true, I baptized the family of Stephanas: but I don't know that I baptized any other besides.

This I don't write to give you any confusion, but by way of remonstrance, to you who are my dear children.

'tis for this end I have sent you Timothy, who is my dear disciple, and a faithful christian, who will inform you how I behave my self in every church where I teach the gospel of Christ.

"meat is design'd for the belly, and the belly for meat:" true, yet God has design'd both for destruction. now the body is not design'd for licentiousness, but for the glory of the Lord; since the Lord died for the glorification of the body:

for first, I hear, that when you come together in the church, you fall into parties; and I believe it is true of some of you.