Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is a great help to me in ministry.

It trains us to reject godless ways and worldly desires and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age,

He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.

For we too were once foolish, disobedient, misled, enslaved to various passions and desires, spending our lives in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another.

Everyone with me greets you. Greet those who love us in the faith. Grace be with you all.

But to which of the angels has he ever said, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”?

For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin.

But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.

And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets.

Then his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “I will once more shake not only the earth but heaven too.”

Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you and I will never abandon you.”

With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse people made in God’s image.

From Simeon Peter, a slave and apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who through the righteousness of our God and Savior, Jesus Christ, have been granted a faith just as precious as ours.

I can pray this because his divine power has bestowed on us everything necessary for life and godliness through the rich knowledge of the one who called us by his own glory and excellence.

For we did not follow cleverly concocted fables when we made known to you the power and return of our Lord Jesus Christ; no, we were eyewitnesses of his grandeur.

And regard the patience of our Lord as salvation, just as also our dear brother Paul wrote to you, according to the wisdom given to him,

and he himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for our sins but also for the whole world.

But whoever obeys his word, truly in this person the love of God has been perfected. By this we know that we are in him.

And now, little children, remain in him, so that when he appears we may have confidence and not shrink away from him in shame when he comes back.

that if our conscience condemns us, that God is greater than our conscience and knows all things.