Keep on loving one another as Christians.

Remember those who are in prison, as though you were in prison with them. Remember those who are suffering, as though you were suffering as they are.

For this reason Jesus also died outside the city, in order to purify the people from sin with his own blood.

For there is no permanent city for us here on earth; we are looking for the city which is to come.

Do not forget to do good and to help one another, because these are the sacrifices that please God.

That is why we must hold on all the more firmly to the truths we have heard, so that we will not be carried away.

My Christian friends, who also have been called by God! Think of Jesus, whom God sent to be the High Priest of the faith we profess.

My friends, be careful that none of you have a heart so evil and unbelieving that you will turn away from the living God.

Instead, in order that none of you be deceived by sin and become stubborn, you must help one another every day, as long as the word "Today" in the scripture applies to us.

Now, God has offered us the promise that we may receive that rest he spoke about. Let us take care, then, that none of you will be found to have failed to receive that promised rest.

Let us, then, do our best to receive that rest, so that no one of us will fail as they did because of their lack of faith.

Our great desire is that each of you keep up your eagerness to the end, so that the things you hope for will come true.

We do not want you to become lazy, but to be like those who believe and are patient, and so receive what God has promised.

We have, then, my friends, complete freedom to go into the Most Holy Place by means of the death of Jesus.

We have a great priest in charge of the house of God.

Let us hold on firmly to the hope we profess, because we can trust God to keep his promise.

Let us not give up the habit of meeting together, as some are doing. Instead, let us encourage one another all the more, since you see that the Day of the Lord is coming nearer.

Instead, all that is left is to wait in fear for the coming Judgment and the fierce fire which will destroy those who oppose God!

What, then, of those who despise the Son of God? who treat as a cheap thing the blood of God's covenant which purified them from sin? who insult the Spirit of grace? Just think how much worse is the punishment they will deserve!

It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God!

You were at times publicly insulted and mistreated, and at other times you were ready to join those who were being treated in this way.

Do not lose your courage, then, because it brings with it a great reward.

For, as the scripture says, "Just a little while longer, and he who is coming will come; he will not delay.

We are not people who turn back and are lost. Instead, we have faith and are saved.

As for us, we have this large crowd of witnesses around us. So then, let us rid ourselves of everything that gets in the way, and of the sin which holds on to us so tightly, and let us run with determination the race that lies before us.

Let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, on whom our faith depends from beginning to end. He did not give up because of the cross! On the contrary, because of the joy that was waiting for him, he thought nothing of the disgrace of dying on the cross, and he is now seated at the right side of God's throne.

Lift up your tired hands, then, and strengthen your trembling knees!

Try to be at peace with everyone, and try to live a holy life, because no one will see the Lord without it.

Let no one become immoral or unspiritual like Esau, who for a single meal sold his rights as the older son.

Be careful, then, and do not refuse to hear him who speaks. Those who refused to hear the one who gave the divine message on earth did not escape. How much less shall we escape, then, if we turn away from the one who speaks from heaven!

The words "once more" plainly show that the created things will be shaken and removed, so that the things that cannot be shaken will remain.

Here we are, then, speaking for Christ, as though God himself were making his appeal through us. We plead on Christ's behalf: let God change you from enemies into his friends!

In our work together with God, then, we beg you who have received God's grace not to let it be wasted.

I, Paul, make a personal appeal to you---I who am said to be meek and mild when I am with you, but harsh with you when I am away. By the gentleness and kindness of Christ

For this reason I could be bold enough, as your brother in Christ, to order you to do what should be done.

But because I love you, I make a request instead. I do this even though I am Paul, the ambassador of Christ Jesus, and at present also a prisoner for his sake.

See what big letters I make as I write to you now with my own hand!

I write you this brief letter with the help of Silas, whom I regard as a faithful Christian. I want to encourage you and give my testimony that this is the true grace of God. Stand firm in it.