for which [purpose] he called you through our gospel for the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

So then, brothers, stand firm and hold fast to the traditions which you were taught, whether by [spoken] word or by letter from us.

The greeting [is] by my hand, Paul's, which is {a sign of genuineness} in every letter: {this is how I write}.

and not to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause useless speculations rather than God's plan [that is] by faith.

from which some have deviated, [and] have turned away into fruitless discussion,

wanting to be teachers of the law, [although they] do not understand either [the things] which they are saying or [the things] concerning which they are speaking confidently.

having faith and a good conscience, which some, [because they] have rejected [these], have suffered shipwreck concerning their faith,

for which I was appointed a herald and an apostle--I am speaking the truth, [I am] not lying--a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and truth.

but with good deeds which are fitting for women who profess godliness.

But if I am delayed, [I am writing] in order that you may know how one must conduct oneself in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and mainstay of the truth.

he is conceited, understanding nothing, but having a morbid interest concerning controversies and disputes about words, from which come envy, strife, slanders, evil suspicions,

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

For the love of money is a root of all evil, by which some, [because they] desire [it], have gone astray from the faith and have pierced themselves with many pains.

Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and confessed the good confession in the presence of many witnesses.

which he will make known in his own time, the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of those who reign as kings and Lord of those who rule as lords,

which some, [by] professing [it], have deviated concerning the faith. Grace [be] with you [all].

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus through the will of God, according to the promise of life which [is] in Christ Jesus,

{remembering the} sincere faith in you, which lived first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice, and I am convinced that [is] in you also,

for which reason I remind you to rekindle the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands.

for which I was appointed a proclaimer and an apostle and a teacher,

for which reason also I suffer these [things]. But [I am] not ashamed, because I know in whom I have believed, and I am convinced that he is able to guard [what] I have entrusted until that day.

Hold fast to the pattern of sound words which you heard from me, in the faith and love [that are] in Christ Jesus.

and [the things] which you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses, entrust these [things] to faithful people who will be competent to teach others also.

in connection with which I suffer misfortune to the point of {imprisonment} as a criminal, but the word of God is not bound.

Because of this, I endure all [things] for the sake of the chosen, in order that they also may obtain salvation [which is] in Christ Jesus with eternal glory.

Now in a great house [there] are not only gold and silver vessels, but also wooden and earthenware [ones], some of which [are] for honorable use, and some of which [are] for ordinary use.

But you continue in [the things] which you have learned and are convinced [of], [because you] know from whom you learned [them],

in the hope of eternal life which God, who does not lie, promised before eternal ages,

but at the proper time has disclosed his message in the proclamation [with] which I was entrusted according to the command of God our Savior,

whom it is necessary to silence, whoever are ruining whole families [by] teaching [things] which must not be [taught] for the sake of dishonest gain.

This testimony is true, for which reason reprove them severely, in order that they may be sound in the faith,

But you, speak [the things] which are fitting for sound instruction.

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

For to which of the angels did he ever say, "You are my son, today I have begotten you," and again, "I will be {his father}, and he will be {my son}"?

But to which of the angels has he ever said, "Sit down at my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."

how will we escape [if we] neglect so great a salvation which had [its] beginning [when it] was spoken through the Lord [and] was confirmed to us by those who heard,

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

For both the one who sanctifies and the ones who are sanctified [are] all from one, for which reason he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

For in that which he himself suffered [when he] was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

For God [is] not unjust, [so as] to forget your work and the love which you demonstrated for his name [by] having served the saints, and continuing to serve [them].

in order that through two unchangeable things, in which [it is] impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge may have powerful encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before [us],

which we have like an anchor of the soul, both firm and steadfast, and entering into the inside of the curtain,

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 is a descendant of Judah, a tribe [with reference] to which Moses said nothing concerning priests.

(for the law [made] nothing perfect), but on the other hand [there is] the introduction of a better hope through which we draw near to God.

a minister of the sanctuary and of the true tabernacle which the Lord set up, not man.

who serve a sketch and shadow of the heavenly [things], just as Moses was warned [when he] was about to complete the tabernacle, for he says, "See to it that you make everything according to the pattern which was shown to you on the mountain."

But now he has attained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also mediator of a better covenant which has been enacted upon better promises.

not like the covenant which I made with their fathers on the day I took hold of them by my hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant and I disregarded them, says the Lord.

For a tent was prepared, the first [one], in which [were] the lampstand and the table and the presentation of the loaves, which is called the holy place.

containing the golden incense altar and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which [were] a golden jar containing the manna and the rod of Aaron that budded and the tablets of the covenant.

