1 K eep on loving each other as Christian brothers.

Let love for your fellow believers continue and be a fixed practice with you.

2 D o not forget to be kind to strangers and let them stay in your home. Some people have had angels in their homes without knowing it.

Do not forget or neglect or refuse to extend hospitality to strangers, for through it some have entertained angels without knowing it.

3 R emember those in prison. Think of them as if you were in prison with them. Remember those who are suffering because of what others have done to them. You may suffer in the same way.

Remember those who are in prison as if you were their fellow prisoner, and those who are ill-treated, since you also are liable to bodily sufferings.

4 M arriage should be respected by everyone. God will punish those who do sex sins and are not faithful in marriage.

Let marriage be held in honor (esteemed worthy, precious, of great price, and especially dear) in all things. And thus let the marriage bed be undefiled (kept undishonored); for God will judge and punish the unchaste and adulterous.

5 K eep your lives free from the love of money. Be happy with what you have. God has said, “I will never leave you or let you be alone.”

Let your character or moral disposition be free from love of money and be satisfied with your present; for He Himself has said, I will not in any way fail you nor give you up nor leave you without support. not, not, not in any degree leave you helpless nor forsake nor let down ( relax My hold on you)! '> Assuredly not!]

6 S o we can say for sure, “The Lord is my Helper. I am not afraid of anything man can do to me.”

So we take comfort and are encouraged and confidently and boldly say, The Lord is my Helper; I will not be seized with alarm. What can man do to me?

7 R emember your leaders who first spoke God’s Word to you. Think of how they lived, and trust God as they did.

Remember your leaders and superiors in authority who brought to you the Word of God. Observe attentively and consider their manner of living (the outcome of their well-spent lives) and imitate their faith ( their conviction that God exists and is the Creator and Ruler of all things, the Provider and Bestower of eternal salvation through Christ, and their leaning of the entire human personality on God in absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness).

8 J esus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

Jesus Christ (the Messiah) is the same, yesterday, today, and forever (to the ages).

9 D o not let the many strange teachings lead you in the wrong way. Our hearts are made strong by God’s loving-favor. Food does not make our hearts strong. Those who obey laws about eating certain foods are not helped by them.

Do not be carried about by different and varied and alien teachings; for it is good for the heart to be established and ennobled and strengthened by means of grace (God’s favor and spiritual blessing) and not foods, which bring no benefit or profit to those who observe them.

10 W e have an altar from which those who work in the place of worship have no right to eat.

We have an altar from which those who serve and worship in the tabernacle have no right to eat.

11 T he head religious leader takes the blood of animals into the holy place to give it on the altar for sins. But the bodies of the animals are burned outside the city.

For when the blood of animals is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin, the victims’ bodies are burned outside the limits of the camp.

12 I t was the same with Jesus. He suffered and died outside the city so His blood would make the people clean from sin.

Therefore Jesus also suffered and died outside the gate in order that He might purify and consecrate the people through His own blood and set them apart as holy.

13 S o let us go to Him outside the city to share His shame.

Let us then go forth to Him outside the camp, bearing the contempt and abuse and shame with Him.

14 F or there is no city here on earth that will last forever. We are looking for the one that is coming.

For here we have no permanent city, but we are looking for the one which is to come.

15 L et us give thanks all the time to God through Jesus Christ. Our gift to Him is to give thanks. Our lips should always give thanks to His name.

Through Him, therefore, let us constantly and at all times offer up to God a sacrifice of praise, which is the fruit of lips that thankfully acknowledge and confess and glorify His name.

16 R emember to do good and help each other. Gifts like this please God.

Do not forget or neglect to do kindness and good, to be generous and distribute and contribute to the needy '> as embodiment and proof of fellowship], for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

17 O bey your leaders and do what they say. They keep watch over your souls. They have to tell God what they have done. They should have joy in this and not be sad. If they are sad, it is no help to you.

Obey your spiritual leaders and submit to them, for they are constantly keeping watch over your souls and guarding your spiritual welfare, as men who will have to render an account. let them do this with gladness and not with sighing and groaning, for that would not be profitable to you.

18 P ray for us. Our hearts tell us we are right. We want to do the right thing always.

Keep praying for us, for we are convinced that we have a good (clear) conscience, that we want to walk uprightly and live a noble life, acting honorably and in complete honesty in all things.

19 P ray for me all the more so that I will be able to come to you soon.

And I beg of you the more earnestly, in order that I may be restored to you the sooner.

20 G od is a God of peace. He raised our Lord Jesus from the dead. Jesus is the Good Shepherd of the sheep. His blood made the New Way of Worship which will last forever.

Now may the God of peace, Who brought again from among the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood the everlasting agreement (covenant, testament),

21 M ay God give you every good thing you need so you can do what He wants. May He do in us what pleases Him through Jesus Christ. May Christ have all the shining-greatness forever! Let it be so.

Strengthen (complete, perfect) and make you what you ought to be and equip you with everything good that you may carry out His will; works in you and accomplishes that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ (the Messiah); to Whom be the glory forever and ever (to the ages of the ages). Amen (so be it).

22 C hristian brothers, I beg of you to listen to these words that will help you. This has been a short letter.

I call on you, brethren, to listen patiently and bear with this message of exhortation and admonition and encouragement, for I have written to you briefly.

23 I want you to know that Timothy is out of prison. If he comes soon, I will bring him with me when I come to see you.

Notice that our brother Timothy has been released. If he comes here soon, I will see you along with him.

24 G reet all of your leaders and to all those who belong to Christ. The Christians from the country of Italy greet you.

Give our greetings to all of your spiritual leaders and to all of the saints (God’s consecrated believers). The Italian Christians send you their greetings.

25 M ay all of you have God’s loving-favor. Let it be so.

Grace (God’s favor and spiritual blessing) be with you all. Amen (so be it).