10 the sexually immoral, men who practice homosexuality, enslavers,¹ liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to ^tsound² doctrine,

A Good Servant of Christ Jesus

6 ⁱIf you put these things before the brothers,¹ you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have ^jfollowed.

13 Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching.

16 ^yKeep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save ^zboth yourself and ^ayour hearers.

17 Let the elders ^zwho rule well be considered worthy of ^adouble honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching.

1 ^oLet all who are under a yoke as bondservants¹ regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, ^pso that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled.

3 If anyone ^steaches a different doctrine and does not agree with ^tthe sound¹ words of our Lord Jesus Christ and the teaching ^uthat accords with godliness, 4 ^vhe is puffed up with conceit and ^wunderstands nothing. He has an unhealthy craving for ^xcontroversy and for ^yquarrels about words, which produce envy, dissension, slander, evil suspicions,