for want of which, some have lost themselves in frivolous disputes,

assisted by faith and a good conscience: for some having discarded the one, have entirely lost the other.

Now the spirit says expresly, that in the latter times some shall abandon the faith, by giving credit to seducing spirits, and the doctrine concerning demons;

for some have already revolted to paganism.

The vices of some men are so notorious, they prevent any inquisition: others don't discover themselves till they have been ordain'd.

which some having obtain'd, have revolted from the faith, and brought upon themselves variety of piercing pains.

O Timothy, keep what is deposited in your care, avoiding the prophane empty declamations and objections of a spurious science, which some have profess'd,

in a palace there are vessels not only of gold, and of silver, but of wood and of earth likewise: some are for honourable uses, and others for meaner purposes.

Let our brethren too learn some honest profession to supply their occasions, that they may not be destitute of an income.

for some when they had heard his voice, did provoke him: however, not all that were brought out of Egypt by Moses did so.

Since there remains then a rest which some are still to enter into, for they to whom the promise was first made, did not enter in, because of their incredulity;

as some do; but encourage one another: even so much the more, as you see the day approaching.

some of you being expos'd to publick obloquy and persecution: whilst others had their share of affliction in seeing such treatment.

for they. that make such a declaration, show plainly that they seek some other country.

women recovered their children, tho' dead, by their being raised to life again: some expired under torments, refusing to be delivered; that they might obtain a better deliverance at the resurrection.

be not unmindful of hospitality: for thereby some have unknowingly entertained angels.

for the mind is better improv'd by the gospel-dispensation, than by the distinctions about meats, in which some have been so uselesly vers'd.

My dear brethren, don't be surpriz'd at your being brought as it were to the test of fire; as if some strange thing had happen'd to you.

the Lord does not delay the accomplishment of his promise, as some do imagine. but he waits with patience upon our account, as being unwilling that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.

as it were in all his epistles, where he takes notice of these things: in which there are some passages that are difficult to understand, which the illiterate, and unstable wrest, as they do the rest of the scriptures, to their own ruin.

Make use of your discernment; some reprove:

fear none of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil shall cast some of you into prison, that ye may be tried; and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life.