There is no "house" there of any kind. "House" is "oikos" or I beleive "oikia" at times. The word there is "ekklesia", that relates to community or assembly.
"There is no "house" there of any kind. "House" is "oikos" or I beleive "oikia" at times. The word there is "ekklesia", that relates to community or assembly."
Alex is right, bd.
"There is no "house" there of any kind. "House" is "oikos"
I think you will find the word house is in verse 3:4, 3:5, 3:12 and in 3:15, and in fact, "which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth", modifies it. And you are right the "word there is "ekklesia", that relates to community or assembly", not an institution or place. Since Paul is using the word house in 4,5, and 12 to mean family or household, it stands to reason it carries the same meaning in 15.
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."