But you, brothers, must not get tired of doing right.

Do not look upon him as an enemy but warn him as a brother.

with the understanding that law is not intended for upright men but for the lawless and disorderly, the godless and irreligious, the irreverent and profane, men who kill their fathers or mothers, murderers,

though I once used to abuse, persecute, and insult him. But he had mercy on me, because I had acted in ignorance and unbelief,

but God had mercy on me in order that in my case as the foremost, Christ Jesus might display his perfect patience, as an example to those who would later believe in him and find eternal life.

For there is but one God, and one intermediary between God and men??he man Christ Jesus,

but, as is appropriate for women who profess to be religious, with good actions.

But they will be saved through motherhood, if they continue to have faith and to be loving and holy, and sensible as well.

not addicted to drink or pugnacious, but a man of moderation and peace, not avaricious,

but holding the divine truth of the faith with a clear conscience.

I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing you all this

But let worldly fictions and old wives' tales alone. Train yourself for the religious life.

Physical training is of some service, but religion is of service in every way, for it carries with it the promise of life here and hereafter.

Let no one look down on you because you are young, but set those who believe an example in speech, conduct, love, faith, and purity.

Never reprove an older man, but appeal to him as to a father. Treat younger men like brothers,

But a woman who is really a widow, and has no children, has fixed her hope on God, and devotes herself to prayers and entreaties night and day.

No one under sixty years of age should be put on the list of widows. A widow must have been married but once,

Besides, as they go about from house to house they learn to be idle, and not only idle but gossips and busybodies, and talk of things they ought not to mention.

Stop drinking nothing but water; take a little wine for the good of your digestion and for your frequent attacks of illness.

Some men's sins are perfectly evident, and lead them right on to judgment, but there are others whose sins only dog their steps.

But men who want to get rich fall into temptations and snares and many foolish, harmful cravings, that plunge people into destruction and ruin.

But you, man of God, must fly from these things. Strive for uprightness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.

Charge the rich of this world not to be arrogant, nor to set their hopes on such an uncertain thing as riches, but on God who richly provides us with everything for our enjoyment.

For the Spirit God has given us is a spirit not of timidity but of power, love, and self-discipline.

So you must not be ashamed to testify to our Lord, nor be ashamed of me who am in prison for his sake, but join with me in suffering for the good news, through the power of God.

He saved us and called us to a consecrated life, not for anything we had done, but of his own accord and out of the mercy which he bestowed upon us ages ago through Christ Jesus,

This is why I am suffering as I am, but I am not ashamed of it, for I know whom I have trusted and I am sure that he is able to guard what I have intrusted to him for that Day.

for the sake of which I even suffer imprisonment as a criminal. But God's message is not imprisoned!

Do your best to win God's approval as a workman who has nothing to be ashamed of, but rightly shapes the message of truth.

In any large house there are not only gold and silver dishes but also wooden and earthen ones, some for great occasions and some for ordinary use.

and a slave of the Lord must not quarrel, but treat everyone kindly; he must be persuasive and unresentful,

keeping up the forms of religion, but resisting its influence. Avoid such people.

always ready to learn but never able to comprehend the truth.

But they will not make much progress, for everyone will perceive their folly, just as they did that of those others.

But you have closely followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness,

But everyone who wants to live a godly life as a follower of Christ Jesus will be persecuted,

But you must stand by what you have learned and been convinced of, and remember from whom you learned it,

For a time will come when they will not listen to wholesome instruction, but will overwhelm themselves with teachers to suit their whims and tickle their fancies,

But you must always be composed; do not shrink from hardship; do your work as a missionary, and your whole duty as a minister.

Now the crown of uprightness awaits me, which the Lord, the upright judge, will award me on that Day, and not only me but also all who have loved and hoped for his appearing.

No one but Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is of great assistance to me,

But the Lord stood by me, and gave me strength, so that I might make a full presentation of the message and let all the heathen hear it. So I was saved from the jaws of the lion.

but hospitable, a lover of goodness, sensible, upright, of holy life, self-controlled,

To the pure everything is pure, but to the evil-minded and unbelieving nothing is pure, but their very minds and consciences are unclean.

They profess to know God, but they disown him by what they do; they are detestable, disobedient men, worthless for any good purpose.

But you must teach people the things that properly belong to wholesome teaching.

Teach the older women, too, to be reverent in their behavior, and not to gossip or be slaves of drink, but to be teachers of what is right,

or steal from them, but to show such perfect good faith as to do credit to the teaching about God our Savior, by everything they do.

But when the goodness and kindness of God our Savior were revealed,

he saved us, not for any upright actions we had performed, but from his own mercy, through the bath of regeneration and renewal by the holy Spirit,

But have nothing to do with foolish controversies, pedigrees, strife, and wrangles about the Law, for they are profitless and futile.

