1 Timothy 3:5

5 (but if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),

1 Timothy 3:5 Meaning and Commentary

1 Timothy 3:5

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 care of the church of God?
preside over it, rule in it, provide for it, and see that everything is in its proper place, and done according to the will of God. The argument is from the lesser to the greater.

1 Timothy 3:5 In-Context

3 not addicted to wine, not a violent person, but gentle, peaceable, not loving money,

4 managing his own household well, having children in submission with all dignity

5 (but if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of the church of God?),

6 not newly converted, lest he become conceited [and] fall into the condemnation of the devil.

7 But [he] must also have a good testimony from those outside, in order that he may not fall into disgrace and the trap of the devil.