Apostol § 293

2 Timothy 2:11–19

My son Timothy, This is a faithful saying: For if we are dead with Him, we shall also live with Him. If we suffer, we shall also reign with Him; if we deny Him, He also will deny us. If we are faithless, He remains faithful; He cannot deny Himself. Remind them of these things, charging them before the Lord not to strive about words to no profit, to the ruin of the hearers. Be diligent to present yourself approved unto God, a worker that does not need to be ashamed, rightly defining the word of truth. But shun profane and vain babblings, for they will increase unto more ungodliness. And their message will spread like cancer. Hymenaeus and Philetus are of this sort, who have strayed concerning the truth, saying that the resurrection is already past; and they overthrow the faith of some. Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: ‘The Lord knoweth them that are His,” and, “Let every one that nameth the Name of Christ depart from iniquity.”