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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Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife,sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach,

And the LORD commissioned Joshua the son of Nun and said, "Be strong and courageous, for you shall bring the people of Israel into the land that I swore to give them. I will be with you."

"I am about to go the way of all the earth. Be strong, and show yourself a man,

Then you will prosper if you are careful to observe the statutes and the rules that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Fear not; do not be dismayed.

"And you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve him with a whole heart and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches all hearts and understands every plan and thought. If you seek him, he will be found by you, but if you forsake him, he will cast you off forever.

until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen.

The pillar

And I, behold, I make you this day a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls, against the whole land, against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests, and the people of the land.

And I tell you, you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

Truly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Much in every way. To begin with, the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.

and when James and Cephas and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me, they gave the right hand of fellowship to Barnabas and me, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised.

The truth

Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed 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 said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.

Then Pilate said to him, "So you are a king?" Jesus answered, "You say that I am a king. For this purpose I was born and for this purpose I have come into the world--to bear witness to the truth. Everyone who is of the truth listens to my voice."

by truthful speech, and the power of God; with the weapons of righteousness for the right hand and for the left;

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.

assuming that you have heard about him and were taught in him, as the truth is in Jesus,

because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel,

General references

He made its posts of silver, its back of gold, its seat of purple; its interior was inlaid with love by the daughters of Jerusalem.