So then, brothers, stand firm, and hold the traditions which you were taught by us, whether by word, or by letter.
"There is a distinction in the Pauline writings between the gospel received by revelation (as in Galatians 1:12) and the gospel received by tradition (as in 1 Corinthians 15:3), and the language of didache ["teaching"] and paradosis ["tradition"] is appropriate to the latter, not to the former. Even communications made dia pneumatos ["by the Spirit"] must be tested by their conformity to the paradosis and if they conflict with it they are to be refused (cf. 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22)." [Note: Bruce, pp. 193-94.] 