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- **I write to you these things ** - "I write these instructions to you"
- **and I hope to come to you soon ** - "although I hope to come to you very soon"
- **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 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)