Head Coverings

² Now I praise you, brethren, that you remember me in all things and keep the traditions just as I delivered them to you.

¹⁵ Therefore, brethren, ^(A)stand fast and hold ^(B)the traditions which you were taught, whether by word or our ^[a]epistle.

¹⁷ For this reason I have sent ^(A)Timothy to you, ^(B)who is my beloved and faithful son in the Lord, who will ^(C)remind you of my ways in Christ, as I ^(D)teach everywhere ^(E)in every church.

Warning Against Idleness

⁶ But we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, ^(A)that you withdraw ^(B)from every brother who walks ^(C)disorderly and not according to the tradition which ^[a]he received from us.

^2 (A)by which also you are saved, if you hold fast that word which I preached to you—unless ^(B)you believed in vain.

²² What! Do you not have houses to eat and drink in? Or do you despise ^(A)the church of God and ^(B)shame ^[a]those who have nothing? What shall I say to you? Shall I praise you in this? I do not praise you.

Conduct at the Lord’s Supper

¹⁷ Now in giving these instructions I do not praise you, since you come together not for the better but for the worse.

Plea for Purity

4 Finally then, brethren, we urge and exhort in the Lord Jesus ^(A)that you should abound more and more, ^(B)just as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God; ² for you know what commandments we gave you through the Lord Jesus.

⁶ And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.