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I Am Writing So You Will Know How To Conduct Yourself In The Church

14 I am writing these things to you hoping to come to you quickly, 15 but in-case I am slow[a], in order that you may know how you ought-to conduct-yourself [b] in the household of God— which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support[c] of the truth.

God Was Revealed In The Flesh, But Some Will Depart From The Faith And Good Teaching

16 And the mystery of godliness is confessedly great: Who[d] was revealed[e] in the flesh, was declared-righteous[f] in the spirit[g]; was seen[h] by messengers[i], was proclaimed among the nations; was believed in the world, was taken-up in glory.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 3:15 That is, choose to proceed slowly.
  2. 1 Timothy 3:15 Or, behave, live.
  3. 1 Timothy 3:15 Or, mainstay, foundation.
  4. 1 Timothy 3:16 Some manuscripts say ‘God’.
  5. 1 Timothy 3:16 Or, appeared.
  6. 1 Timothy 3:16 Or, vindicated, proved-righteous.
  7. 1 Timothy 3:16 Or, in His spirit; or, by the Spirit.
  8. 1 Timothy 3:16 Or, appeared to.
  9. 1 Timothy 3:16 Or, angels, if heavenly messengers are in view.

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