²¹ but test them all;^(A) hold on to what is good,^(B)

²⁷ I charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers and sisters.^(A)

¹⁶ After this letter has been read to you, see that it is also read^(A) in the church of the Laodiceans and that you in turn read the letter from Laodicea.