Look carefully that there be no one who falls back from the grace of God; that no root of bitterness springs up to trouble you, and by its means many become defiled.

Remember your leaders, the men who spoke the message of God to you; consider the issue of their lives, and imitate their faith.

True, through their unbelief they were broken off, and by your faith you stand. Do not be puffed up, but fear;

So then let him who imagines that he is standing so securely beware lest he fall.

A promise

Supposing some of them have proved faithless?

If we prove faithless. he abides faithful, for he cannot be false to himself."

His

We are actually entering into that rest, we who have believed, as God has said,??n my wrath I swore??They shall not enter into my Rest

So I swore in my wrath, "They shall never enter into my rest."

Any

"Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.

But if, because he is a bad slave, he should say to himself, 'My Master is a long time in coming,'

"Then will the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten maidens who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom and the bride.

"But if that slave should say to himself, 'My master delays his coming,' and should begin to beat the men and the maids, and to eat and drink and to get drunk,

"when once the master of the house is risen up and has shut the door. You will begin to stand outside, and to knock at the door, crying, "'Lord, open to us.' "'I do not know were you came from,' he will reply.

since all have sinned and lack the glory which comes from God;

For my part, then, I run with no wavering to the goal. I box not as one beating the air,

General references

"But many who are first shall be last, and many who are last shall be first.

And great fear fell on all the church and upon all who had heard it.