1 Timotius 3:15

3:15 in case I am delayed, to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves ¹  in the household of God, because it is ²  the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth.

1 Timotius 3:12

3:12 Deacons must be husbands of one wife ³  and good managers of their children and their own households.

[3:15]  ¹ tn Grk “how it is necessary to behave.”

[3:15]  ² tn Grk “which is” (but the relative clause shows the reason for such conduct).

[3:12]  ³ tn Or “men married only once,” “devoted solely to their wives” (see the note on “wife” in 1 Tim 3:2; also 1 Tim 5:9; Titus 1:6).