if he reduced the cities of Sodom and Gomorra to ashes when he sentenced them to devastation, and thus gave the impious an example of what was in store for them,

Let us be eager then to enter that Rest, in case anyone falls into the same sort of disobedience.

Now this took place as a warning for us, to keep us from craving for evil as they craved. And you must not be idolaters, like some of them; as it is written, the people sat down to eat and drink, and they rose up to make sport. Nor must we commit immorality, as some of them did ??and in a single day twenty-three thousand of them fell.read more.
Nor must we presume upon the Lord as some of them did ??only to be destroyed by serpents. And you must not murmur, as some of them did ??only to be destroyed by the destroying angel. It all happened to them by way of warning for others, and it was written down for the purpose of instructing us whose lot has been cast in the closing hours of the world.

Well, if I have washed your feet, I who am your Lord and Teacher, you are bound to wash one another's feet;

It was in this way long ago that the holy women who hoped in God adorned themselves. They were submissive to their husbands.

As an example of fortitude and endurance, brothers, take the prophets who have spoken in the name of the Lord.

Where is the credit in standing punishment for having done wrong? No, if you stand suffering for having done right, that is what God counts a merit. It is your vocation; for when Christ suffered for you, he left you an example, and you must follow his footsteps. He committed no sin, no guile was ever found upon his lips;

Copy me, brothers, one and all of you, and notice those who live by the example you get from me.

Now this took place as a warning for us, to keep us from craving for evil as they craved.

It all happened to them by way of warning for others, and it was written down for the purpose of instructing us whose lot has been cast in the closing hours of the world.