in hope of eternal life, which God, who cannot lie, promised before all ages;

who subvert whole families, teaching what they ought not, for shameful gain:

not attending to Jewish fables, and the precepts of men who turn away from the truth.

that he who opposeth it may be ashamed, having no evil to say of you.

who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify to Himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

This is a word which ought to believed and observed, and concerning these things I would have thee stedfastly affirm, that they who have believed in God be careful to excel in good works: for these things are good and profitable to men.