1 Timothy 3:14

I write these things to you, hoping to come to you shortly;

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

13For those who have filled the office of a deacon well, gain for themselves a good degree, and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

15but if I delay, that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 16:5Now I will come to you, when I have passed through Macedonia, for I intend to go through Macedonia;

1 Thessalonians 2:18For this reason, we intended to go to you, (I Paul) both once and again, but Satan hindered us.

Philemon 1:22At the same time, also, prepare me a lodging: for I hope that through the prayers of you all, I may be given to you.

2 John 1:12Though I have many things to write to you, I determined not to communicate them by means of paper and ink: for I hope to come to you, and to speak mouth to mouth, that our joy may be full.

Matthew Henry on 1 Timothy 3:9-14

Qualifications of Deacons. ( a. d. 64.) 8 Likewise must the deacons be grave, not doubletongued, not given to much wine, not greedy of filthy lucre; 9 Holding the mystery of the faith in a pure conscience. 10 And let these also first be proved; then let them use the office of a deacon, being found blameless. 11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things. 12 Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. 13 For they that have used… Read the whole commentary →

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