1 Timothy 3:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

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The pillar

Galatians 2:9

The truth

General references

Song of Songs 3:10

Bible References

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An overseer, therefore, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, self-controlled, sensible, respectable, hospitable, an able teacher,

The Lord commissioned Joshua son of Nun, “Be strong and courageous, for you will bring the Israelites into the land I swore to them, and I will be with you.”

“As for me, I am going the way of all of the earth. Be strong and be courageous like a man,

Then you will succeed if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances the Lord commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Don’t be afraid or discouraged.

“As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a willing mind, for the Lord searches every heart and understands the intention of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you, but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.

until the day He was taken up, after He had given orders through the Holy Spirit to the apostles He had chosen.

The pillar

Today, I am the One who has made you a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls against the whole land—against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the population.

And I also say to you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build My church, and the forces of Hades will not overpower it.

I assure you: Whatever you bind on earth is already bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth is already loosed in heaven.

Considerable in every way. First, they were entrusted with the spoken words of God.

When James, Cephas, and John, recognized as pillars, acknowledged the grace that had been given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to me and Barnabas, agreeing that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

The truth

And most certainly, the mystery of godliness is great:

He was manifested in the flesh,
vindicated in the Spirit,
seen by angels,
preached among the nations,
believed on in the world,
taken up in glory.

for the law was given through Moses,
grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

“You are a king then?” Pilate asked.

“You say that I’m a king,” Jesus replied. “I was born for this, and I have come into the world for this: to testify to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to My voice.”

by the message of truth,
by the power of God;
through weapons of righteousness
on the right hand and the left,

You foolish Galatians! Who has hypnotized you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was vividly portrayed as crucified?

assuming you heard about Him and were taught by Him, because the truth is in Jesus.

because of the hope reserved for you in heaven. You have already heard about this hope in the message of truth, the gospel

General references

He made its posts of silver,
its back of gold,
and its seat of purple.
Its interior is inlaid with love
by the young women of Jerusalem.