Don’t stray from the essential gospel.
Timothy likely had already had run into some of these problems. This was good encouragement.
God is always good and worthy of all of our lives.
When truth is suppressed the conscious eventually becomes seared- calloused and numb. Self becomes the standard.
Train for godliness.
The conversation about the basis for truth is huge. Know Truth or no truth.
Lord, Jesus, you are the way, the truth, and the life.