The Lord stood by me, and strengthened me, that through me the proclamation might be fully announced, and that all the gentiles might hear; and I was delivered out of the mouth of a lion.

For this cause I left you in Crete, that you should set in order the things that are lacking, and appoint elders in every city, as I directed you;

holding fast the faithful word which is according to the teaching, that he may be able both to exhort in the healthful doctrine, and to convict those who contradict.

This testimony is true. For which cause, reprove them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith;

that aged men be temperate, grave, sober-minded, sound in faith, in love, in patience;

that aged women, in like manner, be reverent in demeanor, not slanderers, not enslaved to much wine, teachers of that which is good;

that they may train the young women to be lovers of their husbands, lovers of their children,

to be sober, pure, workers at home, good, submitting themselves to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed.

sound speech not to be condemned; that he who is of the contrary part may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say concerning us.

not keeping back anything, but showing forth all good faith; that they may adorn the teaching of our Savior God in all things.

teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly, and righteously, and godly in the present age;

who gave Himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a special people, zealous of good works.

that having been justified by His grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

Faithful is the saying, and concerning these things I will that you affirm confidently, that those who have believed God may be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable to men.

knowing that such a one has been turned aside, and is sinning, being self-condemned.

Diligently send forward Zenas the lawyer and Apollos, that nothing may be lacking to them.

And let our people also learn to maintain good works for necessary wants, that they may not be unfruitful.

that the fellowship of your faith may become effectual, in the knowledge of every good thing in you, for Christ.

Wherefore, though having much boldness in Christ to enjoin upon you that which is becoming,

whom I sent back to you, in his own person, that is, my very heart;

whom I was disposed to keep with me, that in your stead he might minister to me in the bonds of the Gospel;

but, without your consent, I was willing to do nothing; that your beneficence might not be by necessity, but by choice.

For, perhaps, he departed for a season for this reason, that you might have him back forever;

I Paul wrote it with my own hand, I will repay it; that I say not to you, that you owe me even your own self besides.

Having confidence in your obedience, I wrote to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.

But, at the same time, prepare also a lodging for me; for I hope that, through your prayers, I shall be given to you.

For this reason, it is needful that we give the more earnest heed to the things heard, lest at any time we drift past them.

but some one, somewhere, fully testified, saying, "What is man, that Thou rememberest him; or a son of man, that Thou visitest him?

But we behold Him Who was made a little lower than angels, Jesus, on account of the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor, that, by the grace of God, He might taste death for every one.

Since, therefore, the children have partaken of blood and flesh, He Himself also in like manner took part of the same; that, through death, He might bring to nought him who had the power of death, that is, the Devil;

Wherefore, it behooved Him in all things to be made like His brethren, that He might become a merciful and faithful High Priest in the things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people;

for in that He Himself hath suffered, being tempted, He is able to succor those who are tempted.

Wherefore, I was displeased with that generation, and said, 'They do always err in their heart, and they did not know My ways;

And to whom did He swear, that they should not enter into His rest, but to those who were disbelieving?

And we see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.

Let us, therefore, give diligence to enter into that rest, that no one fall after the same example of unbelief.

And there is no creature that is not manifest in His presence; but all things are naked and laid bare to the eyes of Him with Whom is our account.

Let us, therefore, come with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and find grace for seasonable help.

For every high priest, taken from among men, is appointed in behalf of men in the things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins;

For even when, on account of the time, ye ought to be teachers, ye again have need that some one teach you the first elements of the oracles of God, and have become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food;

For the land which drank in the rain that often comes upon it, and brings forth an herb fit for those for whose sake also it is cultivated, receives blessing from God;

And we desire that each of you show forth the same diligence to the full assurance of the hope to the end;

that ye may not become slothful, but imitators of those who, through faith and long-suffering, inherit the promises.

that, through two immutable facts, in which it is impossible that God should lie, we may have strong encouragement, who fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us;

And those, indeed, from among the sons of Levi, who receive the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, (though having come out of the loins of Abraham);

And here, indeed, men who die receive tithes; but there, one received them who receives witness that he lives.

If, therefore, there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people have received the law), what further need was there, that another Priest should arise according to the rank of Melchizedek, and not be reckoned according to the rank of Aaron?

For it is evident that our Lord hath sprung out of Judah, respecting which tribe Moses spake nothing concerning priests.

