We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, sure and steadfast, which reaches inside behind the curtain,

But now Jesus has obtained a superior ministry, since the covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted on better promises.

But when this priest had offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, he sat down at the right hand of God,

But if you do not experience discipline, something all sons have shared in, then you are illegitimate and are not sons.

In fact, the scene was so terrifying that Moses said, “I shudder with fear.”

and congregation of the firstborn, who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous, who have been made perfect,

Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.

Greetings to all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you greetings.

Who is wise and understanding among you? By his good conduct he should show his works done in the gentleness that wisdom brings.

But he gives greater grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud, but he gives grace to the humble.”

You know that from your empty way of life inherited from your ancestors you were ransomed – not by perishable things like silver or gold,

And yearn like newborn infants for pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up to salvation,

Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve one another as good stewards of the varied grace of God.

and if he did not spare the ancient world, but did protect Noah, a herald of righteousness, along with seven others, when God brought a flood on an ungodly world,

(for while he lived among them day after day, that righteous man was tormented in his righteous soul by the lawless deeds he saw and heard)

Dear friends, this is already the second letter I have written you, in which I am trying to stir up your pure mind by way of reminder:

Since all these things are to melt away in this manner, what sort of people must we be, conducting our lives in holiness and godliness,

Little children, let no one deceive you: The one who practices righteousness is righteous, just as Jesus is righteous.

Now Enoch, the seventh in descent beginning with Adam, even prophesied of them, saying, “Look! The Lord is coming with thousands and thousands of his holy ones,

But you, dear friends, by building yourselves up in your most holy faith, by praying in the Holy Spirit,