1 Timothy 3:5

(If a man does not know how to manage his own household, how can he take care of God's church?).

1 Timothy 3:15

if I am delayed, you will know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.

Acts 20:28

Be on guard for yourselves and for all the flock, among which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the church of God which he purchased with the blood of his Own.

1 Corinthians 10:32

Give no offense either to Jews or to Greeks or to the church of God,

Ephesians 1:22

And he put all things under his feet and gave him to be the head over all things for the church,

Ephesians 5:24

As the church is subject to Christ, so let wives also be subject to their husbands in everything.

Ephesians 5:32

This is a profound mystery; but I am saying that it refers to Christ and the church.

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(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 Timothy 3:12
Deacons must be the husband of one wife, and must manage their children and their households well.