but if I wait long, that you may know how men ought to behave themselves in God’s house, which is the assembly of the living God, the pillar and ground of the truth.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 15. The pillar and ground of the truth. By the promises of Christ to direct his Church by the infallible spirit of truth; (see John 16:7. Matthew 28:20. and so forth Witham.) and therefore, the Church of the living God can never uphold error, nor bring in corruptions, superstition, or idolatry. Challoner.—That the Church, the pillar and ground of truth, is to be conducted by the constant superintendence and guidance of the Holy Spirit into all truth to the consummation of days, every one whose mind is not strangely prejudiced may easily discover in various places of the inspired writings.