But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it
And we also thank God constantly for this, that when you received the word of God, which you heard from us, you accepted it not as the word of men but as what it really is, the word of God, which is at work in you believers.
and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also.
Follow the pattern of the sound words that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.
because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake.
let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.
And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance of hope until the end,
Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.
and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.
One person esteems one day as better than another, while another esteems all days alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind.
that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God's mystery, which is Christ,
because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”
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