13. That is a true saying. And you should be hard on such people, so you can help them grow stronger in their faith.
14. Don't pay any attention to any of those senseless Jewish stories and human commands. These are made up by people who won't obey the truth.
15. Everything is pure for someone whose heart is pure. But nothing is pure for an unbeliever with a dirty mind. That person's mind and conscience are destroyed.
16. Such people claim to know God, but their actions prove that they really don't. They are disgusting. They won't obey God, and they are too worthless to do anything good.