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

By common confession, great is the mystery of godliness:
He who was revealed in the flesh,
Was vindicated in the Spirit,
Seen by angels,
Proclaimed among the nations,
Believed on in the world,
Taken up in glory.

Take pains with these things; be absorbed in them, so that your progress will be evident to all.

For we have brought nothing into the world, so we cannot take anything out of it either.

Fight the good fight of faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you made the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

storing up for themselves the treasure of a good foundation for the future, so that they may take hold of that which is life indeed.