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¹ Thou therefore, my son, be strong in the grace of our Lord Jeshu Meshiha.² And those (doctrines) which thou hast heard from me by many witnesses, them commit to faithful men, who are also able to teach others.³ And endure evils as a good soldier of Jeshu Meshiha.⁴ No man serveth as a soldier, and entangleth himself with the affairs of the world, that he might please him who hath chosen him.⁵ And if one contendeth, he is not crowned, unless according to his law he contend.⁶ It becometh the husbandman who laboureth that he should first eat of his fruits.⁷ Understand what I say to thee. Our Lord give thee wisdom in all things.

⁸ Remember Jeshu Meshiha, that he arose from among the dead, he who is of the seed of David, according to my gospel;⁹ for which I endure evils unto bonds, as an evil-doer: but the word of Aloha is not bound.¹⁰ Therefore I endure every thing on account of the elect, that they also may find salvation in Jeshu Meshiha, with the glory that is eternal.¹¹ Faithful is the word: For if we be dead with him, With him also we shall live;¹² And if we endure, We shall also reign with him; But, if we deny him, He also will deny us !¹³ And if we believe him not, He in his faithfulness abideth; For deny himself he cannot.

¹⁴ Of these (truths) remind them, and testify before our Lord, that they contend not with unprofitable words, to the overturning of those who hear them.¹⁵ And be careful to establish thyself perfectly before Aloha, a workman without shame, preaching rightly the word of truth.¹⁶ From vain words which have no utility in them withdraw; for they add greatly to the wickedness of those who are occupied with them.¹⁷ And their words as an eating cancer will lay hold upon many: but one of them is Hymeneos, and another Philetos,¹⁸ who have erred from the truth, saying, that the resurrection of the dead hath been, and the faith of some overturning.

¹⁹ But the true foundation of Aloha standeth; and it hath this signature: And the Lord knoweth them who are his. And, Let every one who invoketh the name of the Lord depart from iniquity.²⁰ But in a great house there are not vessels of gold only or of silver, but also of wood, also of clay: of them (some are) to honour, and of them (some) to dishonour.²¹ If a man then purify himself from these, he will be a pure vessel unto honour, fitted for the use of his Lord, and prepared for every good work.

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