For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin.

And by being perfected in this way, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him,

In the same way God wanted to demonstrate more clearly to the heirs of the promise that his purpose was unchangeable, and so he intervened with an oath,

The Holy Spirit is making clear that the way into the holy place had not yet appeared as long as the old tabernacle was standing.

And he did not enter to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own,

by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,

At times you were publicly exposed to abuse and afflictions, and at other times you came to share with others who were treated in that way.

For those who speak in such a way make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.

since he is a double-minded individual, unstable in all his ways.

And similarly, was not Rahab the prostitute also justified by works when she welcomed the messengers and sent them out by another way?

For we all stumble in many ways. If someone does not stumble in what he says, he is a perfect individual, able to control the entire body as well.

You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed -- not by perishable things like silver or gold,

In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands. Then, even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live,

For in the same way the holy women who hoped in God long ago adorned themselves by being subject to their husbands,

Husbands, in the same way, treat your wives with consideration as the weaker partners and show them honor as fellow heirs of the grace of life. In this way nothing will hinder your prayers.

In the same way, you who are younger, be subject to the elders. And all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, because God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.

Indeed, as long as I am in this tabernacle, I consider it right to stir you up by way of a reminder,

And many will follow their debauched lifestyles. Because of these false teachers, the way of truth will be slandered.

suffering harm as the wages for their harmful ways. By considering it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight, they are stains and blemishes, indulging in their deceitful pleasures when they feast together with you.

By forsaking the right path they have gone astray, because they followed the way of Balaam son of Bosor, who loved the wages of unrighteousness,

For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment that had been delivered to them.

Dear friends, this is already the second letter I have written you, in which I am trying to stir up your pure mind by way of reminder:

They have testified to your love before the church. You will do well to send them on their way in a manner worthy of God.

So also Sodom and Gomorrah and the neighboring towns, since they indulged in sexual immorality and pursued unnatural desire in a way similar to these angels, are now displayed as an example by suffering the punishment of eternal fire.

The one who has an ear had better hear what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will in no way be harmed by the second death.'

In the same way, there are also some among you who follow the teaching of the Nicolaitans.

If anyone wants to harm them, fire comes out of their mouths and completely consumes their enemies. If anyone wants to harm them, they must be killed this way.

They sang the song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb: "Great and astounding are your deeds, Lord God, the All-Powerful! Just and true are your ways, King over the nations!

Then the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates and dried up its water to prepare the way for the kings from the east.

because her sins have piled up all the way to heaven and God has remembered her crimes.

Repay her the same way she repaid others; pay her back double corresponding to her deeds. In the cup she mixed, mix double the amount for her.

They will stand a long way off because they are afraid of her torment, and will say, "Woe, woe, O great city, Babylon the powerful city! For in a single hour your doom has come!"

The merchants who sold these things, who got rich from her, will stand a long way off because they are afraid of her torment. They will weep and mourn,

because in a single hour such great wealth has been destroyed!" And every ship's captain, and all who sail along the coast -- seamen, and all who make their living from the sea, stood a long way off