16 For people swear by something greater than themselves, and in all their disputes ^han oath is final for confirmation.

2 and of ^linstruction about washings,^{1 m}the laying on of hands, ⁿthe resurrection of the dead, and ^oeternal judgment.

23 ^eif indeed you continue in the faith, ^fstable and steadfast, not shifting from ^gthe hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed ^hin all creation¹ under heaven, ⁱand of which I, Paul, became a minister.