And the servant who had knowledge of his lord's desires and was not ready for him and did not do as he was ordered, will be given a great number of blows;

If these things are clear to you, happy are you if you do them.

Now about things offered to images: we all seem to ourselves to have knowledge. Knowledge gives pride, but love gives true strength.

The man who has knowledge of how to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

Approvest the things that are more excellent

So that you may give your approval to the best things; that you may be true and without wrongdoing till the day of Christ;

But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.

Being instructed

Now those things which were put down in writing before our time were for our learning, so that through quiet waiting and through the comfort of the holy Writings we might have hope.

The orders of the Lord are right, making glad the heart: the rule of the Lord is holy, giving light to the eyes.

Your teaching has made me wiser than my haters: for it is mine for ever.

For the rule is a light, and the teaching a shining light; and the guiding words of training are the way of life.

And that from the time when you were a child, you have had knowledge of the holy Writings, which are able to make you wise to salvation, through faith in Christ Jesus.