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¹ Let love for the brethren dwell among you.² And forget not kindness to strangers; for thereby some have been privileged to entertain angels, unawares.³ And remember those in bonds, as if ye were bound with them: and recollect those in affliction, as being yourselves clothed in flesh.⁴ Marriage is honorable in all; and their bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers, God will judge.⁵ Let not your mind love money; but let what ye have, satisfy you. For the Lord himself hath said, I will never leave thee, nor slacken the hand towards thee.⁶ And it belongeth to us, to say confidently, My Lord is my aider, I will not fear. What can man do to me?⁷ Remember your guides, who have spoken to you godly discourse; examine the issue of their course, and imitate their faith.⁸ Jesus the Messiah is the same, yesterday, to-day, and for ever.⁹ Be not led away by strange and variable doctrines. For it is a good thing, that we strengthen our hearts with grace, and not with meats; for those have not been benefited, who walked in them.¹⁰ And we have an altar, of which they who minister in the tabernacle have no right to eat.¹¹ For the flesh of those animals, whose blood the high priest brought into the sanctuary for sins, was burned without the camp.¹² For this reason, Jesus also, that he might sanctify his people with his blood, suffered without the city.¹³ Therefore, let us also go forth to him, without the camp, clothed with his reproach:¹⁴ (for we have here no abiding city; but we expect one that is future:)¹⁵ and through him, let us at all times offer to God the sacrifices of praise, that is, the fruits of lips which give thanks to his name.¹⁶ And forget not commiseration and communication with the poor; for with such sacrifices a man pleaseth God.¹⁷ Confide in your guides, and hearken to them; for they watch for your souls, as men who must give an account of you, that they may do this with joy and not with anguish; for that would not be profitable to you.

¹⁸ Pray ye for us; for we trust we have a good consciousness, that in all things we desire to conduct ourselves well.¹⁹ Especially do I request you to do this, that I may return to you speedily.²⁰ May the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the flock, by the blood of the everlasting covenant, namely Jesus the Messiah, our Lord,²¹ make you perfect in every good work, that ye may do his pleasure; and himself operate in you that which is pleasing In his sight, through Jesus the Messiah; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.²² And I beseech you, my brethren, that ye be patient under this word of exhortation; for it is in few words I have written to you.²³ And know ye, that our brother Timothy is set at liberty: and if he come soon, I, with him, shall see you.²⁴ Salute all your guides, and all the saints. All they of Italy salute you.²⁵ Grace be with you all. Amen.