1Ti 3:15, 5:17, Heb 3:5, 13:7, 17 | ESV | STEP | 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 .

a Rom. 12:8; 1 Thess. 5:12; [1 Cor. 12:28]

b Deut. 21:17

c ver. 2; Cited from Num. 12:7

d Ex. 14:31; Deut. 34:5; Josh. 1:2; 8:31; Ps. 105:26; Rev. 15:3

e Deut. 18:15, 18, 19

f ver. 17, 24

g[ch. 6:12]

h ver. 7, 24

iSee Ezek. 3:17

j Jer. 13:20; Ezek. 34:10

k[Acts 20:24, 31]

1 Timothy 3:15

15 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.

1 Timothy 5:17

17 Let the elders ^awho rule well be considered worthy of ^bdouble honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.

Hebrews 3:5

5 ^cNow Moses was faithful in all God’s house ^das a servant, ^eto testify to the things that were to be spoken later,

Hebrews 13:7

7 Remember ^fyour leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and ^gimitate their faith.

Hebrews 13:17

17 Obey ^hyour leaders and submit to them, ⁱfor they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to ^jgive an account. ^kLet them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.