10 For to this end we toil and strive,¹ because we have our hope set on the living God, ^qwho is the Savior of all people, especially of those who believe.

11 Command and teach ^rthese things. 12 ^sLet no one despise you for your youth, but set the believers ^tan example in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in purity. 13 Until I come, devote yourself to the public reading of Scripture, to exhortation, to teaching. 14 ^uDo not neglect the gift you have, which was given you ^vby prophecy when the council of elders ^wlaid their hands on you. 15 Practice these things, immerse yourself in them,² so that ^xall may see your progress.