Parallel Verses
Williams New Testament
so that, if I am detained, you may know how people ought to conduct themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
New American Standard Bible
but
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
But if I should be delayed, I have written so that you will know how people ought to act in God’s household,
International Standard Version
in case I am delayed, so that you may know how to behave in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
A Conservative Version
but if I delay, that thou may know how it is necessary to live in a house of God, which is a congregation of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
American Standard Version
but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Amplified
in case I am delayed, so that you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
An Understandable Version
so that, if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to behave themselves in God's family, which is the church of the living God, the [supporting] column and foundation of the truth.
Anderson New Testament
but if I delay, that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.
Bible in Basic English
But if I am long in coming, this will make clear to you what behaviour is right for men in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of what is true.
Common New Testament
if I am delayed, you will know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.
Daniel Mace New Testament
you may know how to conduct yourself in the house of God, that is, in the church of the true God.
Darby Translation
but if I delay, in order that thou mayest know how one ought to conduct oneself in God's house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and base of the truth.
Godbey New Testament
but if I tarry, in order that you may know how it behooves you to deport yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Goodspeed New Testament
so that if I am delayed, you may know how we are to conduct ourselves in the household of God, for it is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
John Wesley New Testament
But if I tarry, that thou mayst know how to behave in the house of God, which is the church of the living God.
Julia Smith Translation
And if I delay, that thou shouldest know how thou must be occupied in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of the truth.
King James 2000
But if I tarry long, that you may know how you ought to behave yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But if I am delayed, [I am writing] in order that you may know how one must conduct oneself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and mainstay of the truth.
Modern King James verseion
But if I should delay, that you may know how you ought to behave in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
But and if I tarry long, that then thou mayst yet have knowledge how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the congregation of the living God, the pillar and ground of truth.
Moffatt New Testament
in case I am detained, to let you see how people ought to behave within the household of God; it is the church of the living God, the pillar and bulwark of the Truth.
Montgomery New Testament
I am writing this to you in case I should be detained, to let you see how you ought to behave in the household of God??he Church of the everliving God, the pillar and mainstay of the truth.
NET Bible
in case I am delayed, to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves in the household of God, because it is the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth.
New Heart English Bible
but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Noyes New Testament
but if I should tarry long, that thou mayst know how thou oughtest to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
Sawyer New Testament
but if I delay, that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
The Emphasized Bible
But, if I should tarry, that thou mayest know - how it behoveth, in a house of God, to behave oneself, - the which, is an assembly a of a Living God, a pillar and basement of the truth; -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
but should I be delayed, that thou mayest know how it behoveth thee to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and the pedestal of truth.
Twentieth Century New Testament
but in case I should be delayed, I want you to know what your conduct ought to be in the Household of God, which is the Church of the Living God--the pillar and stay of the Truth.
Webster
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.
Weymouth New Testament
But, for fear I may be hindered, I now write, so that you may have rules to guide you in dealing with God's household. For this is what the Church of the ever-living God is, and it is the pillar and foundation-stone of the truth.
World English Bible
but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Worrell New Testament
but, if I delay, that you may know how you ought to behave yourself in a house of God, which, indeed, is an assembly of the living God, a pillar and basis of the truth,
Worsley New Testament
But if I should be retarded, that thou mayst know how thou oughtest to behave in the house of God, the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.
Youngs Literal Translation
and if I delay, that thou mayest know how it behoveth thee to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is an assembly of the living God -- a pillar and foundation of the truth,
Themes
Church » Defended » Divinely instituted
Church » Christian, divinely established
Church » Pillar and ground of the truth
Church » Church of the living God
Names » Of the church » House of God
Names » Of the church » Pillar and ground of truth
Pillars » Illustrative of » The church
Titles and names of the church » Pillar and ground of the truth
Titles and names of the church » Church of the living God
Truth » The church is the pillar and ground of
Truth » The ekklesia (body of Christ) is the pillar and ground of
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Timothy 3:15
Prayers for 1 Timothy 3:15
Verse Info
Context Readings
The Mystery Of Godliness Described
14 Though I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you this, 15 so that, if I am detained, you may know how people ought to conduct themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth. 16 Undoubtedly the mystery of our religion is a great wonder: "He was made visible in human form; He was vindicated by the Spirit; He was seen by angels; He was proclaimed among the heathen; He was trusted in throughout the world; He was taken up to glory."
