have told him that I will (B)judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows, because (C)his sons made themselves vile, and he (D)did not [a]restrain them.
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- 1 Samuel 3:13 Lit. rebuke
Ephesians 5:24
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24 Therefore, just as the church is subject to Christ, so let the wives be to their own husbands (A)in everything.
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Ephesians 5:32
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32 This is a great mystery, but I speak concerning Christ and the church.
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1 Timothy 3:15
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15 but if I am delayed, I write so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and [a]ground of the truth.
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- 1 Timothy 3:15 foundation, mainstay
Ephesians 1:22
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22 And (A)He put all things under His feet, and gave Him (B)to be head over all things to the church,
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Acts 20:28
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28 (A)Therefore take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit (B)has made you overseers, to shepherd the church [a]of God (C)which He purchased (D)with His own blood.
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- Acts 20:28 M of the Lord and God
1 Samuel 2:29-30
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29 Why do you (A)kick at My sacrifice and My offering which I have commanded in My (B)dwelling place, and honor your sons more than (C)Me, to make yourselves fat with the best of all the offerings of Israel My people?’ 30 Therefore the Lord God of Israel says: (D)‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever.’ But now the Lord says: (E)‘Far be it from Me; for those who honor Me I will honor, and (F)those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.
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1 Corinthians 10:32
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32 (A)Give no offense, either to the Jews or to the Greeks or to the church of God,
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