"These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:" — 1 Timothy 3:14

1 Timothy 3:14 · KJV

“These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:”

— 1 Timothy 3:14

For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. {used...: or, ministered}

Verse 15

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. {ground: or, stay}

1 Timothy 3 — Context

Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.

For they that have used the office of a deacon well purchase to themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus. {used...: or, ministered}

These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:

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. {ground: or, stay}

And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

Cross References

Philemon 1:22

But withal prepare me also a lodging: for I trust that through your prayers I shall be given unto you.

1 Corinthians 11:34

And if any man hunger, let him eat at home; that ye come not together unto condemnation. And the rest will I set in order when I come. {condemnation: or, judgment}

3 John 1:14

But I trust I shall shortly see thee, and we shall speak face to face.

2 John 1:12

Having many things to write unto you, I would not {write} with paper and ink: but I trust to come unto you, and speak face to face, that our joy may be full. {face to...: Gr. mouth to mouth} {our: or, your}

2 Corinthians 1:15-17

And in this confidence I was minded to come unto you before, that ye might have a second benefit; {benefit: or, grace}

1 Thessalonians 2:18

Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us.

1 Timothy 4:13

Till I come, give attendance to reading, to exhortation, to doctrine.

Hebrews 13:23

Know ye that {our} brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.