We Are A Pillar and Buttress of Truth

I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that, 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. 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.

(1 Timothy 3:14-16, ESV)