keeping hold of faith and a good conscience. Certain individuals have scouted the good conscience and thus come to grief over their faith ??20 including Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have made over to Satan. That will teach them to stop their blasphemous ongoings!

Though I hope to come to you before long, I am writing to you in this way,

Attend to your Scripture-reading, your preaching, and your teaching, till I come.

Some people's sins are notorious and call for judgment, but in some cases sin only comes out afterwards.

amassing right good treasure for themselves in the world to come, in order to secure the life which is life indeed.