1 Timothy 3:14-4:5

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The Mystery of Godliness

¹⁴I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that, ¹⁵if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth. ¹⁶Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:

^(A)He^[a] was manifested in the flesh,
    vindicated^[b] by the Spirit,^[c]
        ^(B)seen by angels,
^(C)proclaimed among the nations,
    ^(D)believed on in the world,
        ^(E)taken up in glory.

Some Will Depart from the Faith

4 Now ^(F)the Spirit expressly says that ^(G)in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to ^(H)deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, ²through the insincerity of ^(I)liars whose consciences are seared, ³^(J)who forbid marriage and ^(K)require abstinence from foods ^(L)that God created ^(M)to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth. ⁴For ^(N)everything created by God is good, and ^(O)nothing is to be rejected if it is ^(P)received with thanksgiving, ⁵for it is made holy ^(Q)by the word of God and prayer.

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1 Timothy 3:16 Greek Who; some manuscripts God; others Which
1 Timothy 3:16 Or justified
1 Timothy 3:16 Or vindicated in spirit

ΠΡΟΣ ΤΙΜΟΘΕΟΝ Α΄ 3:14-4:5

SBL Greek New Testament

¹⁴Ταῦτά σοι γράφω, ἐλπίζων ἐλθεῖν πρὸς σὲ ^[a]ἐν τάχει, ¹⁵ἐὰν δὲ βραδύνω, ἵνα εἰδῇς πῶς δεῖ ἐν οἴκῳ θεοῦ ἀναστρέφεσθαι, ἥτις ἐστὶν ἐκκλησία θεοῦ ζῶντος, στῦλος καὶ ἑδραίωμα τῆς ἀληθείας· ¹⁶καὶ ὁμολογουμένως μέγα ἐστὶν τὸ τῆς εὐσεβείας μυστήριον· ^[b]Ὃς ἐφανερώθη ἐν σαρκί, ἐδικαιώθη ἐν πνεύματι, ὤφθη ἀγγέλοις, ἐκηρύχθη ἐν ἔθνεσιν, ἐπιστεύθη ἐν κόσμῳ, ἀνελήμφθη ἐν δόξῃ.

4 Τὸ δὲ πνεῦμα ῥητῶς λέγει ὅτι ἐν ὑστέροις καιροῖς ἀποστήσονταί τινες τῆς πίστεως, προσέχοντες πνεύμασι πλάνοις καὶ διδασκαλίαις δαιμονίων ²ἐν ὑποκρίσει ψευδολόγων, κεκαυστηριασμένων τὴν ἰδίαν συνείδησιν, ³κωλυόντων γαμεῖν, ἀπέχεσθαι βρωμάτων ἃ ὁ θεὸς ἔκτισεν εἰς μετάλημψιν μετὰ εὐχαριστίας τοῖς πιστοῖς καὶ ἐπεγνωκόσι τὴν ἀλήθειαν. ⁴ὅτι πᾶν κτίσμα θεοῦ καλόν, καὶ οὐδὲν ἀπόβλητον μετὰ εὐχαριστίας λαμβανόμενον, ⁵ἁγιάζεται γὰρ διὰ λόγου θεοῦ καὶ ἐντεύξεως.

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ΠΡΟΣ ΤΙΜΟΘΕΟΝ Α΄ 3:14 ἐν τάχει WH Treg NIV ] τάχιον RP
ΠΡΟΣ ΤΙΜΟΘΕΟΝ Α΄ 3:16 Ὃς WH Treg NIV ] θεὸς RP

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1 Timothy 3:14-4:5 English Standard Version

The Mystery of Godliness

Some Will Depart from the Faith

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ΠΡΟΣ ΤΙΜΟΘΕΟΝ Α΄ 3:14-4:5 SBL Greek New Testament

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1 Timothy 3:14-4:5

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ΠΡΟΣ ΤΙΜΟΘΕΟΝ Α΄ 3:14-4:5

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