and by not being intimidated in any way by your opponents. This is<n id="1" /> a sign of their<n id="2" /> destruction, but of your salvation &#8211; a sign which<n id="3" /> is from God.

Even though they have the appearance of wisdom<n id="1" /> with their self-imposed worship and false humility<n id="2" /> achieved by an<n id="3" /> unsparing treatment of the body &#8211; a wisdom with no true value &#8211; they in reality result in fleshly indulgence.<n id="4" />p>

So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth:<n id="1" /> sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion,<n id="2" /> evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.

And Jesus who is called Justus also sends greetings. In terms of Jewish converts,<n id="1" /> these are the only fellow workers for the kingdom of God, and they have been a comfort to me.

in case I am delayed, to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves<n id="1" /> in the household of God, because it is<n id="2" /> the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth.

Those who long to be rich, however, stumble into temptation and a trap and many senseless and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction.

And entrust what you heard me say<n id="1" /> in the presence of many others as witnesses<n id="2" /> to faithful people<n id="3" /> who will be competent<n id="4" /> to teach others as well.

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 a tent was prepared, the outer one,<n id="1" /> which contained<n id="2" /> the lampstand, the table, and the presentation of the loaves; this<n id="3" /> is called the holy place.

This was a symbol for the time then present, when gifts and sacrifices were offered that could not perfect the conscience of the worshiper.

<p class="bodytext">When he says above, &#8220;<b><i>Sacrifices and offeringsi>b> and <b><i>whole burnt offerings and sin-offeringsi>b> <b><i>you did not desire nor did you take delighti>b> in them&#8221;<n id="1" /> (which are offered according to the law),

And every priest stands day after day<n id="1" /> serving and offering the same sacrifices again and again &#8211; sacrifices that can never take away sins.

And have you forgotten the exhortation addressed to you as sons?p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<i><b>My sonb>, <b>do not scornb>i><n id="1" /> <b><i>the Lord&#8217;s disciplinei>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>or give up when he correctsi>b><n id="2" /> <i><b>youb>.i>p>

Remember your leaders, who spoke God&#8217;s message to you; reflect on the outcome of their lives and imitate their faith.

You<n id="1" /> do not know about tomorrow. What is your life like?<n id="2" /> For you are a puff of smoke<n id="3" /> that appears for a short time and then vanishes.

Their<n id="1" /> corpses will lie in the street<n id="2" /> of the great city that is symbolically<n id="3" /> called Sodom and Egypt, where their Lord was also crucified.

<p class="bodytext">Now<n id="1" /> when the dragon realized<n id="2" /> that he had been thrown down to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to the male child.

<p class="otpoetry">&#8216;<i><b>Andb> <b>you, Bethlehem,b> in the land of Judah,i>p> <p class="otpoetry"><b><i>are in no way least among the rulers of Judah,i>b>p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>for out of you will come a ruler who will shepherd my people Israelb>.i>&#8217;&#8221;<n id="1" />p>

Everyone who hears these words of mine and does not do them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.

Then he said to them, &#8220;Therefore every expert in the law<n id="1" /> who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like the owner of a house who brings out of his treasure what is new and old.&#8221;p>