Brotherly Love 1 DRA Let the charity of the brotherhood abide in you. BSB BSB: Continue in brotherly love.
2 DRA And hospitality do not forget; for by this some, being not aware of it, have entertained angels. BSB BSB: Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
3 DRA Remember them that are in bands, as if you were bound with them; and them that labour, as being yourselves also in the body. BSB BSB: Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.
Christ’s Unchanging Nature 5 DRA Let your manners be without covetousness, contented with such things as you have; for he hath said: I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee. BSB BSB: Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
6 DRA So that we may confidently say: The Lord is my helper: I will not fear what man shall do to me. BSB BSB: So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
7 DRA Remember your prelates who have spoken the word of God to you; whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation, BSB BSB: Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
8 DRA Jesus Christ, yesterday, and today; and the same for ever. BSB BSB: Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
9 DRA Be not led away with various and strange doctrines. For it is best that the heart be established with grace, not with meats; which have not profited those that walk in them. BSB BSB: Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.
10 DRA We have an altar, whereof they have no power to eat who serve the tabernacle. BSB BSB: We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.
11 DRA For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the holies by the high priest for sin, are burned without the camp. BSB BSB: Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp.
13 DRA Let us go forth therefore to him without the camp, bearing his reproach. BSB BSB: Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.
14 DRA For we have not here a lasting city, but we seek one that is to come. BSB BSB: For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
Sacrifice, Obedience, and Prayer 15 DRA By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise always to God, that is to say, the fruit of lips confessing to his name. BSB BSB: Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
16 DRA And do not forget to do good, and to impart; for by such sacrifices God’s favour is obtained. BSB BSB: And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
17 DRA Obey your prelates, and be subject to them. For they watch as being to render an account of your souls; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief. For this is not expedient for you. BSB BSB: Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.
18 DRA Pray for us. For we trust we have a good conscience, being willing to behave ourselves well in all things. BSB BSB: Pray for us; we are convinced that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.
19 DRA And I beseech you the more to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner. BSB BSB: And I especially urge you to pray that I may be restored to you soon.
Benediction and Farewell 20 DRA And may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great pastor of the sheep, our Lord Jesus Christ, in the blood of the everlasting testament, BSB BSB: Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,
21 DRA Fit you in all goodness, that you may do his will; doing in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom is glory for ever and ever. Amen. BSB BSB: equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.
22 DRA And I beseech you, brethren, that you suffer this word of consolation. For I have written to you in a few words. BSB BSB: I urge you, brothers, to bear with my word of exhortation, for I have only written to you briefly.
23 DRA Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty: with whom (if he come shortly) I will see you. BSB BSB: Be aware that our brother Timothy has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.
24 DRA Salute all your prelates, and all the saints. The brethren from Italy salute you. BSB BSB: Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you greetings.
25 DRA Grace be with you all. Amen. BSB BSB: Grace be with all of you.
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