7. and the profane and old women's fables reject thou, and exercise thyself unto piety,
8. for the bodily exercise is unto little profit, and the piety is to all things profitable, a promise having of the life that now is, and of that which is coming;
9. stedfast [is] the word, and of all acceptation worthy;
10. for for this we both labour and are reproached, because we hope on the living God, who is Saviour of all men--especially of those believing.
11. Charge these things, and teach;
12. let no one despise thy youth, but a pattern become thou of those believing in word, in behaviour, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity;
13. till I come, give heed to the reading, to the exhortation, to the teaching;
14. be not careless of the gift in thee, that was given thee through prophecy, with laying on of the hands of the eldership;
15. of these things be careful; in these things be, that thy advancement may be manifest in all things;
16. take heed to thyself, and to the teaching; remain in them, for this thing doing, both thyself thou shalt save, and those hearing thee.