who would have all men to be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth.

These things write I unto thee, hoping to come unto thee shortly;

for bodily exercise is profitable for a little; but godliness is profitable for all things, having promise of the life which now is, and of that which is to come.

Till I come, give heed to reading, to exhortation, to teaching.

laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on the life which is life indeed.