...The language of the first verse of our text leads to this conclusion. These things write I unto thec, hoping to come unto thee shortly. But, if I tarry...thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God. This is surely the language of a person omitting much that he might have urged, because he expected...

...man know not how to rule his own house, how shall be take care of the church of God ? 1 Tim. iii. 5. But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou...behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth, 15. cThat in blessing I will bless thee, and...

...intention to return to Timothy at Ephesus, and not of his expecting Timothy to come to him in Macedonia: " These things write I unto, thee, hoping to come unto...shortly; but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how tkou oughtestto behave thyself." (Chap. iii. 14, 15.) " Till I come give attendance to reading, to...

...charge you by the Lord, that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren.' 1 Tim. iii. 15. ' — if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God.' 2 Tim. iii. 15—17. ' from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee...

...The Church of God is, in the Scriptures, frequently compared to a house. St. Paul says to Timothy, " That thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God." All true believers, regenerated by the Holy Spirit, are, by St. Peter, denominated...

...house means the same as church, is plain from 1 Tim. iii. 16. " But if I tarry long, that thou may 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." In this verse the house of God is said to be...

...ver. 18, he says, " this charge I commit Bnto thee, son Timothy." Chap iii. 14, " These things I write unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly ; but if I tarry long, that thon raayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God." Chap. iv. 13, "Till I come,...

...the church, first Apostles, secondarily prophets, thirdly teachers," &c. " That thou mightest knowhow thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of God, which is the church of the living God." " Gaius, mine host, and of the whole church, saluteth you." These and similar expressions,...

...Episcopal and Ministerial Duties by the Remembrance of the sublimer Doctrines of the Christian Religion. 14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly : 15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of...

...Episcopal and Ministerial Duties by the Remembrance of the sublimer Doctrines of the Christian Religion. 14 These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly : 15 But if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how thou oughtest to behave thyself in the house of...