1 Timothy 3:14

These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly,

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

13For those who have served well gain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.

15but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 16:5I will come to you when I have passed through Macedonia, for I am passing through Macedonia.

1 Thessalonians 2:18because we wanted to come to you—indeed, I, Paul, once and again—but Satan hindered us.

Philemon 1:22Also, prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.

2 John 1:12Having many things to write to you, I don’t want to do so with paper and ink, but I hope to come to you and to speak face to face, that our joy may be made 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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