1 Timothy 3:14

14 These thinges write I vnto the trustinge to come shortly vnto the:

1 Timothy 3:14 Meaning and Commentary

1 Timothy 3:14

These things write I unto thee
Concerning the offices of bishops and deacons, their several qualifications, and the rules of judging of persons fit for such service:

hoping to come unto thee shortly;
at Ephesus. He could not tell whether he could come or not, and therefore makes no promise, but hoped he should; and since it was uncertain, he thought fit to write the above things for his instruction and use.

1 Timothy 3:14 In-Context

12 Let the deacons be the husbandes of one wyfe and suche as rule their chyldren well and their awne housholdes.

13 For they that minister well get them selves good degre and greate libertie in the fayth which is in Christ Iesu.

14 These thinges write I vnto the trustinge to come shortly vnto the:

15 but and yf I tarie longe yt then thou mayst yet have knowledge how thou oughtest to behave thy silfe in the housse of God which is the congregacion of the livinge God the pillar and grounde of trueth.

16 And with out naye great is that mistery of godlines: God was shewed in the flesshe was iustified in the sprete was sene of angels was preached vnto the gentyls was beleved on in erth and receaved vp in glory.