For some of them practice going into people's houses and capturing weak and silly women who are overwhelmed with the weight of their sins, who are easily led about by all sorts of evil impulses,

And by which way Jannes and Jambres opposed Moses, so also do these oppose the truth. Men corrupted in mind, worthless about the faith.

You, however, know all about my teaching, my conduct, my purpose, faith, patience, love, endurance,

You, however, must continue in the things you have learned and are confident about. You know who taught you

I testify before God and Christ Jesus, who is about to judge living and dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom,

But as for you, be serious about everything, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, fulfill your ministry.

For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure [from this world] is at hand and I will soon go free.

in everything. Make yourself an example of good works with integrity and dignity in your teaching.

a sound word, not to be condemned; that he who is opposed may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us:

not stealing [things, regardless of value], but proving themselves trustworthy, so that in every respect they will adorn and do credit to the teaching of God our Savior.

who [willingly] gave Himself [to be crucified] on our behalf to redeem us and purchase our freedom from all wickedness, and to purify for Himself a chosen and very special people to be His own possession, who are enthusiastic for doing what is good.

This is a true saying; and it is my desire that you may give certain witness about these things, so that those who have had faith in God may give attention to good works. These things are good and of profit to men;

But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.

[because I] hear about your love and faith which you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints.

and I pray that through coming to know every good thing about us as Christians they may effectually share your faith.

whom I wished to detain about myself, that in thy stead he might have waited upon me during my bonds for the gospel:

but I did not want to do anything without first getting your consent, so that your goodness would not be, in effect, by compulsion but of your own free will.

I, Paul, put my own hand to it--I will repay you myself. I say nothing about your owing me your very self.

And about the angels He says:

He makes His angels winds,
and His servants a fiery flame,

but to the Son:

Your throne, God,
is forever and ever,
and the scepter of Your kingdom
is a scepter of justice.

And like a robe You will roll them up;
Like a garment they will be changed.
But You are the same [forever],
And Your years will never end.”

But which one of the angels did God ever say [this] about [Psa. 110:1], "You should sit at my right side until I put your enemies [in full subjection] beneath your feet"?

are they not all spirits of service -- for ministration being sent forth because of those about to inherit salvation?

For he did not subject to angels the world to come, about which we are speaking.

But one has testified somewhere, saying,
“What is man, that You remember him?
Or the son of man, that You are concerned about him?

Therefore, holy brothers [and sisters], who have been called [by God] to share in heaven, think about Jesus, the Apostle and Head Priest, whom we have confessed [as Savior].

Now Moses was a faithful servant among all of [those belonging to] God's household [i.e., the Israelites], as [one who gave] testimony about the things which [were to be] spoken [by him],

For we [Christians] have had the good news [about resting with God] preached to us, just as the Israelites [had good news proclaimed to them. See 1:16-19]. But the message they heard did not benefit them, because it was not coupled with faith by those who heard it.

For somewhere [in Scripture] He has said this about the seventh day: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works”;

Therefore, since the promise remains for some to enter His rest, and those who formerly had the good news preached to them failed to [grasp it and did not] enter because of [their unbelief evidenced by] disobedience,

For if Jesus had brought them into rest, he would not have spoken afterwards about another day.

being able to sympathize with the ignorant and erring, since himself is also compassed about with infirmity;

We have a great deal to say about this, and it’s difficult to explain, since you have become too lazy to understand.

And though by this time it would be right for you to be teachers, you still have need of someone to give you teaching about the first simple rules of God's revelation; you have become like babies who have need of milk, and not of solid food.

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

Therefore, leaving behind the elementary message about Christ, let us move on to maturity, not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works and faith in God,

of teaching about washings (ritual purifications), the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment. [These are all important matters in which you should have been proficient long ago.]

And tasted of the good word of God, and powers of the life about to be,

But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is worthless and about to be cursed, and will be burned at the end.

But about you, dear friends, even though we speak in this way, we are confident of better things--of things that point to your Salvation.

Moreover here frail mortal men receive tithes: there one receives them about whom there is evidence that he is alive.

For the one about whom these [things] are spoken belongs to another tribe from which no one has officiated at the altar.

For it is evident that our Lord descended from [the tribe of] Judah, and Moses mentioned nothing about priests in connection with that tribe.

who has become a priest not by a legal regulation about physical descent but by the power of an indestructible life.

For it is declared about him, "You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek."

(for there was nothing final about the Law), and a better hope begins to dawn, through which we may approach God.

For the Law appoints to the high priesthood men full of imperfection; but this utterance about the making of the oath, which came long after the Law, appoints a son, fully qualified to be high priest forever.

Now a summation about the things being spoken is, we have such a high priest who was seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

He is a minister in the sanctuary, [serving about holy things] in the true tabernacle, which was set up by the Lord and not by man [Note: This sanctuary/tabernacle represents either heaven or the church].