Cross References
Matthew 16:16
Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
Matthew 18:18
I solemnly say to you, whatever you forbid on earth must be already forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth must be already permitted in heaven.
2 Corinthians 6:16
And what agreement can a temple of God make with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said: "I will live in them and walk in them, and I will be their God and they will be my people."
Galatians 2:9
and because they recognized the favor God had shown me, James, Cephas, and John, the so-called pillar apostles, gave Barnabas and me the right hand of fellowship, with the understanding that we should go to the heathen and they to the Jews.
1 Timothy 4:10
To this end we are toiling and struggling, because we have fixed our hope on the living God, who is the Saviour of all mankind, especially of believers.
1 Peter 2:5
and keep on building yourselves up, as living stones, into a spiritual house for a consecrated priesthood, to offer up, through Jesus Christ, spiritual sacrifices that will be acceptable to God.
Matthew 16:18-19
And I, yes I, tell you, your name from now on is to be Peter, Rock, and on a massive rock like this I will build my church, and the powers of the underworld shall never overthrow it.
John 1:17
For while the law was given through Moses, spiritual blessing and truth have come through Jesus Christ.
John 6:69
and we have come to believe, yes more, we know by experience, that you are the Holy One of God."
John 14:6
Jesus answered him, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one can come to the Father except through me.
John 18:37
Then Pilate said to Him, "So you are a king then?" Jesus answered, "Certainly I am a king. For this very purpose I was born, for this very purpose I have come into the world, to testify for truth. Everybody who is a friend of truth listens to my voice."
Acts 1:2
up to the day when through the Holy Spirit He gave the apostles whom He had chosen their orders, and then was taken up to heaven.
Acts 14:15
and shouted, "Men, why are you doing this? We are merely men with natures like your own, who are telling you the good news, so that you may turn from these foolish things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and sea and all that they contain.
Romans 3:2
They are great from every point of view. In the first place, the Jews are entrusted with the utterances of God.
Romans 9:26
And in the place where it was said, 'You are no people of mine,' they shall be called sons of the living God."
2 Corinthians 3:3
for you are always showing that you are a letter of Christ, produced by my service, written not in ink but by the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone, but on human hearts.
2 Corinthians 6:7
my message of truth, and the power of God; with the weapons of right-doing in my right hand and my left;
Galatians 3:1
O senseless Galatians! Who has bewitched you, before whose very eyes Jesus Christ was pictured as the crucified One?
Ephesians 2:21-22
In union with Him the whole building is harmoniously fitted together and continues to grow into a temple, sacred through its union with the Lord,
Ephesians 4:21
if, as I take it, you have heard Him and in union with Him have been taught the truth as it is seen in Jesus,
Colossians 1:5
because of your hope of what is laid up for you in heaven. Long ago you heard of this hope through the message of the good news
1 Thessalonians 1:9
For the people themselves tell us what a welcome you gave us, and how you turned from idols to the true God, to serve the God who lives on and is real,
1 Timothy 3:2
So the pastor must be a man above reproach, must have only one wife, must be temperate, sensible, well-behaved, hospitable, skillful in teaching;
1 Timothy 3:5
(if a man does not know how to manage his own house, how can he take care of a church of God?).
1 Timothy 3:16
Undoubtedly the mystery of our religion is a great wonder: "He was made visible in human form; He was vindicated by the Spirit; He was seen by angels; He was proclaimed among the heathen; He was trusted in throughout the world; He was taken up to glory."
1 Timothy 6:16
who alone possesses immortality and dwells in unapproachable light, whom no man has ever seen or can see. To Him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.
2 Timothy 2:20
In any great house there are not only gold and silver articles but also wooden utensils, some for honorable uses and some for lowly uses.
Hebrews 3:2-6
to see how faithful He was to God who appointed Him, just as Moses was in all the house of God.
Hebrews 3:12
See to it, my brothers, that no wicked, unbelieving heart is found in any of you, as shown by your turning away from the ever-living God,
Hebrews 9:14
how much more surely will the blood of Christ, who with an eternal Spirit gave Himself a spotless offering to God, purify your consciences from works that mean mere death, to serve the ever living God?
Hebrews 12:22
But you have come to Mount Zion, even to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to countless hosts of angels,
Revelation 7:2
Then I saw another angel coming up from the east with the seal of the living God, and he cried out to the four angels who had the power to injure the earth and the sea: