Translations
Louis Segond 1910
car si quelqu'un ne sait pas diriger sa propre maison, comment prendra-t-il soin de l'Eglise de Dieu?
KJV
(For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?)
(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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