that we, being rescued from the hand of our enemies, may serve him without fear,

Now if Timothy comes, see that he has nothing to fear among you, for he is doing the Lord’s work, as I am too.

and most of the brothers and sisters, having confidence in the Lord because of my imprisonment, now more than ever dare to speak the word fearlessly.

These men are dangerous reefs at your love feasts, feasting without reverence, feeding only themselves. They are waterless clouds, carried along by the winds; autumn trees without fruit – twice dead, uprooted;