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1 Timothy 3:5
(for if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the Church of God?)
(for if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the Church of God?)
Verse 1 Timothy 3:5. _FOR IF A MAN KNOW NOT_] _Method_ is a matter of great importance in all the affairs of life. It is a true saying, _He_ _that does little with his head must do much with his hand...
FOR IF A MAN KNOW NOT HOW TO RULE - This is a beautiful and striking argument. A church resembles a family. It is, indeed, larger, and there is a greater variety of dispositions in it than there is in...
III. CONCERNING THE HOUSE OF GOD CHAPTER 3 _ 1. The overseer (1 Timothy 3:1)_ 2. The deacon (1 Timothy 3:8) 3. The house of God and the mystery of Godliness (1 Timothy 3:14)...
(_b_) III. 1 TIMOTHY 3:1. Church Officials. 1 Timothy 3:1. The Bishops. Not only public worship, but also the appointment of officials, must be regulated. He who exercises oversight a good work, as i...
THE LEADERS OF THE CHURCH (1 Timothy 3:1-7)...
There is a saying which everyone must believe--if a man aspires to the office of overseer in the Church, it is a fine work on which his heart is set. An overseer must be a man against whom no criticis...
KNOW. App-132. NOT. App-105. TAKE CARE OF, Greek. _epimeleomai_. Only here and Luke 10:34; Luke 10:35, CHURCH. App-186. GOD, App-98....
The duties and characters of Bishops or Presbyters Following the directions concerning the general arrangements for public worship come instructions as to the character and qualifications of the appo...
_for if a man know not_ BUT, the force of the adversative conjunction being, -You may think me needlessly particular in requiring this, but a straw will shew how the wind blows, a bad parent will make...
II. QUALIFICATIONS OF THE OFFICIALS OF THE CHURCH 1–7. i. BISHOPS Having spoken of the conduct of public worship, the Apostle proceeds to expound the qualifications requisite for those who hold offic...
The verse is parenthetical, and the argument is _a minori ad maius_. Tacitus has almost the same idea: “A se suisque orsus primum domum suam coercuit (sc. Agricola) quod plerisque haud minus arduum es...
ΠΡΟΣΤΉΝΑΙ _aor. act. inf. от_ ΠΡΟΊΣΤΗΜΙ (G4291) править, управлять. _Inf._ как дополнение гл. ΟΙΔΕΝ. ΈΠΙΜΕΛΉΣΕΤΑΙ _fut. ind. med. (dep.) от_ ΈΠΙΜΕΛΈΩ (G1959) заботиться о чем-л., беспокоиться о чем-л....
III. CHURCH OFFICERS 3:1-16 A. Office of the Overseer (1 Timothy 3:1-7) 1. THE ELDER. 1 Timothy 3:1-7 _TEXT 3:1-7_ 1 Faithful is the saying, if a man seeketh the office of a bishop, he desireth a...
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) FOR, [ De (G1161)] - 'But.' THE CHURCH. Perhaps, 'a church.' [But Theou (G2316) being without the a...
3 Translators have experienced much difficulty with this opening sentence, because it seemed to lack the principal verb. The A V adds _ so do_, the Revisers _ so do I now_. It is very seldom that any...
5 This passage is primarily intended to break down the bounds in which salvation had hitherto been confined. The testimony of past eras is no basis on which to build in this era. The testimony to the...
CONCERNING THE OFFICERS OF THE CHURCH 1-7. The fourth charge to Timothy, in respect to presbyters....
HOW TO BE A LEADER IN THE CHURCH 1 TIMOTHY _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 3 WHAT AN *ELDER MUST BE LIKE (3:1-7) V1 Anyone who aims to be a leader in the church desires a good task. That is true. V2 But...
FOR IF A MAN KNOW NOT HOW TO RULE HIS OWN HOUSE, HOW SHALL HE TAKE CARE OF THE CHURCH OF GOD? — The well-ordered household, the decent, modest behaviour, the reverent, affectionate relations between p...
CHAPTER 10 ORIGIN OF THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY; VARIOUS CERTAINTIES AND PROBABILITIES DISTINGUISHED. - 1 Timothy 3:1 THIS passage is one of the most important in the New Testament respecting the Christi...
The argument is akin to that stated by our Lord, Luke 16:10. “He that is faithful in a very little is faithful also in much, etc.” It is all the more cogent inasmuch as the Church is the house of God....
The qualifications of the men who are to be ministers; and first (_a_) of the episcopus (vv.1-7) secondly (_b_) of the deacons (1 Timothy 3:8-13) with a parenthetical instruction respecting women chur...
FITNESS FOR CHRISTIAN LEADERSHIP 1 Timothy 3:1 One of Timothy's most urgent duties was to take care that those who held office in the churches were beyond reproach. The tone of a Christian community...
