1 Timothy 3:15
so that, if I am delayed, you will know how people ought to live in God's household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
Treated in 6 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Communion with God ·
Of communion with Christ in privileges cites 1 Tim. iii. 15
…they are held out in his church according to his mind. The church is the “house of God,” 1 Tim. iii. 15; Heb. iii. 6; herein he keeps and maintains his whole family, ordering them according to…
- The Bondage of the Will ·
Exordium cites 1 Tim. iii. 15
…of the world. (Matt. xxviii. 20.) And the Church is the pillar and ground of the truth. (1 Tim. iii. 15.) These things, I say, we know; for the Creed which we all hold runs thus, “I believe in…
- A Body of Divinity ·
The Scriptures cites I Tim 3:15
…its divine authority from the church; and in proof of it they bring that Scripture, I Tim 3:15, where the church is said to be the ground and pillar of truth. It is true, the church is…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 1 — Of the True Church cites 1 Tim. 3:15
…the designation given to her, “the house of God,” “the pillar and ground of the truth” (1 Tim. 3:15). By these words Paul intimates, that to prevent the truth from perishing in the world.…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 2 — Comparison Between the False Church and the True cites 1 Tim. 3:15
…it has given way. Again, if the true Church is “the pillar and ground of the truth” (1 Tim. 3:15), it is certain that there is no Church where lying and falsehood have usurped the…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 8 — Of the Power of the Church in Articles of Faith cites 1 Tim. 3:15
…(Eph. 5:26, 27), and that it is therefore called the “pillar and ground of the truth” (1 Tim. 3:15). But the former passage rather shows what Christ daily performs in it, than what he has…