At this high point in Paul’s letter to Timothy, he lays out the remarkable role God has given to his church, and the glorious truth that we have been given to proclaim. That truth is that ‘the mystery of godliness’ has been ‘manifested in the flesh’—and it has the potential to transform the way we see the good news of the gospel.
The head of the household
1 Timothy 3:14–16
The Mystery of Godliness
14 I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that, 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. 16 Great indeed, we confess, is the mystery of godliness:
He was manifested in the flesh,
vindicated by the Spirit,
seen by angels,
proclaimed among the nations,
believed on in the world,
taken up in glory.

