But if I tarry long, that you may know how you ought to behave yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. Treasury of Scripture know. 1 Timothy 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behavior, given to hospitality, apt to teach; Deuteronomy 31:23 And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage... 1 Kings 2:2,4 I go the way of all the earth: be you strong therefore, and show yourself a man... 1 Chronicles 22:13 Then shall you prosper, if you take heed to fulfill the statutes and judgments which the LORD charged Moses with concerning Israel... 1 Chronicles 28:9-21 And you, Solomon my son, know you the God of your father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind... Acts 1:2 Until the day in which he was taken up, after that he through the Holy Ghost had given commandments to the apostles whom he had chosen: the house. Ephesians 2:21,22 In whom all the building fitly framed together grows to an holy temple in the Lord... 2 Timothy 2:20 But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honor... Hebrews 3:2-6 Who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also Moses was faithful in all his house... 1 Peter 2:5 You also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices... the church. See on ver. 1 Timothy 3:5 (For if a man know not how to rule his own house, how shall he take care of the church of God?) the living. 1 Timothy 4:10 For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God, who is the Savior of all men... 1 Timothy 6:16 Who only has immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach to; whom no man has seen, nor can see... Deuteronomy 5:26 For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the middle of the fire, as we have... Joshua 3:10 And Joshua said, Hereby you shall know that the living God is among you... 1 Samuel 17:26,36 And David spoke to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that kills this Philistine... 2 Kings 19:4 It may be the LORD your God will hear all the words of Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master has sent to reproach the living God... Psalm 42:2 My soul thirsts for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God? Psalm 84:2 My soul longs, yes, even faints for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh cries out for the living God. Jeremiah 10:10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble... Jeremiah 23:36 And the burden of the LORD shall you mention no more: for every man's word shall be his burden... Daniel 6:26 I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God... Hosea 1:10 Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered... Matthew 16:16 And Simon Peter answered and said, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. John 6:69 And we believe and are sure that you are that Christ, the Son of the living God. Acts 14:15 And saying, Sirs, why do you these things? We also are men of like passions with you... Romans 9:26 And it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said to them, You are not my people... 2 Corinthians 3:3 For as much as you are manifestly declared to be the letter of Christ ministered by us, written not with ink... 2 Corinthians 6:16 And what agreement has the temple of God with idols? for you are the temple of the living God; as God has said, I will dwell in them... 1 Thessalonians 1:9 For they themselves show of us what manner of entering in we had to you... Hebrews 3:12 Take heed, brothers, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. Hebrews 9:14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God... Hebrews 12:22 But you are come to mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels, Revelation 7:2 And I saw another angel ascending from the east, having the seal of the living God: and he cried with a loud voice to the four angels... the pillar. Jeremiah 1:18 For, behold, I have made you this day a defended city, and an iron pillar, and brazen walls against the whole land... Matthew 16:18,19 And I say also to you, That you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it... Matthew 18:18 Truly I say to you, Whatever you shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven... Romans 3:2 Much every way: chiefly, because that to them were committed the oracles of God. Galatians 2:9 And when James, Cephas, and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that was given to me... ground. or, stay. the truth. 1 Timothy 3:16 And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels... John 1:17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. John 14:6 Jesus said to him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes to the Father, but by me. John 18:37 Pilate therefore said to him, Are you a king then? Jesus answered, You say that I am a king. To this end was I born... 2 Corinthians 6:7 By the word of truth, by the power of God, by the armor of righteousness on the right hand and on the left, Galatians 3:1 O foolish Galatians, who has bewitched you, that you should not obey the truth... Ephesians 4:21 If so be that you have heard him, and have been taught by him, as the truth is in Jesus: Colossians 1:5 For the hope which is laid up for you in heaven, whereof you heard before in the word of the truth of the gospel;
Context The Mystery of Godliness
14These things write I to you, hoping to come to you shortly: 15But if I tarry long, that you may know how you ought to behave yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth. 16And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached to the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory. Parallel Verses American Standard Version
but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Darby Bible Translation
but if I delay, in order that thou mayest know how one ought to conduct oneself in God's house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and base of the truth.
King James Bible
But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
Young's Literal Translation
and if I delay, that thou mayest know how it behoveth thee to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is an assembly of the living God -- a pillar and foundation of the truth,
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