But if I should be delayed, I have written so that you will know how people ought to act in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

or to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies. These promote empty speculations rather than God’s plan, which operates by faith.

(If anyone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God’s church?)

All who are under the yoke as slaves must regard their own masters to be worthy of all respect, so that God’s name and His teaching will not be blasphemed.