14 These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;
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Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you these instructions so that,
15 but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
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if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.