with great temper and meekness informing those, who differ in opinion; because he does not know, but God may change their minds, by convincing them of the truth.

But know this, that in the last days perilous times will come.

destitute of natural affection, unforgiving, slanderers. They will have no self-control, but will be brutal, opposed to goodness,

keeping up the forms of religion but not giving expression to its power. Avoid such people.

who are always trying to learn but never able to come to a full knowledge of the truth.

But as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so these also resist the truth, men of corrupt mind, reprobate concerning the faith.

But they will not make any more progress, for their folly will be evident to everybody, as theirs was.

But you, on your part, have faithfully followed my teaching, my conduct, my aim, my faith, my patience, my love, my steadfastness,

my persecutions, my sufferings, such as befell me at Antioch, Iconium, and Lystra, such as I endured but the Lord delivered me out of them all.

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

But bad men and imposters will go on from bad to worse, misleading others and misled themselves.

But you, on your part, must continue to abide by what you have learned and been led to rely upon, because you know from whom you learned it

For a time will come when they will not listen to wholesome teaching, but to gratify their own evil desires will surround themselves with teachers who teach to gratify their own evil desires, because their ears are itching so to be tickled,

and they will turn away from the hearing of the truth, but will turn to myths.

But you, on your part, must always keep your head cool, suffer hardship, do your work as a herald of the good news, and so fill your ministry to the brim.

Now the crown for doing right awaits me, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award me on that day, and not only me but also all who have loved 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 Tychicus I sent to Ephesus.

When you come, bring the cloak I left in Troas with Carpus; also my books, but especially my parchments.

But be on the watch for him, for he was violent in his attacks on our teaching.

When I first defended myself at court, nobody came to help me, but everybody deserted me. May it never be charged to their account.

But the Lord stood by me and gave me strength, so that the message preached by me might have its full effect and all the heathen might hear it. So I was rescued from the lion's jaws.

Erastus remained at Corinth, but Trophimus I left being sick at Miletus.

but at the proper time made known as His message through the message that I preach with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Saviour;

namely, a man of unquestionable integrity, the husband of one wife, having children who believe, not accused of being immoral or rebellious.

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

For there are many insubordinate people, mere talkers with nothing to say, but deceivers of their own minds, especially those of the circumcision party,

To the pure everything is pure, but to the impure and unbelieving nothing is pure, but their very minds and consciences are impure.

They profess to know God, but by their actions they disown Him; they are detestable, disobedient, and useless for anything good.

But speak thou the things that are fitting for the sound doctrine.

but what is agreeable to sound doctrine: advise the aged to be prudent, grave, temperate, sound in faith,

the older women, too, to be reverent in their deportment, and not to be slanderers or slaves to heavy drinking, but to be teachers of what is right,

but to lectures on virtue, that they may teach the young women prudence, to love their husbands,

and above all make your own life a pattern of right conduct, having in your teaching no taint of insincerity, but a serious tone,

to stop resisting them and stealing from them, but to show such perfect fidelity as to adorn, in everything they do, the teaching of God our Saviour.

they must speak evil of none, they must not be quarrelsome, but gentle, showing perfect meekness toward all.

But when the goodness and lovingkindness of God our Saviour were brought to light,

He saved us, not for upright deeds that we had done, but in accordance with His mercy, through the bath of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit,

This is a faithful and trustworthy saying; and concerning these things I want you to speak with great confidence, so that those who have believed God [that is, those who have trusted in, relied on, and accepted Christ Jesus as Savior,] will be careful to participate in doing good and honorable things. These things are excellent [in themselves] and profitable for the people.

But hold yourself aloof from foolish controversies, pedigrees, strife, and wrangles about the law, for these are fruitless and futile.

When I send Artemas or [perhaps] Tychicus to you, make every effort to come to me at Nicopolis, for I have decided to spend the winter there.

But also our [people] must learn to engage in good deeds for necessary needs, so that they will not be unfruitful.

because I am hearing of your love and of the faith which you hold, not only toward the Lord Jesus Christ, but toward all the saints.

yet I prefer to appeal to you for love's sake, although I am such as I am, Paul an envoy of Christ Jesus but now a prisoner for Him too;

Once he proved to be useless, but now he is useful to you and me;

whom I have sent back to thee: but do thou receive him, that is, my bowels:

I wanted to keep him with me so that he could serve me in your place during my imprisonment for the gospel. forced, but voluntary.

but I would not do a single thing about it without your consent, so that this kindness of yours to me might not seem to come by compulsion but voluntarily.

not as a slave any longer but more than a slave, a dearly loved brother, especially to me and much more to you, both as a servant and as a Christian.

But if he has wronged thee, or owes anything, charge this to me.

I Paul am writing this in my own handwriting, "I will repay you." But I will not mention that you owe me, over and over, your very soul.

But simultaneously also prepare a lodging for me, for I hope that by your prayers I will be granted to you.

but in these latter days He has spoken to us through a Son, whom He had appointed lawful owner of everything, and through whom He had made the worlds.

