en_tn/1ti/03/14.md

translationWords

• en:tw:church
• en:tw:god
• en:tw:houseofgod
• en:tw:true

translationNotes

• **I write to you these things ** - I write to you these things - "I write these instructions to you"
• **and I hope to come to you soon ** - and I hope to come to you soon - "although I hope to come to you very soon"
• **but if I delay ** - but if I delay - "but in case I cannot make it there soon" or "but if something prevents me for being there soon"
• **I write so that ** - I write so that - "I write for the purpose that"
• the house of God ... must be guided - "how you must guide the family of God"
• pillar and support of the truth - The metaphor is of a large, strong platform on which God displays the truth. (See: en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_metaphor) The platform in turn is expressed as a synecdoche of its parts, the base and the upright. (See: en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_synecdoche)