It would have been better for them not to know the way of godliness than to know it but then turn their backs on the sacred command that was passed on to them.
Now I want to talk about some other matters, brothers and sisters. We taught you how to live in a way that pleases God, and that’s how you’re living. But in the name of the Lord Jesus, we ask you and urge you to do that more and more.
but he’s coming so that the world may learn that I love the Father and that I do exactly what my Father has commanded me to do. “Now let’s get up and be on our way.
A high priest like him truly meets our needs. He’s holy, blameless, and pure, and he has been lifted up high above the heavens. He’s different from people who sin.
No one takes it from me; I give it up myself. I have the authority to give it up, and I have the authority to take it back. This is the command I received from my Father.”