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1 Timothy 3:15-16
J.B. Phillips New Testament
1 Timothy 3:15-16
J.B. Phillips New Testament
The tremendous responsibility of being God’s minister
14-15a At the moment of writing I hope to be with you soon, but if there should be any considerable delay then what I have written will show you the sort of character men of God’s household ought to have.
15b-16 It is, remember, the Church of the living God, the pillar and the foundation of the truth. No one can deny that this religion of ours is a tremendous mystery, resting as it does on the one who showed himself as a human being, and met, as such, every demand of the Spirit in the sight of angels as well as of men. Then, after his restoration to the Heaven from whence he came, he has been proclaimed among men of different nationalities and believed in all parts of the world.
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1 Timothy 3:15-16
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1 Timothy 3:15-16
New International Version
15 if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church(A) of the living God,(B) the pillar and foundation of the truth. 16 Beyond all question, the mystery(C) from which true godliness(D) springs is great:
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- 1 Timothy 3:16 Or vindicated in spirit
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