Parallel Verses
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.
New American Standard Bible
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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.
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.
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.
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
Interlinear
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References
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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 Although I am hoping to come to you before long, 15 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. 16 Yes! without contradiction, great is the mystery of godliness!
Cross References
Matthew 16:16
So Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
Matthew 18:18
"I tell you all in solemn truth that whatever you forbid upon earth will be forbidden in heaven, and whatever you permit on earth will be permitted in heaven.
2 Corinthians 6:16
And what compact has God's temple with idols? For we are a temple of the living God, as he has said: I will dwell among them, and walk about among them; I will be their God, and they will be my people.
Galatians 2:9
and when they recognized the grace which had been given to me, James and Cephas and John, then thought to be pillars, gave to Barnabas and to me the right hand of fellowship. They agreed that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the Jews.
1 Timothy 4:10
"We toil and agonize because our hopes are set on the ever-living God, who is the Saviour of all men,??f believers in particular.
1 Peter 2:5
And yourselves like living stones be built into a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood offering spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God, through Christ Jesus.
Matthew 16:18-19
"Moreover I say to you that you are Petros (a rock), and on this petra (rock) I will build my church, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against her.
John 1:17
For the Law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
John 6:69
"and we have learned to believe and we know that you are the holy one of God."
John 14:6
Jesus answered him. "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life. No man ever comes to the Father but by me.
John 18:37
"You are a king, then? You!" said Pilate. "You say truly that I am a king." answered Jesus, "for this purpose I was born, and to this end came I into the world, that I should bear witness to the truth. Every man who is of the truth listens to my voice."
Acts 1:2
after giving instructions through the Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen, he was taken up to heaven.
Acts 14:15
"Men, why are you doing all this? We also are men, with natures like your own! We are bringing you good tidings, that you are to turn from these empty things to the living God, who made heaven and earth and the sea and all that in them is.
Romans 3:2
Much in every way. First of all, because to them were entrusted the oracles of God.
Romans 9:26
And in that very spot where it was told them, "You are not my people," There they shall be called "Sons of the living God."
2 Corinthians 3:3
Since all can see that you are a letter of Christ transcribed by men, written not with ink, but with the Spirit of the living God, not on tablets of stone, but on human hearts as tablets.
2 Corinthians 6:7
by a true teaching and an energy divine; by the weapons of righteousness, for attack or for defense,
Galatians 3:1
O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you? You, before whose very eyes Jesus Christ was placarded as crucified!
Ephesians 2:21-22
In him the whole building, fitly framed together, rises into a holy temple in the Lord;
Ephesians 4:21
if indeed you have listened to him, and in him been taught the truth as it is in Jesus.
Colossians 1:5
because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Long ago you heard of this hope in the message which came to you of the truth of the gospel.
1 Thessalonians 1:9
For others, of their own accord, tell about the welcome I had from you, and how you turned to God from your idols, to be slaved of a true and living God,
1 Timothy 3:2
The minister should be a man of blameless character; he should be husband of but one wife; he should live a sober, self-restrained, orderly life; he should be hospitable, skilled in teaching;
1 Timothy 3:5
For if a man does not know how to rule his own household, how shall he take charge of a church of God?
1 Timothy 3:16
Yes! without contradiction, great is the mystery of godliness!
1 Timothy 6:16
who alone possesses immortality, who dwells in light that none can approach, whom no man has ever seen or can see; to whom be honor and power everlasting. Amen.
2 Timothy 2:20
Now in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for noble, some for ignoble uses.
Hebrews 3:2-6
How faithful he was to the God who appointed him! For while Moses also was faithful in all God's house,
Hebrews 3:12
See to it, brothers, that there shall never be in any one of you an evil and unbelieving heart, manifesting itself in apostasy from the living God.
Hebrews 9:14
how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through his eternal spirit offered himself free from blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works unto the service of an ever-living God!
Hebrews 12:22
On the contrary you are come to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to innumerable hosts of angels,
Revelation 7:2
And I saw another angel ascend from the sunrising, having a seal of the living God; and he cried with a great voice to the four angels to whom it was given to injure the earth and the sea,