³ For it is we who are the circumcision,^(A) we who serve God by his Spirit, who boast in Christ Jesus,^(B) and who put no confidence in the flesh—

¹³ What you heard from me,^(A) keep^(B) as the pattern^(C) of sound teaching,^(D) with faith and love in Christ Jesus.^{(E) 14} Guard^(F) the good deposit that was entrusted to you—guard it with the help of the Holy Spirit who lives in us.^(G)