Once you found him useless, but now he has become useful to you and to me,

but I do not wish to do anything without your consent, so that your kindness might be voluntary, and not have the appearance of compulsion.

not as a slave any longer but more than a slave, a dear brother??ear especially to me, but how much dearer to you, both as a man and as a Christian!

but in these latter days he has spoken to us in a Son, whom he had destined to possess everything, and through whom he had made the world.

But of the time when he is to bring his firstborn Son back to the world he says, "And let all God's angels bow before him."

But of the Son he says, "God is your throne forever and ever! And a righteous scepter is the scepter of his kingdom!

They will perish, but you continue! And they will all wear out like a coat,

And you will fold them up like a mantle, And change them as one changes his coat. But you are always the same, and your years will have no end!"

But to what angel did he ever say, 'Sit at my right hand, Until I make your enemies a footstool for you"?

You have put everything under his feet!" In thus making everything subject to man, God left nothing that was not subjected to him. But we do not as yet see everything made subject to him,

but we do see Jesus, who was "made for a little while inferior to angels, crowned with glory and honor" because he suffered death, so that by the favor of God he might taste the bitterness of death on behalf of every human being.

For of course it was not angels but the descendants of Abraham that he came to help.

but Christ's faithfulness was that of a son set over the house of God. And we are that house, if we keep up our courage and our triumphant hope to the very end.

But as I made oath in my anger, They shall never be admitted to my Rest!"

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.

For we have had good news preached to us, just as they did, but the message they heard did them no good because they did not agree through faith with what they heard.

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.

For our high priest is not one who is incapable of sympathy with our weaknesses, but he has been tempted in every way just as we have, without committing any sin.

and on this account he is obliged to offer sacrifices for sin, not only for the people but for himself as well.

And no one takes the office upon himself, but men assume it only when called to it by God, as Aaron was.

So even Christ did not claim for himself the dignity of the high priesthood, but he was appointed to it by him who said to him, "You are my Son! I have today become your Father!"

I have much to say to you about this, but it is difficult to make it clear to you, because you have become so slow of apprehension.

But full-grown men have a right to solid food, for their faculties are trained by practice to distinguish right and wrong.

But if it yields thorns and thistles, it is thought worthless and almost cursed, and it will finally be burned.

But about you, dear friends, even though we say this, we are sure of better things that promise salvation.

But we want each of you to exhibit this same earnestness to the very end with regard to your confidence in your hope,

so that you may never grow careless, but may learn to follow the example of those who through their faith and endurance are the possessors of God's promises.

to whom Abraham apportioned one tenth of all the spoil, who is first, as his name shows, king of righteousness and then king of Salem, which means king of peace??3 with no father or mother or ancestry, and with no beginning to his days nor end to his life, but like no one but the Son of God, continues as priest forever.

But this man, whose ancestry is not connected with theirs, collected tithes from Abraham himself, and gave his blessing to the man who had received the promises from God.

But, beyond any doubt, it is the inferior that is blessed by the superior.

In the one case, mortal men collect tithes; but in the other, one who, it is intimated, lives on.

for he is appointed not for possessing any legal physical qualifications, but by virtue of a life that cannot end.

for God took no oath in appointing the old priests, but he made oath to his appointment, when he said to him, "The Lord has sworn it and he will not change; You are a priest forever!"

But he continues forever, and so his priesthood is untransferable.

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.

to officiate as priest in the sanctuary and in that true tent of worship which not man but the Lord himself set up.

But every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices, and so this high priest also must have some sacrifice to offer.

But, as it is, the priestly service to which Christ has been appointed is as much better than the old as the agreement established by him and the promises on which it is based are superior to the former ones.

But in his dissatisfaction with them he says, " 'See! the time is coming,' says the Lord, 'When I will conclude a new agreement with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,

Now when he speaks of a new agreement, he is treating the first one as obsolete; but whatever is obsolete and antiquated is almost ready to disappear.

but only the high priest could enter the inner part, and he but once a year, and never without taking some victim's blood, to offer on his own behalf and for the sins committed through ignorance by the people.

But when Christ came, as the high priest of the better system under which we live, he went once for all, through that greater, more perfect tent of worship not made by human hands nor a part of our material creation, into the sanctuary,

taking with him no blood of goats and calves, but his own, and secured our permanent deliverance.

By such means, therefore, these things that were only copied from the originals in heaven had to be purified, but the heavenly originals themselves required far better sacrifices than these.

For it was not a sanctuary made by human hands and only copied after the true one that Christ entered, but he went into heaven itself, in order to appear now on our behalf in the very presence of God.

for then he would have had to suffer death over and over, ever since the creation of the world. But, as it is, once for all at the close of the age he has appeared, to put an end to sin by his sacrifice.

so the Christ too, after being offered in sacrifice once for all to carry away the sins of many, will appear again but without any burden of sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him to come and save them.

That is why the Christ, when he was coming into the world, said, "You have not wished sacrifice or offering, but you have provided a body for me.

But Christ has offered for all time one sacrifice for sin, and has taken his seat at God's right hand,