Now if Timothy comes, see to it that he may be with you without fear; for he does the work of the Lord, as I also [do].

He who hears you hears Me, he who rejects you rejects Me, and he who rejects Me rejects Him who sent Me."

Therefore he who rejects [this] does not reject man, but God, who has given His Holy Spirit to you.

Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but [rather] become a pattern for the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity.

Speak these things, exhort and rebuke with all authority. Let no one despise you.

And perhaps I will remain, or even spend the winter with you, that you may send me on my journey, wherever I may go.

And when time had passed, they were dismissed with peace from the brothers to the apostles.

who gave testimony concerning your love before the church, [with reference] to whom you will do well if you send them forth in a manner worthy of God,