From Paul, a slave of God and apostle of Jesus Christ, to further the faith of God’s chosen ones and the knowledge of the truth that is in keeping with godliness,

To Titus, my genuine son in a common faith. Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior!

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.

I would rather appeal to you on the basis of love – I, Paul, an old man and even now a prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus –

Yes, brother, let me have some benefit from you in the Lord. Refresh my heart in Christ.

Since I was confident that you would obey, I wrote to you, because I knew that you would do even more than what I am asking you to do.

At the same time also, prepare a place for me to stay, for I hope that through your prayers I will be given back to you.

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent out to serve those who will inherit salvation?

For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty,

and set free those who were held in slavery all their lives by their fear of death.

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

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

Therefore we must be wary that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.

Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience.

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

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 it is clear that our Lord is descended from Judah, yet Moses said nothing about priests in connection with that tribe.

And above the ark were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Now is not the time to speak of these things in detail.

Indeed according to the law almost everything was purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.

So when he came into the world, he said, “Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me.