¹³ And I have not hearkened to the voice of my directors, And to my teachers have not inclined mine ear.

¹⁸ having risen, I will go on unto my father, and will say to him, Father, I did sin -- to the heaven, and before thee,

⁸ he, therefore, who is despising -- doth not despise man, but God, who also did give His Holy Spirit to us.

¹² And we ask you, brethren, to know those labouring among you, and leading you in the Lord, and admonishing you,

¹³ and to esteem them very abundantly in love, because of their work; be at peace among yourselves;

⁷ Be mindful of those leading you, who did speak to you the word of God, whose faith -- considering the issue of the behaviour -- be imitating,