1 Timothy 3:14

Although I am hoping to come to you before long,

Montgomery 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 well discharged the duties of a deacon are gaining an honorable position for themselves, as well as much fearless confidence in the faith of Christ Jesus.

15I am writing this to you in case I should be detained, to let you see how you ought to behave in the household of God - the Church of the everliving God, the pillar and mainstay of the truth.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 16:5Now I shall come to you after I have gone through Macedonia.

1 Thessalonians 2:18For that reason I would fain have visited you - I, Paul, again and again - but Satan hindered me.

Philemon 1:22Please also prepare for me a lodging, for I am hoping by your prayers to be restored to you again.

2 John 1:12I have many things to write to you, but I would not write them with paper and ink. I hope to come to you and to talk with you face to face, so that your 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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