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I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that,
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if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.
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Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness: 1He was manifested in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, 2seen by angels, 3proclaimed among the nations, 4believed on in the world, 5taken up in glory.