Turning to the government of the Church, the apostle deals with two orders, bishops and deacons. The bishop is an overseer, whose duty it is to watch over the flock. The apostle describes the qualific...
QUALIFICATIONS OF BISHOPS Paul turned from leadership in worship to leadership in the church. Men are not to be drafted into this work against their will but must desire this work. Spain says the word...
(1) В¶ This is a true saying, If a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work. (2) A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given t...
1 Timothy 1:1-20. We enter now on the confidential communications of the apostle to some of his fellow-labourers, and tonight on the epistles to Timothy. The two have much in common, but they have als...
5_And if any one know not how to rule his own house _(61) This argument, drawn from the less to the greater, is in itself manifest, that he who is unfit for governing a family will be altogether unabl...
The apostle next points out to Timothy the qualities necessary for a bishop or a deacon, as well as for the wife of the latter. [4] He supposes here that there were some who desired to undertake this...
FOR IF A MAN KNOW NOT HOW TO RULE HIS OWN HOUSE,.... Which is an affair of less importance, and more easy to be done; not requiring so much resolution, prudence, care, and thought: HOW SHALL HE TAKE...
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) Ver. 5. _For if a man know not how_] A very cogent argument from the less to the greater; used also by...
_One that ruleth well his own house_ That not only rules it, but rules it well, and keeps his family in good order: that rules it so as to promote religion and virtue in all its members; rules it calm...
If before we have seen personal conduct that is to be consistent with assembly character, this chapter, while dealing with personal character still, connects it directly with the order of the assembly...
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall be take care of the church of God?) 1. House - What is included in "ruling his own house"? Why is this an important qualification for an el...
“BUT IF. MAN DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO MANAGE HIS OWN HOUSEHOLD, HOW WILL HE TAKE CARE OF THE CHURCH OF GOD?” Here is the reason for the qualification. The results that. man gets with his own family will b...
1-7 If a man desired the pastoral office, and from love to Christ, and the souls of men, was ready to deny himself, and undergo hardships by devoting himself to that service, he sought to be employed...
For if a man hath a family, and hath showed that he neither hath wit nor honesty enough to govern that little society, which hath his constant presence with it, with what reason can any one presume, t...
1 Timothy 3:5 for G1161 man G1536 does G1492 not G3756 how G1492 (G5758) rule G4291 (G5629) own...
1 Timothy 3:5. FOR. Literally ‘ _but,'_ the reason being implied rather than stated in the imaginary case which the apostle puts as involving obvious unfitness. TAKE CARE. The change of words assumes...
IF A MAN KNOWETH NOT (ε τις ουκ οιδεν). Condition of first class, assumed as true.HOW TO RULE (προστηνα). Second aorist active infinitive of same verb προιστημ and with οιδεν means "know how to r...
CONTENTS: Qualifications of elders and deacons. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Satan. CONCLUSION: Those having places of authority in the church must be blameless, not lying under any scandal, watchful ag...
1 Timothy 3:1. _This is a true saying,_ an indubitable word, _if a man desire the office of a bishop, he desireth a good work,_ a laudable sphere of labour and usefulness. But by the idea of a primiti...
FOR IF. "If he does not have the ability to manage so small a group as his own family, how will he be able to take charge of the messianic community?" Note that each church-group was managed by a _boa...
_The office of a bishop._ THE OFFICE OF A BISHOP A GOOD WORK If a man desire the office of a bishop from right principles, he desireth. not a secular dignity--not a good benefice--not a post of hon...
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 3:4 Good management of one’s OWN HOUSEHOLD is in keeping with Paul’s picture of the church as “the household of God” (v. 1 Timothy 3:15
1 TIMOTHY—NOTE ON 1 TIMOTHY 3:1 In listing the qualifications for the overseer of a church, Paul emphasizes character rather than specific duties. The list describes a person of mature Christian chara...
_CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES_ 1 Timothy 3:1. THIS IS A TRUE SAYING.—See note on 1 Timothy 1:15. IF ANY MAN DESIRE THE OFFICE OF A BISHOP.—It is generally admitted that to the latest New Testament t...
EXPOSITION 1 TIMOTHY 3:1 _Faithful is the saying _for _this is a true saying_,_ _A.V.; _seeketh _for _desire_,_ _A.V. FAITHFUL IS THE SAYING (see above, 1 Timothy 1:15, note). This manifestly refers...
Tonight we will be studying First Timothy three and four. It is interesting as Paul writes to Timothy on several occasions, he uses phrases that are interesting to me. He said, This is a faithful sayi...
1 Samuel 2:29; 1 Samuel 2:30; 1 Samuel 3:13; 1 Timothy 3:15; Acts 20:28
Shall he take care of [ε π ι μ ε λ η σ ε τ α ι]. Only here and Luke 10:34....