5 because of the ^ehope ^flaid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the ^gword of the truth, the gospel,

15 Do your best to ^fpresent yourself to God as one approved,¹ a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the ^gword of truth.

18 Of his own will he ^dbrought us forth ^eby the ^fword of truth, that we should be a kind of ^gfirstfruits of his creatures.