who gave Himself—a ransom for all,
a testimony at the proper time.

but with good works, as is proper for women who affirm that they worship God.

one who manages his own household competently, having his children under control with all dignity.

For those who have served well as deacons acquire a good standing for themselves, and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

They forbid marriage and demand abstinence from foods that God created to be received with gratitude by those who believe and know the truth.

In fact, we labor and strive for this, because we have put our hope in the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, especially of those who believe.

Support widows who are genuinely widows.

however, she who is self-indulgent is dead even while she lives.

If any believing woman has widows in her family, she should help them, and the church should not be burdened, so that it can help those who are genuinely widows.

The elders who are good leaders should be considered worthy of an ample honorarium, especially those who work hard at preaching and teaching.

Publicly rebuke those who sin, so that the rest will also be afraid.

All who are under the yoke as slaves must regard their own masters to be worthy of all respect, so that God’s name and His teaching will not be blasphemed.

Those who have believing masters should not be disrespectful to them because they are brothers, but should serve them better, since those who benefit from their service are believers and dearly loved.

Teach and encourage these things.

and constant disagreement among people whose minds are depraved and deprived of the truth, who imagine that godliness is a way to material gain.

But those who want to be rich fall into temptation, a trap, and many foolish and harmful desires, which plunge people into ruin and destruction.

In the presence of God, who gives life to all, and of Christ Jesus, who gave a good confession before Pontius Pilate, I charge you

the only One who has immortality,
dwelling in unapproachable light;
no one has seen or can see Him,
to Him be honor and eternal might.
Amen.

Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be arrogant or to set their hope on the uncertainty of wealth, but on God, who richly provides us with all things to enjoy.

I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as my ancestors did, when I constantly remember you in my prayers night and day.

He has saved us and called us
with a holy calling,
not according to our works,
but according to His own purpose and grace,
which was given to us in Christ Jesus
before time began.

This has now been made evident
through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus,
who has abolished death
and has brought life and immortality to light
through the gospel.

and that is why I suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, because I know the One I have believed in and am persuaded that He is able to guard what has been entrusted to me until that day.

Guard, through the Holy Spirit who lives in us, that good thing entrusted to you.

And what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, commit to faithful men who will be able to teach others also.

The hardworking farmer ought to be the first to get a share of the crops.

Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who doesn’t need to be ashamed, correctly teaching the word of truth.

And their word will spread like gangrene; Hymenaeus and Philetus are among them.

Nevertheless, God’s solid foundation stands firm, having this inscription:

The Lord knows those who are His, and
Everyone who names the name of the Lord
must turn away from unrighteousness.

Flee from youthful passions, and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace, along with those who call on the Lord from a pure heart.

For among them are those who worm their way into households and capture idle women burdened down with sins, led along by a variety of passions,

Just as Jannes and Jambres resisted Moses, so these also resist the truth, men who are corrupt in mind, worthless in regard to the faith.

In fact, all those who want to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.

But as for you, continue in what you have learned and firmly believed. You know those who taught you,

I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus, who is going to judge the living and the dead, and because of His appearing and His kingdom:

There is reserved for me in the future the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that day, and not only to me, but to all those who have loved His appearing.

in the hope of eternal life that God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

one who is blameless, the husband of one wife, having faithful children not accused of wildness or rebellion.

holding to the faithful message as taught, so that he will be able both to encourage with sound teaching and to refute those who contradict it.

and may not pay attention to Jewish myths and the commands of men who reject the truth.

To the pure, everything is pure, but to those who are defiled and unbelieving nothing is pure; in fact, both their mind and conscience are defiled.

This saying is trustworthy. I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed God might be careful to devote themselves to good works. These are good and profitable for everyone.

All those who are with me greet you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with all of you.

appeal to you for my son, Onesimus. I fathered him while I was in chains.

In these last days, He has spoken to us by His Son. God has appointed Him heir of all things and made the universe through Him.

Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve those who are going to inherit salvation?

how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first spoken by the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him.

