If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.

he that is clear of vice, is a vessel of the first kind, sanctified and fit for the master's use, and qualified for every virtuous action.

And the slave of the Lord must not quarrel, but be kind toward everyone, skillful in teaching, tolerant,

They are the kind of people who enter homes and influence [morally] weak-willed women, loaded down with sins, [and] led on by all kinds of evil desires.

persecutions and sufferings. You know what kind of things happened to me at Antioch, Iconium and Lystra [See Acts 13:13-14:23], and what [severe] persecutions I experienced [there]. But the Lord rescued me from all of them.

to make the man of God proficient and equip him for good work of every kind.