<t /><p class="bodytext">When I send Artemas or Tychicus to you, do your best to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.

<t /><p class="bodytext">Remind them to be subject to rulers and<n id="1" /> authorities, to be obedient, to be ready for every good work.

They must not slander<n id="1" /> anyone, but be peaceable, gentle, showing complete courtesy to all people.

They profess to know God but with their deeds they deny him, since they are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.p>