For in bringing many sons to glory, it was entirely appropriate that God—all things exist for Him and through Him—should make the source of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

For the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers,

and free those who were held in slavery all their lives by the fear of death.

For since He Himself was tested and has suffered, He is able to help those who are tested.

He was faithful to the One who appointed Him, just as Moses was in all God’s household.

Now every house is built by someone, but the One who built everything is God.

For who heard and rebelled? Wasn’t it really all who came out of Egypt under Moses?

And who was He provoked with for 40 years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

And who did He swear to that they would not enter His rest, if not those who disobeyed?

For we also have received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard did not benefit them, since they were not united with those who heard it in faith

(for we who have believed enter the rest), in keeping with what He has said:

So I swore in My anger,
they will not enter My rest.

And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world,

Since it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news did not enter because of disobedience,

For the person who has entered His rest has rested from his own works, just as God did from His.

No creature is hidden from Him, but all things are naked and exposed to the eyes of Him to whom we must give an account.

Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens—Jesus the Son of God—let us hold fast to the confession.

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but One who has been tested in every way as we are, yet without sin.

He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and are going astray, since he is also subject to weakness.

In the same way, the Messiah did not exalt Himself to become a high priest, but the One who said to Him, You are My Son; today I have become Your Father,

During His earthly life, He offered prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the One who was able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.

After He was perfected, He became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey Him,

Now everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced with the message about righteousness, because he is an infant.

For it is impossible to renew to repentance those who were once enlightened, who tasted the heavenly gift, became companions with the Holy Spirit,

and who have fallen away, because, to their own harm, they are recrucifying the Son of God and holding Him up to contempt.

so that you won’t become lazy but will be imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and perseverance.

so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.

For this Melchizedek—

King of Salem, priest of the Most High God,
who met Abraham and blessed him
as he returned from defeating the kings,

Now consider how great this man was—even Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth of the plunder to him!

The sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have a command according to the law to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they have also descended from Abraham.

But one without this lineage collected tenths from Abraham and blessed the one who had the promises.

In the one case, men who will die receive tenths, but in the other case, Scripture testifies that he lives.

And in a sense Levi himself, who receives tenths, has paid tenths through Abraham,

For the One these things are spoken about belonged to a different tribe. No one from it has served at the altar.

who did not become a priest based on a legal command concerning physical descent but based on the power of an indestructible life.

but He became a priest with an oath made by the One who said to Him:

The Lord has sworn,
and He will not change His mind,
You are a priest forever.

Therefore, He is always able to save those who come to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.

For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak, but the promise of the oath, which came after the law, appoints a Son, who has been perfected forever.

Now the main point of what is being said is this: We have this kind of high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a young cow, sprinkling those who are defiled, sanctify for the purification of the flesh,

how much more will the blood of the Messiah, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse our consciences from dead works to serve the living God?

Therefore, He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance, because a death has taken place for redemption from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

so also the Messiah, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who are waiting for Him.

For by one offering He has perfected forever those who are sanctified.

Let us hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful.

How much worse punishment do you think one will deserve who has trampled on the Son of God, regarded as profane the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and insulted the Spirit of grace?

For we know the One who has said, Vengeance belongs to Me, I will repay, and again, The Lord will judge His people.

Sometimes you were publicly exposed to taunts and afflictions, and at other times you were companions of those who were treated that way.

But we are not those who draw back and are destroyed, but those who have faith and obtain life.

Now without faith it is impossible to please God, for the one who draws near to Him must believe that He exists and rewards those who seek Him.

By faith even Sarah herself, when she was unable to have children, received power to conceive offspring, even though she was past the age, since she considered that the One who had promised was faithful.

Now those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac. He received the promises and he was offering his unique son,

the one it had been said about, Your seed will be traced through Isaac.

By faith he left Egypt behind, not being afraid of the king’s anger, for Moses persevered as one who sees Him who is invisible.

By faith Rahab the prostitute received the spies in peace and didn’t perish with those who disobeyed.