13. For those that minister well purchase to themselves a good degree and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus.
14. These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly
15. But if I tarry long, 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.
16. And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.