8: 34, 35. In the first century C.E., the apostle Paul told the Christian elder Timothy that the Christian congregation was “God’s household ” and“ a pillar and support of the truth. ”
مُنْذُ زَمَنِ إِسْرَائِيلَ ٱلْقَدِيمَةِ ،‏ يَسْتَخْدِمُ يَهْوَه تَرْتِيبَ ٱلْجَمَاعَةِ لِيَمُدَّ شَعْبَهُ بِٱلْغِذَاءِ ٱلرُّوحِيِّ وَيَمْنَحَهُمُ ٱلتَّوْجِيهَ .‏