keepingfaithand a goodconscience,whichsomehave rejectedand suffered shipwreckin regardto their faith.
"And whoof you by being worriedcanadda [single] hourto his life?
For there mustalsobe factionsamongyou, sothat thosewho are approvedmay becomeevidentamongyou.
You have been severedfrom Christ,you whoare seeking to be justifiedby law;you have fallenfrom grace.
But the goalof our instructionis lovefrom a pureheartand a goodconscienceand a sincerefaith.
[but] holdingto the mysteryof the faithwith a clearconscience.
Fightthe goodfightof faith;take holdof the eternallifeto whichyou were called,and you madethe goodconfessionin the presenceof manywitnesses.
whichsomehave professedand thus gone astrayfrom the faith.Gracebe with you.
But thosewho wantto get richfallinto temptationand a snareand manyfoolishand harmfuldesireswhichplungemeninto ruinand destruction.
[men] whohave gone astrayfrom the truthsayingthat the resurrectionhas alreadytaken place,and they upsetthe faithof some.
and will turn awaytheir earsfrom the truthand will turn asideto myths.
holding fastthe faithfulwordwhich is in accordancewith the teaching,sothat he will be ablebothto exhortin sounddoctrineand to refutethosewho contradict.
For we have becomepartakersof Christ,ifwe hold fastthe beginningof our assurancefirmuntilthe end,
They wentout from us, but they were not [really] of us; for ifthey had beenof us, they would have remainedwith us; but [they went out], sothat it would be shownthat they allare not of us.
Becauseyou have keptthe wordof My perseverance,I alsowill keepyou from the hourof testing,that [hour] which is aboutto comeupon the wholeworld,to testthosewho dwellon the earth.
Sorememberwhatyou have receivedand heard;and keep[it], and repent.Thereforeifyou do not wakeup, I will comelikea thief,and you will not knowat whathourI will cometo you.
I knowyour deeds.Behold,I have putbeforeyou an opendoorwhichno onecanshut,becauseyou havea littlepower,and have keptMy word,and have not deniedMy name.
