Or to give attention to stories and long lists of generations, from which come questionings and doubts, in place of God's ordered way of life which is in faith;

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

But if I am long in coming, this will make clear to you what behaviour is right for men in the house of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and base of what is true.

Yet for this reason I found mercy, so that in me as the foremost [of sinners], Jesus Christ might demonstrate His perfect patience as an example or pattern for those who would believe in Him for eternal life.

Stedfast is the word: If any one the oversight doth long for, a right work he desireth;

virtue wears no disguise, and vice cannot be long conceal'd.