 1 Let brotherly love~ continue. 2 Do not be forgetful to entertain strangers. For thereby some have entertained angels unexpectedly+. 3 Remember those who are in chains+, as though you were bound with them. Remember those who suffer adversity, as though being yourselves also in their body. 4 Let marriage be honorable in every way and the marriage bed undefiled. God will judge fornicators+ and adulterers. 5 Let your conversation~ and conduct be without covetousness. Be content with such things as you have. For He has said: I will never leave you nor forsake you. John 14:18 6 Therefore, we may boldly say: The Lord is my helper and I will not fear what mankind+ will do to me. Psalm 118:6 7 Remember those who have the rule over you and those who have spoken the Word of God to you. Follow their faith, considering the example+ of their conversation~ and conduct. 8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Malachi 3:6 9 Do not be carried away+ with many different+ and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established with grace and not with food+ laws that have not benefited+ those who have been preoccupied+ with them. 10 We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat. 11 For the bodies of those beasts whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for sin, are burned outside+ the camp. 12 Therefore Jesus also, so that He might sanctify the people with His own blood, suffered outside+ the gate. 13 Therefore, let us go forth to Him outside+ the camp, bearing His reproach. 14 For here we have no continuing city. But we seek one that is to come. 15 Therefore through Him, let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually. That is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to His name. 16 Do not forget to do good and to share+. For with such sacrifices God is well pleased. 17 Obey those who have the rule over you and submit yourselves to them. For they watch out for your souls as those who must give account. Obey them so that they may do it with joy and not with grief. For that is not beneficial+ for you. 18 Pray for us. For we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly. 19 But I urge+ you rather to do this so that I may be restored to you all the sooner. 20 Now may the God of peace who brought our Lord Jesus up from the dead, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant~, 21 make you perfect~ in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. 22 I urge you family+: Endure+ the word of exhortation. For I have written this letter to you in few words. 23 Know that our brother Timothy is released+, with whom, if he come soon+, I will see you. 24 Greet+ all who have the rule over you and all the saints. Those from Italy greet+ you. 25 Grace be with you all. Amen.
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