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- Let brotherly love abide.
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- Be not forgetful of hospitality;
for by it some have unawares entertained angels.
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- Remember prisoners, as bound with [them];
those that are evil-treated, as being yourselves also in [the] body.
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- [Let] marriage [be held] every way in honour, and the bed [be] undefiled;
for fornicators and adulterers will God judge.
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- [Let your] conversation [be] without love of money, satisfied with [your] present circumstances;
for *he* has said, I will not leave thee, neither will I forsake thee.
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- So that, taking courage, we may say, The Lord [is] my helper, and I will not be afraid: what will man do unto me?
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- Remember your leaders who have spoken to you the word of God;
and considering the issue of their conversation, imitate their faith.
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- Jesus Christ [is] the same yesterday, and to-day, and to the ages [to come].
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- Be not carried away with various and strange doctrines;
for [it is] good that the heart be confirmed with grace, not meats; those who have walked in which have not been profited by [them].
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- We have an altar of which they have no right to eat who serve the tabernacle;
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- for of those beasts whose blood is carried [as sacrifices for sin] into the [holy of] holies by the high priest, of these the bodies are burned outside the camp.
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- Wherefore also Jesus, that he might sanctify the people by his own blood, suffered without the gate:
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- therefore let us go forth to him without the camp, bearing his reproach:
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- for we have not here an abiding city, but we seek the coming one.
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- By him therefore let us offer [the] sacrifice of praise continually to God, that is, [the] fruit of [the] lips confessing his name.
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- But of doing good and communicating [of your substance] be not forgetful, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
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- Obey your leaders, and be submissive;
for *they* watch over your souls as those that shall give account; that they may do this with joy, and not groaning, for this [would be] unprofitable for you.
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- Pray for us: for we persuade ourselves that we have a good conscience, in all things desirous to walk rightly.
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- But I much more beseech [you] to do this, that I may the more quickly be restored to you.
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- But the God of peace, who brought again from among [the] dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, in [the power of the] blood of [the] eternal covenant,
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- perfect you in every good work to the doing of his will, doing in you what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ;
to whom [be] glory for the ages of ages. Amen.
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- But I beseech you, brethren, bear the word of exhortation, for it is but in few words that I have written to you.
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- Know that our brother Timotheus is set at liberty;
with whom, if he should come soon, I will see you.
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- Salute all your leaders, and all the saints.
They from Italy salute you.
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- Grace [be] with you all.
Amen.
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