I am writing these things to you, though I am hoping to come to you before long;

If you keep these things before the minds of the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, trained in the words of the faith and of the right teaching which has been your guide:

I give you orders before God and Christ Jesus and the angels of God's selection, to keep these orders without giving thought to one side more than another.

The sins of some men are clearly seen, going before them to be judged; but with others, their sins go after them.

I give you orders before God, the giver of life, and Christ Jesus, who before Pontius Pilate gave witness to the faith,