Verses:
1-4:
Respecting teachers who regard their own good only, and not the good of the church.
[2]
5, 6:
In consequence those who are of the church come into an evil life.
[2]
7-10:
Being such, everything of the church is taken from them.
[3]
11-16:
When the Lord comes into the world He will gather the church together, and will teach it Divine truths.
[11]
16, 17:
The evil among them He will separate.
[3, 11]
18-20:
Evil shepherds destroy everything of the church,
[3]
21:
and destroy the simple.
[3]
22-25:
When the Lord comes He will teach and save these.
[1, 11]
26-31:
He will both teach them and protect them from falsities, and they will acknowledge Him.
[11]