A number of practical instructions reveal ongoing ‘rules’ of conduct for believers and churches, including aims to pursue in living for the Lord and responsibilities that rest upon us for the defense of the faith and the work of the Gospel.
Having shown that there is much opposition to Gospel work, Paul gives five famous directions for resisting and overcoming this, here explained. On these directions, with God’s help, the very survival let alone the spiritual advance of a congregation depends. Here also are the apostle’s closing encouragements.
