16 Pay constant attention to yourself and to your teaching.+ Persevere in these things, for by doing this you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.+

3 If any man teaches another doctrine and does not agree with the wholesome instruction,+ which is from our Lord Jesus Christ, nor with the teaching that is in harmony with godly devotion,+ 4 he is puffed up with pride and does not understand anything.+ He is obsessed with arguments and debates about words.+ These things give rise to envy, strife, slander, wicked suspicions,

3 Not many of you should become teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive heavier* judgment.+