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1 Timothy 3:14 KJV
1 Timothy · chapter 3 · verse 14
These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:1 Timothy 3:14 · King James Version
1 Timothy 3:14 in context
12Let the deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well.
13For 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.
14These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
15But 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.
16And 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.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- shortlytachionmore swiftly, more quicklyG5032 →
- hopingelpizōto hope, in a religious sense, to wait for salvation with joy and full confidence…G1679 →
- comeerchomaito come, of persons, to come from one place to another, and used both of persons arriving…G2064 →
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He concludes the chapter with a particular direction to Timothy. He hoped shortly to come to him, to give him further directions and assistance in his work, and to see that Christianity was well planted, and took root well, at Ephesus; he therefore wrote the more briefly to him.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 14-16