1 Timothy 3:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Bible Comments

if. App-118.

tarry long. delay. Greek. braduno. Here and 2 Peter 3:9.

that. in order that. Greek. Heir,

behave thyself. Greek. anastrepho. See 2 Corinthians 1:12. An alternative reading, as Revised Version, "how men ought to behave themselves".

pillar. Greek. stulos. See Galatians 1:2; Galatians 1:9.

ground Greek. hedraiomo Only here.

1 Timothy 3:15

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 groundb of the truth.