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.

And so, ¹  since we have been justified by his grace, we become heirs with the confident expectation of eternal life.” ² 

Make every effort to help ¹  Zenas the lawyer ²  and Apollos on their way; make sure they have what they need. ³ 

This saying ¹  is trustworthy, and I want you to insist on such truths, ²  so that those who have placed their faith in God may be intent on engaging in good works. These things are good and beneficial for all people.

he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,

Reject a divisive person after one or two warnings.

But now in his own time ¹  he has made his message evident through the preaching I was entrusted with according to the command of God our Savior.

who must be silenced because they mislead whole families by teaching for dishonest gain what ought not to be taught.

and not pay attention to Jewish myths ¹  and commands of people who reject the truth.

and a sound message that cannot be criticized, so that any opponent will be at a loss, ¹  because he has nothing evil to say about us.

Here is another way that our people ¹  can learn ²  to engage in good works to meet pressing needs and so not be unfruitful.

He must hold firmly to the faithful message as it has been taught, ¹  so that he will be able to give exhortation in such healthy teaching ²  and correct those who speak against it.

For there are many ¹  rebellious people, idle talkers, and deceivers, especially those with Jewish connections, ² 

Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, ¹  sound in faith, in love, and in endurance. ² 

In this way ¹  they will train ²  the younger women to love their husbands, to love their children,

So communicate these things with the sort of exhortation or rebuke ¹  that carries full authority. ²  Don’t let anyone look down ³  on you.

But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, ¹  quarrels, and fights about the law, ²  because they are useless and empty.

You know ¹  that such a person is twisted by sin ²  and is conscious of it himself. ³ 

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

From Paul, ¹  a slave ²  of God and apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the faith ³  of God’s chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth that is in keeping with godliness,