For this reason there is the more need for us to give attention to the things which have come to our ears, for fear that by chance we might be slipping away.

My brothers, take care that there is not by chance in any one of you an evil heart without belief, turning away from the living God:

Let us then, though we still have God's word that we may come into his rest, go in fear that some of you may be unable to do so.

And it is our desire that you may all keep the same high purpose in certain hope to the end:

Let us keep the witness of our hope strong and unshaking, for he is true who has given his word:

Only take care, and keep watch on your soul, for fear that the things which your eyes have seen go from your memory and from your heart all the days of your life; but let the knowledge of them be given to your children and to your children's children;

And keep watch over your heart with all care; so you will have life.

Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward.

So let him who seems to himself to be safe go in fear of a fall.

We then, working together with God, make our request to you not to take the grace of God to no purpose.

Make a test of yourselves, if you are in the faith; make certain of yourselves. Or are you not conscious in yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you, if you are truly Christ's?

For this reason, my brothers, take all the more care to make your selection and approval certain; for if you do these things you will never have a fall:

Seeing then that all these things are coming to such an end, what sort of persons is it right for you to be, in all holy behaviour and righteousness,

Keep watch over yourselves, so that you do not make our work of no effect, but may get your full reward.

But you, my loved ones, building yourselves up on your most holy faith, and making prayers in the Holy Spirit,

Any man

But I have made prayer for you, that your faith may not go from you: and when you are turned again, make your brothers strong.

Though the prophet's word may come to an end, tongues come to nothing, and knowledge have no more value, love has no end.

You are cut off from Christ, you who would have righteousness by the law; you are turned away from grace.

Fail of

You are cut off from Christ, you who would have righteousness by the law; you are turned away from grace.

Any root

My brothers, take care that there is not by chance in any one of you an evil heart without belief, turning away from the living God:

So that there may not be among you any man or woman or family or tribe whose heart is turned away from the Lord our God today, to go after other gods and give them worship; or any root among you whose fruit is poison and bitter sorrow;

For their vine is the vine of Sodom, from the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are the grapes of evil, and the berries are bitter:

Is there anything which might have been done for my vine-garden which I have not done? why then, when I was hoping for the best grapes did it give me common grapes?

But when you were planted by me, you were a noble vine, in every way a true seed: how then have you been changed into the branching plant of a strange vine?

By their fruits you will get knowledge of them. Do men get grapes from thorns or figs from thistles?

Trouble

And as for you, keep yourselves from the cursed thing, for fear that you may get a desire for it and take some of it for yourselves, and so be the cause of a curse and great trouble on the tents of Israel.

And Joshua said, Why have you been a cause of trouble to us? Today the Lord will send trouble on you. And all Israel took part in stoning him; they had him stoned to death and then burned with fire.

Was not the sin of Baal-peor great enough, from which we are not clear even to this day, though punishment came on the people of the Lord,

But evil acts of the flesh and all unclean things, or desire for others' property, let it not even be named among you, as is right for saints;

Then put to death your bodies which are of the earth; wrong use of the flesh, unclean things, passion, evil desires and envy, which is the worship of strange gods;

And thereby

And Moses said to Aaron, What did the people do to you that you let this great sin come on them?

And he will give Israel up because of the sins which Jeroboam has done and made Israel do.

And from among yourselves will come men who will give wrong teaching, turning away the disciples after them.

This pride of yours is not good. Do you not see that a little leaven makes a change in all the mass?

Do not be tricked by false words: evil company does damage to good behaviour.

And the rest of the Jews went after him, so that even Barnabas was overcome by their false ways.

But take no part in wrong and foolish talk, for those who do so will go farther into evil,

But there were false prophets among the people, as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly put forward wrong teachings for your destruction, even turning away from the Lord who gave himself for them; whose destruction will come quickly, and they themselves will be the cause of it.

General references

Take care, keep watch with prayer: for you are not certain when the time will be.

Then great fear came on all the church and on all who had knowledge of these things.