1 Timothy 3:5

Which verses does 1 Timothy 3:5 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

1. 1 Samuel 3:136 votes

   I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.

2. Ephesians 5:245 votes

   Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.

3. Acts 20:284 votes

   Keep watch over yourselves and the entire flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which He purchased with His own blood.

4. Ephesians 5:323 votes

   This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.

5. Ephesians 1:222 votes

   And God put everything under His feet and made Him head over everything for the church,

6. 1 Timothy 3:152 votes

   in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

7. 1 Samuel 2:29–300 votes

   Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’ Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who honor Me, but those who despise Me will be disdained.

8. 1 Corinthians 10:32-1 votes

   Do not become a stumbling block, whether to Jews or Greeks or the church of God—

Which verses point to 1 Timothy 3:5?

The 10 strongest of 26.

• Genesis 18:19 20
• Matthew 16:18 11
• Acts 20:28 11
• Hebrews 13:7 8
• Psalm 101:2 7
• Romans 12:8 7
• 1 Timothy 5:17 7
• Titus 1:6 7
• Malachi 2:15 6
• Mark 10:45 5