For those who have served well as deacons acquire a good standing for themselves, and great boldness in the faith that is in Christ Jesus.

But if I should be delayed, I have written so that you will know how people ought to act in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth.

Now the Spirit explicitly says that in later times some will depart from the faith, paying attention to deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons,

They forbid marriage and demand abstinence from foods that God created to be received with gratitude by those who believe and know the truth.

If you point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of the faith and the good teaching that you have followed.

Do not neglect the gift that is in you; it was given to you through prophecy, with the laying on of hands by the council of elders.

Practice these things; be committed to them, so that your progress may be evident to all.

Command this also, so they won’t be blamed.

and is well known for good works—that is, if she has brought up children, shown hospitality, washed the saints’ feet, helped the afflicted, and devoted herself to every good work.

If any believing woman has widows in her family, she should help them, and the church should not be burdened, so that it can help those who are genuinely widows.

For the Scripture says:

Do not muzzle an ox
while it is treading out the grain, and,
the worker is worthy of his wages.

Publicly rebuke those who sin, so that the rest will also be afraid.

Likewise, good works are obvious, and those that are not obvious cannot remain hidden.

All who are under the yoke as slaves must regard their own masters to be worthy of all respect, so that God’s name and His teaching will not be blasphemed.

If anyone teaches other doctrine and does not agree with the sound teaching of our Lord Jesus Christ and with the teaching that promotes godliness,

and constant disagreement among people whose minds are depraved and deprived of the truth, who imagine that godliness is a way to material gain.

storing up for themselves a good reserve for the age to come, so that they may take hold of life that is real.

Timothy, guard what has been entrusted to you, avoiding irreverent, empty speech and contradictions from the “knowledge” that falsely bears that name.

Remembering your tears, I long to see you so that I may be filled with joy,

clearly recalling your sincere faith that first lived in your grandmother Lois, then in your mother Eunice, and that I am convinced is in you also.

Therefore, I remind you to keep ablaze the gift of God that is in you through the laying on of my hands.

and that is why I suffer these things. But I am not ashamed, because I know the One I have believed in and am persuaded that He is able to guard what has been entrusted to me until that day.

Hold on to the pattern of sound teaching that you have heard from me, in the faith and love that are in Christ Jesus.

Guard, through the Holy Spirit who lives in us, that good thing entrusted to you.

May the Lord grant that he obtain mercy from Him on that day. And you know very well how much he ministered at Ephesus.

You, therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus.

This is why I endure all things for the elect: so that they also may obtain salvation, which is in Christ Jesus, with eternal glory.

They have deviated from the truth, saying that the resurrection has already taken place, and are overturning the faith of some.

But reject foolish and ignorant disputes, knowing that they breed quarrels.

along with the persecutions and sufferings that came to me in Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra. What persecutions I endured! Yet the Lord rescued me from them all.

and you know that from childhood you have known the sacred Scriptures, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

so that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.

There is reserved for me in the future the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will give me on that day, and not only to me, but to all those who have loved His appearing.

But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the proclamation might be fully made through me and all the Gentiles might hear. So I was rescued from the lion’s mouth.

Paul, a slave of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to build up the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth that leads to godliness,

in the hope of eternal life that God, who cannot lie, promised before time began.

In His own time He has revealed His message in the proclamation that I was entrusted with by the command of God our Savior:

holding to the faithful message as taught, so that he will be able both to encourage with sound teaching and to refute those who contradict it.

This testimony is true. So, rebuke them sharply, that they may be sound in the faith

so they may encourage the young women to love their husbands and to love their children,

to be self-controlled, pure, homemakers, kind, and submissive to their husbands, so that God’s message will not be slandered.

Your message is to be sound beyond reproach, so that the opponent will be ashamed, having nothing bad to say about us.

or stealing, but demonstrating utter faithfulness, so that they may adorn the teaching of God our Savior in everything.

He saved us—
not by works of righteousness that we had done,
but according to His mercy,
through the washing of regeneration
and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

so that having been justified by His grace,
we may become heirs with the hope of eternal life.

This saying is trustworthy. I want you to insist on these things, so that those who have believed God might be careful to devote themselves to good works. These are good and profitable for everyone.

knowing that such a person is perverted and sins, being self-condemned.

Diligently help Zenas the lawyer and Apollos on their journey, so that they will lack nothing.

