1 Timothy 3:15

And Simon Peter answered and said, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.”

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

and recognizing the grace that had been given to me, James and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we might go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

Paul and Timothy, slaves of Christ Jesus, To all the saints in Christ Jesus who are in Philippi, with the overseers and deacons:

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

For it is for this we labor and strive, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all men, especially of believers.

Nevertheless, the firm foundation of God stands, having this seal, “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Everyone who names the name of the Lord is to depart from wickedness.”

but Christ was faithful as a Son over His house—whose house we are, if we hold fast our confidence and the boast of our hope.

and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

you also, as living stones, are being built up as a spiritual house for a holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

For it is time for judgment to begin with the house of God; and if it begins with us first, what will be the outcome for those who do not obey the gospel of God?