Or again, "I will become His Father, and He shall become my Son"? But when He brings again His first-born Son into the world, He says, "And let all the angels worship Him."

But God said [this] about the angels [Psa. 104:4 LXX], "He [i.e., God] makes His angels to be [like] winds and His servants [like] flames of fire." [Note: The idea is probably that angels obediently serve God's purpose similar to the way wind and lightening do].

But regarding the Son He says: "Your throne, O God, will stand forever and ever; a righteous scepter is the scepter of His kingdom.

They will perish, but you always remain; they all will grow old like a coat,

And you will fold them up just like a robe, and they will be changed like the changing of one's coat, but you are the same, and your years will never cease."

But to what angel did He ever say: "Just keep your seat at my right hand, until I make your foes a footstool for your feet"?

But a certain man has somewhere testified, saying, What is man, that thou remember him? Or a son of man, that thou help him?

You have put all things under His feet!" Now when He gave Him authority over everything, He did not leave a single thing that was not put under His authority. But as yet we do not see everything actually under His authority,

but we do see Jesus, who was made inferior to the angels for a little while, crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by God's favor He might experience death for every human being.

For of course it is not angels but descendants of Abraham that He is to help.

but as the architect is of much greater dignity than the house he has made; so the glory which Christ received was greater than that of Moses.

For every house is built by somebody, but the builder and furnisher of the universe is God.

Now Moses was faithful in [the administration of] all God’s house, [but only] as a ministering servant, [his ministry serving] as a testimony of the things which were to be spoken afterward [the revelation to come in Christ];

but Christ as a Son over his house, whose house we are, if only we keep in possession our confidence and pride of hope, firm until the end.

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: "If you but hear His voice today,

Wherefore I was displeased with this generation, And said, They do always err in their heart: But they did not know my ways;

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

But exhort each other during each day, while it is called Today, lest any of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

and yet the warning continues to be spoken: "If you but hear His voice, you must not harden your hearts as they did in provoking me."

For some who heard rebelled, but not all those who came out of Egypt by Moses.

But with whom was he angry forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?

But, unto whom, sware he, that they should not enter into his rest, - save unto them who were obstinate?

For we also are having good-news preached, just as also those men, but the word of hearing did not benefit those men, not having been mixed together with faith in those who heard.

But we which have believed, do enter into his rest, as contrariwise he said to the other, "As I have sworn in my wrath, 'They shall not enter into my rest.'" And that spake he verily long after that the works were made, and the foundation of the world laid.

but in this place 'tis said, "they shall not enter into my rest."

So, since it still remains for some people to enter into that rest, but those to whom the good news was previously proclaimed [See verse 2] failed to enter it because of disobedience [See 3:18]

He again fixes a definite day, saying long afterward through David, as has been quoted: "If you but hear His voice, you must not harden your hearts."

God's Message is a living and active power, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing its way till it penetrates soul and spirit--not the joints only but the very marrow--and detecting the inmost thoughts and purposes of the mind.

And there is no creature concealed from his presence, but all things are naked and vulnerable to his eyes, before whom is the word to us.

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but who was tempted in all things in the same way, without sin.

and so is obliged to offer sin-offerings, not only for the people but for himself as well.

And not any man takes the honor to himself, but being called by God, just as also Aaron.

So also Christ did not glorify himself to become a high priest, but it was he who said to him, Thou are my Son, today I have begotten thee.

In the days of His earthly life, Jesus offered up both [specific] petitions and [urgent] supplications [for that which He needed] with fervent crying and tears to the One who was [always] able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverent submission toward God [His sinlessness and His unfailing determination to do the Father’s will].

but though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered: and being thus perfected,

I have much to say to you about Him, but it is difficult to make it clear to you, since you have become so dull in your spiritual senses.

For certainly enough time has elapsed so that [by now] you ought to be teachers, [but instead] you are in need of having someone teach you again the basic principles of God's message. You have become people who need "milk" and not "solid food." [Note: The fundamental truths of Christianity are here figuratively spoken of as "milk," while the more advanced teaching, such as Christ's priesthood being like Melchizedek's, is called "solid food"].

For every man that is fed with milk is inexpert in the word of righteousness: For he is but a babe.

But solid food is for mature men, those having their sensibilities trained through practice for the discernment of both good and evil.

But the land which drinks in the rain that often falls on it, and produces plants beneficial to those by whom it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God;

But producing thorns and thistles it is unfit and near a curse, the end of which is for burning.

But we are persuaded better things about you, beloved, and things that have salvation, even though we speak this way.

but I am longing that each of you continue to show the same diligence to realize the fulness of your hope, even to the end.

so that ye may not become lazy, but imitators of those who, through faith and longsuffering, inherit the promises.

but God, in this wishing more abundantly to show forth to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

that by two immutable things in which it was impossible for God to deceive us, we, who have no other refuge to fly to, but to maintain our present hopes,

To whom even a tenth of all Abraham apportioned, first, indeed, when translated, King of Righteousness, but, after that, King of Salem also, which is King of Peace, -