how can we escape if we pay no attention to such a salvation as this? It was first proclaimed by the Lord himself, and it was guaranteed to us by those who heard him,

but encourage one another every day, as long as we can still speak of Today, so that no one of you may have his heart hardened by the pleasantness of sin.

So while we can still speak of Today, if you hear him speak, do not harden your hearts, as they provoked him by doing.

No being created can escape God's sight, but everything is bare and helpless before the eyes of him with whom we have to reckon.

He can sympathize with the ignorant and misguided because he is himself subject to weakness,

Let us not neglect meeting together as some do, but let us encourage one another, all the more as you can see that the great Day is coming nearer.

And he whom I accept as righteous will find life through his faith. But if a man draws back, my heart can take no pleasure in him."

Try to be at peace with everyone, and strive for that consecration without which no one can see the Lord.

Take care not to refuse to listen to him who is speaking. For if they could not escape because they would not listen to him who warned them here on earth, how much less can we, who reject him who is from heaven!

So that we can confidently say, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can men do to me?"