Brotherly Love 1 UEB Let brotherly love continue. BSB BSB: Continue in brotherly love.
2 UEB Do not forget hospitality for strangers. For through this, some have shown hospitality to angels without knowing it. BSB BSB: Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
3 UEB Remember prisoners, as if you were bound with them. Remember those who are mistreated, as if you also were them 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 UEB Let your conduct be free from the love of money. Be content with the things you have, for God himself has said, "I will never leave you, nor will I forsake you." 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 UEB Let us be content so that we may have courage to say, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can a man 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 UEB Consider your leaders, those who spoke God's word to you, and consider the result of their conduct. Imitate their faith. 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 UEB Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. BSB BSB: Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
9 UEB Do not be carried away by various strange teachings. For it is good that the heart should be strengthened by grace, not by foods that do not help those who walk by 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 UEB We have an altar from which those who serve in the tabernacle have no right to eat. BSB BSB: We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.
11 UEB For the blood of the animals killed for sins is brought by the high priest into the holy place, while their bodies are burned outside 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 UEB Let us therefore go to him outside the camp, bearing his shame. BSB BSB: Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.
14 UEB For we do not have any permanent city here. Instead, we are looking for 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 UEB Through him, then, let us always offer up sacrifices of praise to God, praise that is the fruit of lips that acknowledge 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 UEB Let us not forget doing good and helping one another, for it is with such sacrifices that God is very pleased. BSB BSB: And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
17 UEB Obey and submit to your leaders, for they keep watch over your souls, as those who will give account. Obey so that your leaders will do this with joy, and not with groaning, which would be useless to 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 UEB Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a clean conscience and that we desire to live rightly 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 UEB I encourage you even more to do this, so that I will be returned to you sooner. BSB BSB: And I especially urge you to pray that I may be restored to you soon.
Benediction and Farewell 20 UEB Now may the God of peace, who brought back from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus, by the blood of the eternal covenant, 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 UEB equip you with everything good to do his will, working in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever. 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 UEB Now I encourage you, brothers, to bear with the word of encouragement that I have briefly written to you. BSB BSB: I urge you, brothers, to bear with my word of exhortation, for I have only written to you briefly.
23 UEB Know that our brother Timothy has been set free, with whom I will see you if he comes soon. BSB BSB: Be aware that our brother Timothy has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.
24 UEB Greet all your leaders and all the believers. Those from Italy greet you. BSB BSB: Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you greetings.
25 UEB May grace be with you all. BSB BSB: Grace be with all of you.
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