The wise hears and increases learning, and the one of understanding gets wise counsel,

Do not reprove a scorner, lest he hate you; rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.

Give to a wise one, and he will become wiser; teach a just one, and he will increase in learning.

Now I myself am confident concerning you, my brethren, that you also are full of goodness, filled with all knowledge, able also to admonish one another.

Nevertheless, brethren, I have written more boldly to you on some points, as reminding you, because of the grace given to me by God,

For this reason I will not be negligent to always remind you of these things, though you know and are established in the present truth.