1 Timothy 3:16
By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great:
What it says
By common confession, Paul says, the mystery of godliness is great.
What it is doing
It closes the chapter by lifting ordered church life into shared confession.
In context
14Although I hope to come to you soon, I am writing you these things 15in case I am delayed, so that you will know how each one must conduct himself in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth. 16By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: