1 Timotius 3:14-15

Conduct in God’s Church

3:14 I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions ¹  to you 3:15 in case I am delayed, to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves ²  in the household of God, because it is ³  the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth.

[3:14]  ¹ tn Grk “these things.”

[3:14]  sn These instructions refer to the instructions about local church life, given in 1 Tim 2:1–3:13.

[3:15]  ² tn Grk “how it is necessary to behave.”

[3:15]  ³ tn Grk “which is” (but the relative clause shows the reason for such conduct).