1 Timothy 3:5
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)”
ἐκκλησία
Assembly, church, called out ones. Ekklesia. I will build my church. The church is not a building or a programme. It is a people called out by God and gathered around Jesus.
θεός
of God
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θεός
God. Theos. In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and the Word was God. The ultimate reality. The source of all existence. Personal knowable and present.
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οἶκος
household
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οἶκος
House, household, family. Oikos. As for me and my house we will serve the LORD. The household of faith begins in the household of the home. Discipleship starts at home.
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πῶς
how
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πῶς
an interrogative particle of manner; in what way? (sometimes the question is indirect, how?); also as exclamation, how much!
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προΐστημι
to manage
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προΐστημι
to stand before, i.e. (in rank) to preside, or (by implication) to practise
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ἴδιος
his own
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ἴδιος
pertaining to self, i.e. one's own; by implication, private or separate
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ἐπιμελέομαι
will he care for?
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ἐπιμελέομαι
to care for (physically or otherwise)
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τὶς
one
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τὶς
some or any person or object
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εἰ
if
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εἰ
if, whether, that, etc.
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