They have strayed from the truth by saying that the resurrection has already occurred, and they are undermining some people’s faith.

When you come, bring with you the cloak I left in Troas with Carpas and the scrolls, especially the parchments.

At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me – may they not be held accountable for it.

A certain one of them, in fact, one of their own prophets, said, “Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons.”

Such testimony is true. For this reason rebuke them sharply that they may be healthy in the faith

and a sound message that cannot be criticized, so that any opponent will be at a loss, because he has nothing evil to say about us.

But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, quarrels, and fights about the law, because they are useless and empty.

to Apphia our sister, to Archippus our fellow soldier, and to the church that meets in your house.

I wanted to keep him so that he could serve me in your place during my imprisonment for the sake of the gospel.

no longer as a slave, but more than a slave, as a dear brother. He is especially so to me, and even more so to you now, both humanly speaking and in the Lord.

But when he again brings his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all the angels of God worship him!”

Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess,

For which ones heard and rebelled? Was it not all who came out of Egypt under Moses’ leadership?

And against whom was God provoked for forty years? Was it not those who sinned, whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness?

Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.

And no one assumes this honor on his own initiative, but only when called to it by God, as in fact Aaron was.

and then have committed apostasy, to renew them again to repentance, since they are crucifying the Son of God for themselves all over again and holding him up to contempt.

But in your case, dear friends, even though we speak like this, we are convinced of better things relating to salvation.

But we passionately want each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of your hope until the end,

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