5. For it is sanctified by the word of God, and prayer.
6. If thou shalt put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou wilt be a good minister of Jesus Christ, nourished by the words of faith and of good doctrine, to which thou hast attained.
7. But refuse profane and old wives' fables, and exercise thyself rather to godliness.
8. For bodily exercise profiteth little: but godliness is profitable to all things, having promise of the life that now is, and of that which is to come.
9. This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation.
10. For therefore we both labor and suffer reproach, because we trust in the living God who is the Savior of all men, especially of those that believe.