For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; wherefore, it is necessary that This One also have something which He may offer.

who, indeed, serve in the copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses has been divinely warned, when about to make the tabernacle; for "See," saith He, "that you make all things according to the pattern which was showed you in the mount";

For, if that first covenant had been faultless, place would not be sought for a second;

In that He saith, "A new covenant," He hath made the first old: but the thing that is becoming old, and is wearing out with age, is near vanishing away.

having a golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid on every side with gold, in which was a golden pot containing the manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

the Holy Spirit signifying this, that the way into the Holies has not yet been made manifest, while the first tabernacle is yet standing;

But Christ, having come as a High Priest of the good things to come, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made by hand (that is, not of this creation),

And, for this cause, He is the Mediator of a new covenant, that, death having taken place for redemption from the transgressions against the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

For where there is a testament, there is a necessity that the death of the testator be brought in.

There was, therefore, a necessity that the copies of the things in Heaven should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves, with better sacrifices than these.

nor yet, that He should many times offer Himself, as the high priest enters into the Holies every year with blood not His own;

for it is impossible that the blood of bulls and of goats should take away sins.

then hath He said, "Lo, I have come to do Thy will." He taketh away the first, that He may establish the second:

"This is the covenant that I will covenant with them after those days," saith the Lord, "Putting my laws on their hearts, I will also write them upon their mind;

which He dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is, His flesh;

for ye both sympathized with those in bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your possessions; knowing that ye yourselves have a better possession and an abiding one.

For ye have need of patience, that, after having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.

By faith we perceive that the ages have been constituted by the word of God, so that what is seen has not arisen out of things that appear.

By faith Abel offered to God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, through which he received witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and through it he, being dead, is still speaking.

By faith Enoch was translated, so as not to see death; and he was not found, because God translated him; for, it has been witnessed to him that, before his translation, he had been well-pleasing to God.

And, apart from faith, it is impossible to please Him; for he that comes to God must believe that He is, and that He becomes a rewarder to those who seek after Him.

These all died according to faith, not having obtained the promises, but having seen them from afar, and having greeted them, and having confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.

For those who say such things make it manifest that they are seeking their paternal home.

And, if, indeed, they had been mindful of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.

But now they long for a better country, that is, a heavenly one; wherefore, God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God; for He prepared for them a city.

accounting that God is able to raise even from the dead; whence he did also, as in a figure, receive him back.

By faith Moses, when born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw that he was a comely child; and they were not afraid of the king's command.

Women received their dead by a resurrection; and others were tortured, not accepting the redemption, that they might obtain a better resurrection.

God having provided something better concerning us, that, apart from us, they should not be made perfect.

For they, indeed, for a few days were chastening us, according to what seemed good to them; but He for our profit, that we may partake of His holiness.

and make straight paths for your feet, that the lame be not turned out of the way, but rather be healed.

For ye know that even after that, when wishing to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place for repentance, although he earnestly sought it with tears.

For ye have not come to a mount that is touched and burning with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice those who heard entreated that no word more should be added to them;

for they could not bear that which was being commanded: "And, if a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned";

See that ye refuse not Him Who speaketh; for, if those escaped not, when refusing him who warned them on earth, much more shall not we escape, who turn away from Him Who warneth us from Heaven;

But the expression, "Yet once more," signifies the removal of the things shaken, as of things that have been made, that the things that are not shaken may remain.

Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear;

So that with good courage we say, "The Lord is my Helper, I will not be afraid; what shall man do to me?"

Be not carried away by manifold and strange teachings; for it is good that the heart be established with grace, not with foods, in which those who occupied themselves were not profited.

Wherefore, Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood, suffered without the gate.

Through Him, therefore, let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually; that is, the fruit of our lips making confession to His name.

Obey those who are your leaders, and submit to them; for they watch in behalf of your souls, as those who are to give an account; that they may do this with joy, and not with sighing; for this would be unprofitable for you.

Pray for us; for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to deport ourselves honestly in all things.

And I the more earnestly exhort you to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.

make you perfect in every good thing to do His will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ; to Whom be the glory forever. Amen.

Know ye that our brother Timothy has been set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.

knowing that the proving of your faith establishes patience.

And let patience have a perfect work; that ye may be perfect and entire, lacking in nothing.

For let not that man suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord;

Having willed it, He brought us forth with a word of truth, that we might be a certain first-fruit of His creatures.

If anyone thinks that he is religious, while he bridles not his own tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain.