1 Timothy 3:14-15
These things I write to you,
though I hope to come to you shortly;
but if I am delayed, I write
so that you may know how you ought to conduct yourself
in the house of God, which is the church of the living God,
the pillar and ground of the truth.
If you would check a variety of translations, you will get the solid realization that we, the church, God's assembly, are to be this pillar and foundation upholding the truth, which is Jesus ("I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life").
...how one ought to behave in the household of God, . ... that thou mayest know how one ought to conduct oneself in God's house, which is [the] assembly of [the] living God, [the] pillar and base of the truth.(DBT) ... I now write, so that you may have rules to guide you in dealing with God's household. For this is what the Church of the ever-living God is, and it is the pillar and foundation-stone of the truth.(WNT) ... that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.(WEB)
...and if I delay, that thou mayest know how it behoveth thee to conduct thyself in the house of God, which is an assembly of the living God -- a pillar and foundation of the truth.Young's Literal Translation
OK, so Who is the Truth? Jesus Christ.
which is the church of the living God,
a pillar and buttress of the truth. (ESV)
... 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. (NLT)
...so that you may know how it behooves one to conduct oneself
in the household of God, which is the church of the living God,
the pillar and base of the truth.(BLV)
... know how one ought to conduct himself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.(NAS)
...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.(KJV)
...you will know how everyone who belongs to God's family ought to behave.
After all, the church of the living God is the strong foundation of truth.(CEV)
... how people ought to conduct themselves in the household of God, because it is the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth.(NETB)
... that thou may know how it is expedient to behave thyself in the house of God, which is
the congregation {Gr. ekklesia – called out ones} of the living God, the pillar and base of the truth.(JB2000)
WHAT is the pillar and foundation( or ground - buttress - base - strong foundation- support - foundation-stone) of the Truth? It is the church --- the ekklesia ("called-out ones"), us, the members of the church.
Galatians 2:9
James and Cephas and John, those esteemed as pillars,
James, Kephas, and John, known to be the pillars...
James, Peter, and John, who were known as pillars of the churc,...
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Revelation 3:12
The one who is victorious I will make a pillar in the temple of My God, and he will never again leave it.
Ephesians 2:20
And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets,Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone.
IN the temple!
By church you mean an organization whereas the intention was for the believers (ekklesia) to be the pillars.
The foundation is NOT the apostles and prophets...The foundation of the apostles and prophets is Jesus Christ...More specifically, the words of Jesus Christ, the Bible...
Mat 16:18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
The perceived pillars don't build the foundation...They built upon the foundation...
1Co 3:9 For we are labourers together with God: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.
1Co 3:10 According to the grace of God which is given unto me, as a wise masterbuilder, I have laid the foundation, and another buildeth thereon. But let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon.
The foundation that Paul laid is the words of Jesus Christ...
1Co 3:11 For other foundation can no man lay than that is laid, which is Jesus Christ.
More specifically, the words of Jesus Christ, the scriptures...
Isa 28:16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
1Ti 3:15 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.
So what is the church of the living God???
1Pe 2:5 Ye also, as lively stones, are built up a spiritual house, an holy priesthood, to offer up spiritual sacrifices, acceptable to God by Jesus Christ.
The church of the living God is the house of God...And the house is spiritual...It is not physical...The church is not a building or a group of cardinals or a pope or a Magisterium or a visible institution...It is spiritual...You can't see it...And again, the pillar (singular) and ground (singular) of the truth is the words of the living God...
If you would check a variety of translations, you will get the solid realization that we, the church, God's assembly, are to be this pillar and foundation upholding the truth, which is Jesus ("I AM the Way, the Truth, and the Life").
And they all disagree with each other...Why would I use sources that disagree with each other...That would be like reading the Septuagint...
WHAT is the pillar and foundation( or ground - buttress - base - strong foundation- support - foundation-stone) of the Truth? It is the church
Well that's a flat out lie...
--- the ekklesia ("called-out ones"), us, the members of the church.
I don't believe your Church has ever portrayed itself as the ekklesia...Can the members of your Church vote out your pope, cardinals or bishops, or the magisterium??? Your Church is known as an institution...It's 'head' is in Rome and even claims your Church is actually Jesus Christ (his body)...
However, the scriptures always straighten out the false teachings of Rome...