Only do lead lives worthy of the gospel of Christ; so that whether I come to see you or hear reports concerning you in my absence, I may know that you are standing firm in one spirit, with one soul, enlisted in a common struggle for the faith of the gospel,

But try all, holding fast to the good.

He must hold to the faithful word according to the teaching, so that he may be able both to encourage by sound teaching, and to confute our opponents.

but Christ as a Son in his own house; and we are that house, if we retain the cheerful courage and pride of our hope firm unto the end.

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope, unwavering (for He is faithful who promised);

Beloved, although I was making all haste to write to you in regard to our common salvation, I am compelled to write you an appeal to defend the faith once for all committed to the saints.

I say that I am imposing upon you no fresh burden; only hold fast what you have till I come.

Call to mind, then, what you have received and heard, and hold to it, and repent. Unless you are on the watch, I will come as a thief, and you will never know at what hour I am coming upon you.

The form

an instructor of the foolish, a teacher of the young, because you have in the Law the form of knowledge and of the truth??ell then, you who are teaching others, do you ever teach yourself?

But God be thanked that you who were once the slaves of sin have obeyed from your hearts that type of teaching to which you were appointed;

for the immoral, for sexual perverts, for slave dealers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching,

If any one teaches heterodoxy, and refuses to consent to the wholesome words of the Lord Jesus Christ, and to the teachings of religion,

But do you, on your part, speak what becomes sound teaching;

Which

The teachings which you have heard from me, attested by many witnesses, deliver into the keeping of faithful men, who in their turn will be able to teach others also.

Put in practise also what you have learned and received and heard and seen in me; and the God of peace shall be with you.

In faith

(since I heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and your love to all the saints)

And the grace of our Lord overflowed with faith and love that is in Christ Jesus.

General references

But do you, on your part, speak what becomes sound teaching;