13 In him you also, when you ^vheard the ^wword of truth, the gospel of your salvation, and believed in him, were ^xsealed with ^ythe promised Holy Spirit,

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.