3:14 I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these instructions 1 to you 3:15 in case I am delayed, to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves 2 in the household of God, because it is 3 the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth.
1 tn Grk “these things.”
2 tn Grk “how it is necessary to behave.”
3 tn Grk “which is” (but the relative clause shows the reason for such conduct).