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4 I mention this, lest any one should deceive you by specious pretences.
5 for tho' I am absent in person, yet I am present with you in my mind, and am glad to perceive the regularily of your affairs, and the stedfastness of your faith in Christ.
6 continue therefore to follow the doctrine of our Lord Jesus Christ, as you have receiv'd it:
7 being firmly attach'd to, and founded upon him: establishing yourselves in the faith you have been taught, and being thankful for the improvement you make therein.
8 beware lest any one seduce you by the vain illusions of philosophy, founded upon human traditions, and meer shadows, and not upon Christ: