1 TIMOTHY 3:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:”
I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that, if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God — Paul's anticipated absence necessitates written guidance. The household of God (oikos theou) is the ekklēsia (church), requiring structural and relational order.
Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 3:14
That he may not plunge Timothy into dejection by giving him orders about such matters, he says, I write thus not as though I were not coming, but I will indeed come, still in case I should be delayed, that you may not be distressed. And this he writes to him to prevent his being dejected, but to others in order to rouse them to greater earnestness. For his presence, though only promised, would have great effect. Nor let it seem strange that, though foreseeing everything…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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