Now were he on earth, he would not even be a priest, since there are here those who present the gifts according to the Law??5 those priests who serve a mere outline and shadow of the heavenly reality, just as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to build the Tabernacle. "See", he says, "that you make everything on the pattern showed you on the mountain."

Who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount.

By saying, a new covenant, He has declared that the first is old. And what is old and aging is about to disappear.

Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

and above the ark were the [golden] cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat; but we cannot now go into detail about these things.

And Christ being present, a chief priest of good things about to be, by a greater and more perfect tent, not made with hands, that is; not of this creation;

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have contracted defilement make them holy so as to bring about ceremonial purity,

For the law, possessing a shadow of the good [things] that are about to come, not the form of things itself, [is] never able {year by year} by means of the same sacrifices which they offer without interruption to make perfect those who draw near.

For this reason, the Scriptures say, when the Messiah was about to come into the world: "You did not want sacrifices and offerings, but you prepared a body for me.

Then I said, 'Behold, I have come-- in the roll of the book it is written about me-- to do your will, O God.'

The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. For after He says:

And let us think about {how to stir one another up to love} and good works,

but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and heat of fire about to devour the adversaries.

For ye were both compassionate about my bonds, and ye accepted with joy the plundering of your possessions, knowing yourselves to have a superior and an enduring existence in the heavens.

Now faith is the assurance that what we hope for will come about and the certainty that what we cannot see exists.

By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through faith, though he is dead, he still speaks.

By faith Noah, having been warned about things not yet seen, out of reverence constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family, by which he pronounced sentence on the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

By faith Abraham, being called, did obey, to go forth to the place that he was about to receive for an inheritance, and he went forth, not knowing whither he doth go;

If they had been thinking about what they had left behind, they would have had an opportunity to go back.

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered Isaac he who had received the promises was about to offer his unique son in sacrifice,

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

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, concerning things about to be.

By faith, Jacob, when about to die, blessed each of the sons of Joseph; and bowed in worship on the top of his staff.

By faith Joseph, [as he] was dying, mentioned about the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions about his bones.

By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they were compassed about seven days.

And what shall I yet say? for the time will fail me recounting about Gideon, Barak also, and Samson, and Jephthah, David also, and Samuel, and the prophets,

men who, as the result of faith, conquered whole kingdoms, brought about true justice, obtained promises from God, stopped lions' mouths,

others, again, had to experience scoffs and scourging, aye chains and imprisonment ??37 they were stoned, sawn in two, and cut to pieces; they had to roam about in sheepskins and goatskins, forlorn, oppressed, ill-treated

They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented;

of whom the world was not worthy, wandering about on deserts and mountains and in caves and in holes in the ground.

Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Think about the one who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you may not become tired and give up.

Remember your leaders, those who have spoken God's word to you. Think about the impact of their lives, and imitate their faith.

Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.

For we have not here an abiding city, but we are seeking for the one about to come.

Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this is unprofitable to you.

Pray about us, for we trust that we have a good conscience, desiring to behave well in all things.

but let him ask in faith, nothing doubting. For he that doubts is like a wave of the sea driven by the wind and tossed about;

Such a man must not expect to get anything from the Lord??8 an irresolute person like him, who is uncertain about everything he does.

being a double-minded man, unstable and restless in all his ways [in everything he thinks, feels, or decides].

For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass [so that] its flower [blossoms] fall off, and its beautiful appearance is destroyed. In the same way, the wealthy person will fade away as he goes about his business [affairs].

Make no mistake about this, my beloved brothers:

Every good gift and every perfect present is from heaven, and comes down from the Father of the heavenly lights, about whom there is no variation of changing shadow.

For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man.

so speak ye and so do, as about by a law of liberty to be judged,

Behold, we put bits in the horses' mouths, that they may obey us; and we turn about their whole body.

Behold also the ships, which though they be so great, and are driven of fierce winds, yet are they turned about with a very small helm, whithersoever the governor listeth.

Believers, do not speak against or slander one another. He who speaks [self-righteously] against a brother or judges his brother [hypocritically], speaks against the Law and judges the Law. If you judge the Law, you are not a doer of the Law but a judge of it.

Come now, you who say, "To-day or to-morrow we are going to such and such a city; we shall spend a year there trading and making money" ??14 you who know nothing about to-morrow! For what is your life? You are but a mist, which appears for a little and then vanishes.

Yet you do not know [the least thing] about what may happen in your life tomorrow. [What is secure in your life?] You are merely a vapor [like a puff of smoke or a wisp of steam from a cooking pot] that is visible for a little while and then vanishes [into thin air].

But you boast about your proud intentions. All such boasting is evil.