And above it [were] the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, about which it is not now [possible] to speak in detail.

but only the high priest [enters] into the second [tent] once a year, not without blood, which he offers on behalf of himself and the [sins] of the people committed in ignorance.

which [was] a symbol for the present time, in which both the gifts and sacrifices which were offered were not able to perfect the worshiper with respect to the conscience,

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.

[When he] says above, "Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and [offerings] for sin you did not want, nor did you delight in," which are offered according to the law,

by which will we are made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

And every priest stands every day serving and offering the same sacrifices many times, which are never able to take away sins.

[by the] new and living way which he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, his flesh,

How much worse punishment do you think the person will be considered worthy of who treats with disdain the Son of God and who considers ordinary the blood of the covenant by which he was made holy and who insults the Spirit of grace?

But remember the former days in which, [after you] were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings,

Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has great reward.

By faith Abel offered to God a greater sacrifice than Cain, by which he was approved that he was righteous, [because] God approved [him] for his gifts, and through it he still speaks, [although he] is dead.

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.

And if they remember that [land] from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.

having reasoned that God [was] able even to raise [him] from the dead, from which he received him back also as a symbol.

And have you completely forgotten the exhortation which instructs you as sons? "My son, do not make light of the Lord's discipline, or give up [when you] are corrected by him.

But if you are without discipline, in which all [legitimate sons] have become participants, then you are illegitimate and not sons.

Pursue peace with everyone, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.

and to the noise of a trumpet, and to the sound of words which those who heard begged [that] not [another] word be spoken to them.

Therefore, [since we] are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be thankful, through which let us serve God acceptably, with awe and reverence.

Do not be carried away by various and strange teachings, for [it is] good [for] the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods by which those who participate have not benefited.

We have an altar from which those who serve in the tabernacle do not have the right to eat.

Therefore, putting aside all moral uncleanness and wicked excess, welcome with humility the implanted message which is able to save your souls.

Or do you think that in vain the scripture says, "The spirit which he caused to dwell in us desires jealously"?

in which you rejoice greatly, [although] now for a short time, if necessary, you are distressed by various trials,

investigating for what [person] or which time the Spirit of Christ in them was indicating [when he] testified beforehand to the sufferings with reference to Christ and the glories after these [things],

to whom it was revealed that they were serving not themselves but you with reference to the same [things] which now have been announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, {things into which} angels desire to look.

and "A stone of stumbling and a rock of offense," who stumble [because they] disobey the word to which also they were consigned.

Dear friends, I urge [you] as foreigners and temporary residents to abstain from fleshly desires which wage war against your soul,

maintaining your good conduct among the Gentiles, so that in [the things] in which they slander you as evildoers, by seeing your good deeds they may glorify God on the day of visitation.

but the hidden person of the heart, with the imperishable [quality] of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is highly valuable in the sight of God.

But [do so] with courtesy and respect, having a good conscience, so that in [the things] in which you are slandered, the ones who malign your good conduct in Christ may be put to shame.

in which also he went [and] proclaimed to the spirits in prison,

who were formerly disobedient, when the patience of God waited in the days of Noah, [while] an ark was being constructed, in which a few--that is, eight souls--were rescued through water.

with respect to which they are surprised [when] you do not run with [them] into the same flood of dissipation, [and so they] revile [you].

through which things he has bestowed on us his precious and very great promises, so that through these you may become sharers of the divine nature [after] escaping from the corruption [that is] in the world because of evil desire,

and we possess [as] more reliable the prophetic word, to which you do well [if you] pay attention to [it] as to a lamp shining in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts,

Dear friends, this [is] already the second letter I am writing to you, in [both of] which I am attempting to stir up your sincere mind by a reminder,

by means of which things the world that existed at that time was destroyed [by] being inundated with water.

But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will disappear with a rushing noise, and the celestial bodies will be destroyed [by] being burned up, and the earth and the deeds [done] on it will be disclosed.

[while] waiting for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed [by] being burned up and the celestial bodies will melt [as they] are consumed by heat!

But according to his promise, we are waiting for new heavens and a new earth in which righteousness resides.

as [he does] also in all his letters, speaking in them about these [things], in which there are some [things] hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable distort to their own destruction, as [they] also [do] the rest of the scriptures.

and the life was revealed, and we have seen and testify and announce to you the eternal life which was with the Father and was revealed to us--

And this is the message which we have heard from him and announce to you, that God is light and there [is] no darkness in him at all.

Dear friends, I am not writing a new commandment to you, but an old commandment which you have had from the beginning. The old commandment is the message which you have heard.

Again, I am writing a new commandment to you, which is true in him and in you, because the darkness is passing away and the true light already is shining.

Children, it is the last hour, and just as you have heard that antichrist is coming, even now many antichrists have arisen, by which we know that it is the last hour.

And this is the promise which he himself promised us: eternal life.