But she will be saved through childbearing, if she continues in faith, love, and holiness, with good judgment.

(If anyone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he take care of God’s church?)

But if I should be delayed, I have written so that you will know how people ought to act in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

If you point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of the faith and the good teaching that you have followed.

Pay close attention to your life and your teaching; persevere in these things, for by doing this you will save both yourself and your hearers.

and will therefore receive condemnation because they have renounced their original pledge.

Publicly rebuke those who sin, so that the rest will also be afraid.

All who are under the yoke as slaves must regard their own masters to be worthy of all respect, so that God’s name and His teaching will not be blasphemed.

But if we have food and clothing,
we will be content with these.

God will bring this about in His own time. He is

the blessed and only Sovereign,
the King of kings,
and the Lord of lords,