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1 Timothy 3:14
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These things write I vnto thee, hoping to come vnto thee shortly.
These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:
I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that,
I am writing these things to you, hoping to come to you before long;
Although I hope I can come to you soon, I am writing these things to you now.
I am writing these things to you, hoping to come to you before long;
I am writing these things to you, hoping to come to you soon,
Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you these things
I hope to visit you soon. But I am writing these instructions,
I hope to visit you soon; but I am writing these things
These things I write to thee, hoping to come to thee more quickly;
I hope I can come to you soon. But I am writing this to you now,
These things write I vnto thee, trusting to come very shortly vnto thee.
These things I write to you, although hoping to come to you shortly,
As I write this letter to you, I hope to come and see you soon.
I am writing these things to you, hoping to come to you in a short time.
I write these things to you, hoping to come to you shortly.
I hope to come to you before long, but I am writing these instructions to you
These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly;
I am writing these things to you, though I am hoping to come to you before long;
These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;
I hope to come to you soon. However, I'm writing this to you
These I write to thee, hoping soon to come to thee;
These things I write to thee, while hoping soon to come to thee;
These thynges write I vnto thee, hopyng to come shortly vnto thee:
These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly;
These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;
These things I write to thee, hoping to come to thee shortly:
All this I write to you, though I am hoping before long to come to see you.
Sone Timothe, Y write to thee these thingis, hopinge that Y schal come soon to thee;
These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;
These things I write to thee, hoping to come to thee shortly:
I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions to you
These things I write to you, though I hope to come to you shortly;
I am writing these things to you now, even though I hope to be with you soon,
I hope to come to you soon. I am writing these things
I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions to you so that,
These things, unto thee, I am writing, hoping to come unto theeshortly, -
These things I write to thee, hoping that I shall come to thee shortly.
I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions to you so that,
These thinges write I vnto the trustinge to come shortly vnto the:
These things I write to thee, hoping to come unto thee soon,
These thinges wryte I vnto the, trustinge shortly to come vnto the:
This I write, tho' I hope to make you a visit in a little time, that in case I am retarded,
I hope to visit you soon, but just in case I'm delayed, I'm writing this letter so you'll know how things ought to go in God's household, this God-alive church, bastion of truth. This Christian life is a great mystery, far exceeding our understanding, but some things are clear enough: He appeared in a human body, was proved right by the invisible Spirit, was seen by angels. He was proclaimed among all kinds of peoples, believed in all over the world, taken up into heavenly glory.
Even though I hope to see you soon, I want you to have all this stuff in writing.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
hoping: 1 Timothy 4:13, 1 Corinthians 11:34, 1 Corinthians 16:5-7, 2 Corinthians 1:15-17, 1 Thessalonians 2:18, Philemon 1:22, Hebrews 13:23, 2 John 1:12, 3 John 1:14
Reciprocal: 1 John 2:1 - these Revelation 1:20 - and the
Cross-References
Now the serpent was the most cunning of all the wild animals that the Lord God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You can’t eat from any tree in the garden’?”
I will put hostility between you and the woman,and between your offspring and her offspring.He will strike your head,and you will strike his heel.
The man named his wife Eve because she was the mother of all the living.
Whoever sheds human blood,by humans his blood will be shed,for God made humans in his image.
Therefore you are to distinguish the clean animal from the unclean one, and the unclean bird from the clean one. Do not become contaminated by any land animal, bird, or whatever crawls on the ground; I have set these apart as unclean for you.
May desert tribes kneel before himand his enemies lick the dust.
You will be brought down;you will speak from the ground,and your words will come from low in the dust.Your voice will be like that of a spirit from the ground;your speech will whisper from the dust.
The wolf and the lamb will feed together,and the lion will eat straw like cattle,but the serpent’s food will be dust!They will not do what is evil or destroyon my entire holy mountain,”says the Lord.
They will lick the dust like a snake;they will come trembling out of their hiding placeslike reptiles slithering on the ground.They will tremble in the presence of the Lord our God;they will stand in awe of you.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly - That is, he hoped to come there to give instructions personally, or to finish, himself, the work which he had commenced in Ephesus, and which had been interrupted by his being driven so unexpectedly away. This verse proves that the apostle Paul did not regard Timothy as the permanent diocesan bishop of Ephesus. Would any Episcopal bishop write this to another bishop? If Timothy were the permanent prelate of Ephesus, would Paul have intimated that he expected soon to come and take the work of completing the arrangements there into his own hands? In regard to his expectation of going soon to Ephesus, see the notes on 1 Timothy 1:3; compare the Introduction to the Epistle.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 14. These things write I — That is: I write only these things; because I hope to come unto thee shortly.