Therefore, brethren, stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word, or our epistle.
Ver. 15. Stand fast] Though never so many fall from the faith. Falling stars were never but meteors. God also will have the tree of his Church to be shaken sometimes, that rotten fruit may fall off; and that there may be a shedding of the good from temporaries.
Hold the traditions] Hold fast by these, that ye may stand the faster.