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

Now Moses was faithful in all God’s house as a servant, to testify to the things that would be spoken.

“Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness.

See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has an evil, unbelieving heart that forsakes the living God.

Now when God made his promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself,

Yet the one these things are spoken about belongs to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever officiated at the altar.

for the law made nothing perfect. On the other hand a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

When he speaks of a new covenant, he makes the first obsolete. Now what is growing obsolete and aging is about to disappear.

And both the tabernacle and all the utensils of worship he likewise sprinkled with blood.

So since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us give thanks, and through this let us offer worship pleasing to God in devotion and awe.

Draw near to God and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and make your hearts pure, you double-minded.

As an example of suffering and patience, brothers and sisters, take the prophets who spoke in the Lord’s name.

and a stumbling-stone and a rock to trip over. They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do.

When he was maligned, he did not answer back; when he suffered, he threatened no retaliation, but committed himself to God who judges justly.

But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear such a name.

Indeed, as long as I am in this tabernacle, I consider it right to stir you up by way of a reminder,

When this voice was conveyed from heaven, we ourselves heard it, for we were with him on the holy mountain.

The one who says he is in the light but still hates his fellow Christian is still in the darkness.

The one who loves his fellow Christian resides in the light, and there is no cause for stumbling in him.

We know that we are from God, and the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.