And our people must also learn to devote themselves to good works for cases of urgent need, so that they will not be unfruitful.

to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets in your home.

I pray that your participation in the faith may become effective through knowing every good thing that is in us for the glory of Christ.

I wanted to keep him with me, so that in my imprisonment for the gospel he might serve me in your place.

But I didn’t want to do anything without your consent, so that your good deed might not be out of obligation, but of your own free will.

For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a brief time, so that you might get him back permanently,

And if he has wronged you in any way, or owes you anything, charge that to my account.

I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it—not to mention to you that you owe me even your own self.

Since I am confident of your obedience, I am writing to you, knowing that you will do even more than I say.

But meanwhile, also prepare a guest room for me, for I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.

We must, therefore, pay even more attention to what we have heard, so that we will not drift away.

For He has not subjected to angels the world to come that we are talking about.

But one has somewhere testified:

What is man that You remember him,
or the son of man that You care for him?

But we do see Jesus—made lower than the angels for a short time so that by God’s grace He might taste death for everyone—crowned with glory and honor because of His suffering in death.

For in bringing many sons to glory, it was entirely appropriate that God—all things exist for Him and through Him—should make the source of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

For the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified all have one Father. That is why Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers,

Now since the children have flesh and blood in common, Jesus also shared in these, so that through His death He might destroy the one holding the power of death—that is, the Devil—

For it is clear that He does not reach out to help angels, but to help Abraham’s offspring.

Therefore, He had to be like His brothers in every way, so that He could become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

Watch out, brothers, so that there won’t be in any of you an evil, unbelieving heart that departs from the living God.

But encourage each other daily, while it is still called today, so that none of you is hardened by sin’s deception.

For we have become companions of the Messiah if we hold firmly until the end the reality that we had at the start.

And who did He swear to that they would not enter His rest, if not those who disobeyed?

So we see that they were unable to enter because of unbelief.

Therefore, while the promise to enter His rest remains, let us fear that none of you should miss it.

Again, in that passage He says, They will never enter My rest.

Let us then make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall into the same pattern of disobedience.

Therefore let us approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us at the proper time.

For ground that has drunk the rain that has often fallen on it and that produces vegetation useful to those it is cultivated for receives a blessing from God.

so that you won’t become lazy but will be imitators of those who inherit the promises through faith and perseverance.

so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.

We have this hope as an anchor for our lives, safe and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain.

The sons of Levi who receive the priestly office have a command according to the law to collect a tenth from the people—that is, from their brothers—though they have also descended from Abraham.

In the one case, men who will die receive tenths, but in the other case, Scripture testifies that he lives.

Now it is evident that our Lord came from Judah, and Moses said nothing about that tribe concerning priests.

These serve as a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, as Moses was warned when he was about to complete the tabernacle. For God said, Be careful that you make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain.

But Jesus has now obtained a superior ministry, and to that degree He is the mediator of a better covenant, which has been legally enacted on better promises.

For if that first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion for a second one.

not like the covenant
that I made with their ancestors
on the day I took them by their hands
to lead them out of the land of Egypt.
I disregarded them, says the Lord,
because they did not continue in My covenant.

But this is the covenant
that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, says the Lord:
I will put My laws into their minds
and write them on their hearts.
I will be their God,
and they will be My people.

By saying, a new covenant, He has declared that the first is old. And what is old and aging is about to disappear.

It contained the gold altar of incense and the ark of the covenant, covered with gold on all sides, in which there was a gold jar containing the manna, Aaron’s staff that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.

But the high priest alone enters the second room, and he does that only once a year, and never without blood, which he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance.

The Holy Spirit was making it clear that the way into the most holy place had not yet been disclosed while the first tabernacle was still standing.

This is a symbol for the present time, during which gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot perfect the worshiper’s conscience.

But the Messiah has appeared, high priest of the good things that have come. In the greater and more perfect tabernacle not made with hands (that is, not of this creation),

Therefore, He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance, because a death has taken place for redemption from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

That is why even the first covenant was inaugurated with blood.

saying, This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded for you.

For the Messiah did not enter a sanctuary made with hands (only a model of the true one) but into heaven itself, so that He might now appear in the presence of God for us.

This is the covenant I will make with them
after those days, says the Lord:
I will put My laws on their hearts
and write them on their minds,

by a new and living way He has opened for us through the curtain (that is, His flesh),