4 That ye micht hae fuʼ knowledge oʼ the certaintie oʼ the things in whilk ye hae been trained.
But thir are putten doon, that ye soud believe that Jesus is the Christ; and believin, ye micht hae life in his name.
The same had been instruckit by hearin the way oʼ the Lord: and bein warm‐heartit, was speakin and teachin eidentlie aboot Jesus, kennin but the baptism oʼ John.
And ken his wull, and appruve the best things, and hae yere lear iʼ the Law,
But in the Kirk I wad raither speak fyve words wiʼ my understaunin, that I micht gie ithers lear, than myriads oʼ words in a tongue!
Nane‐the‐less, lat him that is instructit iʼ the Word hae fellowship wiʼ him that instructs, in aʼ gude things.