¹¹ therefore let no one despise him. Send him on his way in peace, so that he may come to me, for I am expecting him with the brothers and sisters.^(A)

¹² Let no one despise your youth, but set the believers an example in speech and conduct, in love, in faith, in purity.^(A)

³³ After they had been there for some time, they were sent off in peace by the brothers and sisters to those who had sent them.^[a](A)

¹⁵ Declare these things; exhort and reprove with all authority.^[a] Let no one look down on you.

¹⁰ If Timothy comes, see that he has nothing to fear among you, for he is doing the work of the Lord just as I am;^(A)

⁶ and perhaps I will stay with you or even spend the winter, so that you may send me on my way, wherever I go.

⁶ they have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on in a manner worthy of God,^(A)

⁸ Therefore whoever rejects this rejects not human authority but God, who also gives his Holy Spirit to you.

¹⁶ “Whoever listens to you listens to me, and whoever rejects you rejects me, and whoever rejects me rejects the one who sent me.”^(A)