¹³ Hold the pattern of sound words which thou hast heard from me, in faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

⁹ holding to the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able to exhort in the sound doctrine, and to convict the gainsayers.

¹⁴ But abide thou in the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, knowing of whom thou hast learned them.

² And the things which thou hast heard from me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.

¹⁴ and the grace of our Lord abounded exceedingly with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.

⁹ The things which ye both learned and received and heard and saw in me, these things do: and the God of peace shall be with you.

¹⁷ But thanks be to God, that, whereas ye were servants of sin, ye became obedient from the heart to that form of teaching whereunto ye were delivered;

²⁰ a corrector of the foolish, a teacher of babes, having in the law the form of knowledge and of the truth;

²⁷ Only let your manner of life be worthy of the gospel of Christ: that, whether I come and see you and be absent, I may hear of your state, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one soul striving for the faith of the gospel;

¹⁰ for fornicators, for abusers of themselves with men, for menstealers, for liars, for false swearers, and if there be any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine;

³ If any man teacheth a different doctrine, and consenteth not to sound words, `even' the words of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine which is according to godliness;

¹ But speak thou the things which befit the sound doctrine:

³ Beloved, while I was giving all diligence to write unto you of our common salvation, I was constrained to write unto you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered unto the saints.

³ Remember therefore how thou hast received and didst hear; and keep `it', and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.

¹¹ I come quickly: hold fast that which thou hast, that no one take thy crown.

²¹ prove all things; hold fast that which is good;

²³ Buy the truth, and sell it not; `Yea', wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

¹⁴ That good thing which was committed unto `thee' guard through the Holy Spirit which dwelleth in us.

²¹ My son, let them not depart from thine eyes; Keep sound wisdom and discretion:

⁴ And he taught me, and said unto me: Let thy heart retain my words; Keep my commandments, and live;

⁵ Get wisdom, get understanding; Forget not, neither decline from the words of my mouth;

⁶ Forsake her not, and she will preserve thee; Love her, and she will keep thee.

⁷ Wisdom `is' the principal thing; `therefore' get wisdom; Yea, with all thy getting get understanding.

⁸ Exalt her, and she will promote thee; She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.

¹³ Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: Keep her; for she is thy life.

⁸ sound speech, that cannot be condemned; that he that is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say of us.

¹⁴ Having then a great high priest, who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

²³ let us hold fast the confession of our hope that it waver not; for he is faithful that promised:

²⁵ Nevertheless that which ye have, hold fast till I come.

¹⁸ She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: And happy is every one that retaineth her.

⁶ but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end.

¹⁴ Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might.

⁴ having heard of your faith in Christ Jesus, and of the love which ye have toward all the saints,