1: Let love of the brethren continue. 2: Forget not to show love unto strangers: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares. 3: Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; them that are illtreated, as being yourselves also in the body. 4: [Let] marriage [be] had in honor among all, and [let] the bed [be] undefiled: for fornicators and adulterers God will judge. 5: Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee. 6: So that with good courage we say, The Lord is my helper; I will not fear: What shall man do unto me? 7: Remember them that had the rule over you, men that spake unto you the word of God; and considering the issue of their life, imitate their faith. 8: Jesus Christ [is] the same yesterday and to-day, [yea] and for ever. 9: Be not carried away by divers and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be established by grace; not by meats, wherein they that occupied themselves were not profited. 10: We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat that serve the tabernacle. 11: For the bodies of those beasts whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest [as an offering] for sin, are burned without the camp. 12: Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered without the gate. 13: Let us therefore go forth unto him without the camp, bearing his reproach. 14: For we have not here an abiding city, but we seek after [the city] which is to come. 15: Through him then let us offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which make confession to his name. 16: But to do good and to communicate forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. 17: Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit [to them]: for they watch in behalf of your souls, as they that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief: for this [were] unprofitable for you. 18: Pray for us: for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honorably in all things. 19: And I exhort [you] the more exceedingly to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner. 20: Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, [even] our Lord Jesus, 21: make you perfect in every good thing to do his will, working in us that which is well-pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom [be] the glory for ever and ever. Amen. 22: But I exhort you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation, for I have written unto you in few words. 23: Know ye that our brother Timothy hath been set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you. 24: Salute all them that have the rule over you, and all the saints. They of Italy salute you. 25: Grace be with you all. Amen.
