"The faith" is thus parallel to the "form of doctrine" that was delivered to them before baptism, and it would have been another phrase in the first century vocabulary which referred to this body of doctrine.
Kwa hivi "imani" ni sawa sawa na "ile imani ya elimu" iliyokabidhiwa kwao kabla ya kubatizwa, yalikuwa ni maneno mengine katika msamiati wa karne ya kwanza uliotaja muundo mkuu wa mafundisho.