These show the vital importance of holding on to this body of teaching, and the need to separate from those who do not obey it: "Holding fast the faithful word (another description of this same corpus of doctrine) as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers" (Tit.1:9).
Haya yaonyesha umuhimu mkubwa wa kushika muundo huu mkuu wa mafunzo, na haja ya kujitenga toka kwa hao wasio wa utii: "Kwa kushika lile neno la imani (namna nyingine ya maelezo ya u huu mkusanyiko wa muundo wa mafundisho) vile vile kama alivyofundishwa, apate kuwaonya watu kwa mafundisho yenye uzima, na kuwashinda wenye kupinga" (Tito 1:9).