I especially ask you to pray that I may be restored to you very soon.

Endure your suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is there that a father does not discipline?

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

And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons? “My son, do not scorn the Lord’s discipline or give up when he corrects you.

Remember your leaders, who spoke God’s message to you; reflect on the outcome of their lives and imitate their faith.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls and will give an account for their work. Let them do this with joy and not with complaints, for this would be no advantage for you.