Catholic Public Domain Version
"I am writing these things to you, with the hope that I will come to you soon. "
— 1 Timothy 3:14, Catholic Public Domain Version
“These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:”
“These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly; ”
“These things I write to you, hoping to come to you shortly;”
“Conduct in God’s Church I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions to you”
“These things I write to thee, hoping that I shall come to thee shortly.”
“I am writing these things to you, though I am hoping to come to you before long;”
“These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly:”
Similarly, the women must be chaste, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
Deacons should be the husband of one wife, men who lead their own children and their own houses well.
For those who have ministered well will acquire for themselves a good position, and much confidence in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
I am writing these things to you, with the hope that I will come to you soon.
But, if I am delayed, you should know the manner in which it is necessary to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the Church of the living God, the pillar and the foundation of truth.
And it is clearly great, this mystery of piety, which was manifested in the flesh, which was justified in the Spirit, which has appeared to Angels, which has been preached to the Gentiles, which is believed in the world, which has been taken up in glory.