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15 But if I am delayed, I wanted you to know how it is necessary to behave in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth. 16 Undeniably, great is the mystery of godliness:

He[a] was revealed in flesh,
was justified in spirit,[b]
was seen by messengers,[c]
was preached among the nations,
was believed on in the world,
was taken up in glory.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 3:16 Some witnesses to the text read God.
  2. 1 Timothy 3:16 Flesh and spirit here refer to Christ’s states of humiliation and exaltation.
  3. 1 Timothy 3:16 Or angels