For this cause I have sent to you Timothy, who is my beloved son, and faithful in the Lord, who shall remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach every where in every church.

But I say this by way of advice, not by way of precept. For I would that all men were even as myself:

There hath no temptation taken you, but such as is common to man; and God is faithful, who will not suffer you to be tempted above your ability, but will with the temptation make also a way to escape, that ye may be able to bear it.

And yet I shew unto you a more excellent way.

For I will not see you now in my way; but hope to stay some time with you, if the Lord permit.