Paul expresses common cautions against attacks on the gospel.

God equips and enables His church by His power to keep His Word, not deny His name and to patiently endure.

The Lord’s warning to the churches rebukes first, the tolerance of such who teach and seduce His servants and second, the spiritually dead church.

In the midst of persecution in a pagan culture, the church of Christ will stand firm and uphold the testimony of the Lord.

The Spirit of the Lord speaks to the churches for doctrine, reproof, correction and instruction in righteousness.

The gospel of Christ severs even the closest of human relationships. It severs between those who believe and those who don't. The gospel also unites the Christian to Christ so that the Christian loves Jesus more than others and more than life itself.

Jesus is the invisible manifestation of the invisible God, revealing the glories of what otherwise could not be known. In Him is truth, reality and life which He offers to those who hear His voice and turn to Him in faith.

Jesus came to fulfill the law of God in essence, in life and in death as a substitute for sinners who have transgressed against Him.

Jesus came to do the will of the Father, offering himself as the one and final sacrifice for man's sin.