Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly. Their teaching will spread like gangrene. Among them are Hymenaeus and Philetus, who have wandered away from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already taken place, and they destroy the faith of some. Nevertheless, God's solid foundation stands firm, sealed with this inscription: 'The Lord knows those who are his,' and, 'Everyone who confesses the name of the Lord must turn away from wickedness.'
你當竭力在上帝麵前得蒙喜悅，作無愧的工人，按著正意分解真理的道。但要遠避世俗的虛談，因為這等人必進到更不敬虔的地步。他們的話如同毒瘡，越爛越大；其中有許米乃和腓理徒，他們偏離了真道，說複活的事已過，就敗壞好些人的信心。然而，上帝堅固的根基立住了；上麵有這印記說：“主認識誰是他的人”；又說：“凡稱呼主名的人總要離開不義。”
