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1 Timothy 3:15 — King James Version← Study notes

But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.


1 Timothy 3:15Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Timothy 3:1521 words
GreekMeaning
ἐὰνean
ifwordG1437
δὲde
howeverwordG1161
βραδύνωbradynō
I shall delayverbG1019
ἵναhina
so thatwordG2443
εἰδῇςeidēs
you may knowverbG6063
πῶςpōs
howadverbG4459
δεῖdei
it behooves oneverbG1210
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
οἴκῳoikō
the householdnounG3624
θεοῦtheou
of GodnounG2316
ἀναστρέφεσθαιanastrephesthai
to conduct oneselfverbG390
ἥτιςhētis
whichrelative pronounG3748
ἐστὶνestin
isverbG1510
ἐκκλησίαekklēsia
the churchnounG1577
θεοῦtheou
of GodnounG2316
ζῶντοςzōntos
the livingverbG2198
στῦλοςstylos
the pillarnounG4769
καὶkai
andwordG2532
ἑδραίωμαhedraiōma
basenounG1477
τῆςtēs
of thearticleG3588
ἀληθείαςalētheias
truthnounG225
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Timothy 3:15

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…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 11 on First Timothy
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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