Those who sit at the city gate gossip about me; drunkards mock me in their songs. ¹ 

Now on the topic of times and seasons, ¹  brothers and sisters, ²  you have no need for anything to be written to you.

Now on the topic of brotherly love ¹  you have no need for anyone to write you, for you yourselves are taught by God to love one another.

On this topic we have much to say ¹  and it is difficult to explain, since you have become sluggish ²  in hearing.