Now I urge you, brothers and sisters, bear with my message of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you briefly.

Through Silvanus, whom I know to be a faithful brother, I have written to you briefly, in order to encourage you and testify that this is the true grace of God. Stand fast in it.

that by revelation the divine secret was made known to me, as I wrote before briefly.

For the commandments, "Do not commit adultery, do not murder, do not steal, do not covet," (and if there is any other commandment) are summed up in this, "Love your neighbor as yourself."