^3:15in case I am delayed, to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves²⁰ in the household of God, because it is²¹ the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth.

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Footnotes

20 Grk “how it is necessary to behave.”
21 Grk “which is” (but the relative clause shows the reason for such conduct).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

But if I should be delayed, I have written so that 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.

NLTNew Living Translation

so that if I am delayed, you will know how people must conduct themselves in the household of God. This is the church of the living God, which is the pillar and foundation of the truth.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

But if I am delayed, I am writing in order that you may know how one must conduct oneself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and mainstay of the truth.

KJV 1900King James Version

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 ground of the truth.

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