13 For they that have ministered well, get themselves a good [a]decree, and [b]great liberty in the faith, which is in Christ Jesus.

14 [c]These things write I unto thee, trusting to come very shortly unto thee.

15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest yet know, how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the [d]house of God, which is the Church of the living God, the [e]pillar and ground of truth.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Timothy 3:13 Honor and estimation.
  2. 1 Timothy 3:13 Bold and assured confidence without fear.
  3. 1 Timothy 3:14 Paul purposing to add many peculiar things pertaining to the daily office of a Pastor, speaketh first a word or two concerning his coming to Timothy, that he would be so much the more careful, lest at his coming he might be reproved of negligence.
  4. 1 Timothy 3:15 The Pastor hath always to think, how that he is occupied in the house of the living God, wherein the treasure of the truth is kept.
  5. 1 Timothy 3:15 To wit, in respect of men: for the Church resteth upon that cornerstone, Christ, and is the preserver of the truth, but not the mother.

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