holding firm the faithful word according to the teaching, so that he may also be able to exhort by the sound doctrine, and to correct those who contradict.

This testimony is true, because of which reason, reprove them harshly, so that they may be sound in the faith,

But speak thou the things that are fitting for the sound doctrine.

Aged men are to be without wine, noble, serious minded, sound in faith, in love, in perseverance.

sound speech, irreproachable, so that the man of opposition may be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.

When I will send Artemas to thee, or Tychicus. Be diligence to come to me in Nicopolis, for I have decided to winter there.