1 Timothy 3:15 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
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.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
But, if I am delayed, you should know the manner in which it is necessary to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is the Church of the living God, the pillar and the foundation of truth.
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
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.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
but if I tarry long, that thou mayest know how men ought to behave themselves in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
LSV Literal Standard Version
and if I delay, that you may know how it is required to conduct yourself in the house of God, which is an assembly of the living God—a pillar and foundation of the truth,
Read in context · Literal Standard Version. Copyright © 2020 Covenant Press. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/englsv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Darby Darby Translation
but if I delay, in order 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.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
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.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
But if I tary long, that thou maist yet know, how thou oughtest to behaue thy self in ye house of God, which is the Church of the liuing God, the pillar and ground of trueth.
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
But if I delay, I am writing so that you may know how to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and support of the truth.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tyndale Tyndale New Testament (1534)
but and yf I tarie longe that then thou mayst yet have knowledge how thou oughtest to behave thy silfe in the housse of God which is the congregacion of the livinge God the pillar and grounde of trueth.
Individual translator
YLT Young's Literal Translation
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,
FBV Free Bible Version
if I'm delayed you'll know how people should behave themselves in God's house. This is the church of the living God, the support pillar and foundation of the truth.
Read in context · Free Bible Version. Copyright © 2018 Dr. Jonathan Gallagher. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engfbv/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
But if I am long in coming, this will make clear to you what behaviour is right for men in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of what is true.
Spanish
Catholic
Scío Scío de San Miguel New Testament (1797)
Y si tardáre, para que sepas cómo debes portarte en la casa de Dios, que es la Iglesia del Dios vivo, columna y apoyo de la verdad.
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Y si no fuere tan presto, para que sepas cómo te conviene conversar en la casa de Dios, que es la iglesia del Dios vivo, columna y apoyo de la verdad.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
para que, si me tardo, sepas cómo hay que comportarse en la familia de Dios, que es la iglesia del Dios vivo, columna y sostén de la verdad.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Pero, si demoro, [te escribo ]para que sepas cómo debes conducirte en la familia de Dios, que es [la] iglesia del Dios viviente, columna y fundamento de la verdad.
Read in context · Palabra de Dios para ti © 2020 Asociación Bíblica Latinoamericana. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spapddpt/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
si me demoro sepas cómo deben comportarse las personas en la casa de Dios. Esta es la iglesia del Dios viviente, el pilar de apoyo de la verdad.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Pero si me tardo, quiero que sepas cómo debe uno comportarse en la casa de Dios, que es la iglesia del Dios viviente, columna y fundamento de la verdad.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Orthodox
PT1904 Patriarchal Text 1904 (accented, eBible edition)
ἐὰν δὲ βραδύνω, ἵνα εἰδῇς πῶς δεῖ ἐν οἴκῳ Θεοῦ ἀναστρέφεσθαι, ἥτις ἐστὶν ἐκκλησία Θεοῦ ζῶντος, στῦλος καὶ ἑδραίωμα τῆς ἀληθείας.
PT Patriarchal Text (Antoniades 1904/1912)
εαν δε βραδυνω, ινα ειδης πως δει εν οικω θεου αναστρεφεσθαι, ητις εστιν εκκλησια θεου ζωντος, στυλος και εδραιωμα της αληθειας.
Read in context · Patriarchal Text, Antoniades 1904/1912 edition, verified by Maurice A. Robinson and Jussi Ala-Konni (https://github.com/byztxt/greektext-antoniades). Public domain.
Individual translator
TR Textus Receptus (Boyd collation)
ἐὰν δὲ βραδύνω, ἵνα εἰδῇς πῶς δεῖ ἐν οἴκῳ Θεοῦ ἀναστρέφεσθαι, ἥτις ἐστὶν ἐκκλησία Θεοῦ ζῶντος, στύλος καὶ ἑδραίωμα τῆς ἀληθείας.
Scholarly edition
RP2018 Byzantine Textform (Robinson-Pierpont 2018)
εαν δε βραδυνω ινα ειδησ πωσ δει εν οικω θεου αναστρεφεσθαι ητισ εστιν εκκλησια θεου ζωντοσ στυλοσ και εδραιωμα τησ αληθειασ
Nestle 1904 Nestle Greek New Testament (1904)
ἐὰν δὲ βραδύνω, ἵνα εἰδῇς πῶς δεῖ ἐν οἴκῳ Θεοῦ ἀναστρέφεσθαι, ἥτις ἐστὶν ἐκκλησία Θεοῦ ζῶντος, στῦλος καὶ ἑδραίωμα τῆς ἀληθείας.
SBLGNT SBL Greek New Testament
ἐὰν δὲ βραδύνω, ἵνα εἰδῇς πῶς δεῖ ἐν οἴκῳ θεοῦ ἀναστρέφεσθαι, ἥτις ἐστὶν ἐκκλησία θεοῦ ζῶντος, στῦλος καὶ ἑδραίωμα τῆς ἀληθείας·
Read in context · The Greek New Testament: SBL Edition. Copyright 2010 by the Society of Biblical Literature and Logos Bible Software. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/grcsbl/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
si autem tardavero, ut scias quomodo oporteat te in domo Dei conversari, quæ est ecclesia Dei vivi, columna et firmamentum veritatis.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
а҆́ще же заме́длю, да ᲂу҆вѣ́си, ка́кѡ подоба́етъ въ домꙋ̀ бж҃їи жи́ти, ꙗ҆́же є҆́сть цр҃ковь бг҃а жи́ва, сто́лпъ и҆ ᲂу҆твержде́нїе и҆́стины.
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
чтобы, если замедлю, ты знал, как должно поступать в доме Божием, который есть Церковь Бога живаго, столп и утверждение истины.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
αλλ' εάν βραδύνω, διά να εξεύρης πως πρέπει να πολιτεύησαι εν τω οίκω του Θεού, όστις είναι η εκκλησία του Θεού του ζώντος, ο στύλος και το εδραίωμα της αληθείας.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Ако ли се забавим, да знаш како треба живети у дому Божијем, који је црква Бога Живога, ступ и тврђа истине.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Ako li se zabavim, da znaš kako treba živeti u domu Božijem, koji je crkva Boga Živoga, stup i tvrđa istine.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
وَلَكِنْ إِنْ كُنْتُ أُبْطِئُ، فَلِكَيْ تَعْلَمَ كَيْفَ يَجِبُ أَنْ تَتَصَرَّفَ فِي بَيْتِ ٱللهِ، ٱلَّذِي هُوَ كَنِيسَةُ ٱللهِ ٱلْحَيِّ، عَمُودُ ٱلْحَقِّ وَقَاعِدَتُهُ.
Not in these translations (5)
Brenton, LXXUP, JPS, LXX, WLC