Now may the Lord of peace himself give you peace at all times and in every way. The Lord be with you all.

Do not neglect the spiritual gift you have, given to you and confirmed by prophetic words when the elders laid hands on you.

And entrust what you heard me say in the presence of many others as witnesses to faithful people who will be competent to teach others as well.

and how from infancy you have known the holy writings, which are able to give you wisdom for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

he saved us not by works of righteousness that we have done but on the basis of his mercy, through the washing of the new birth and the renewing of the Holy Spirit,

I have had great joy and encouragement because of your love, for the hearts of the saints have been refreshed through you, brother.

You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. So God, your God, has anointed you over your companions with the oil of rejoicing.”

how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him,

For indeed he who makes holy and those being made holy all have the same origin, and so he is not ashamed to call them brothers and sisters,

But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.

so that we who have found refuge in him may find strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us through two unchangeable things, since it is impossible for God to lie.

but Jesus did so with a sworn affirmation by the one who said to him, “The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever’” –

So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.

But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,

for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the consummation of the ages to put away sin by his sacrifice.

Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness for those trained by it.

For the bodies of those animals whose blood the high priest brings into the sanctuary as an offering for sin are burned outside the camp.

Through him you now trust in God, who raised him from the dead and gave him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

In the same way, wives, be subject to your own husbands. Then, even if some are disobedient to the word, they will be won over without a word by the way you live,