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¹ Let brotherly love still reign. ² be not unmindful of hospitality: for thereby some have unknowingly entertained angels. ³ remember those that are in chains, as if you were confin'd with them; and those who suffer adversity, as being your selves of the same body. ⁴ Marriage is every where honourable, and that state is innocent: but the licentious and adulterers God will punish. ⁵ let your morals be free from avarice, being contented with what you have: for he hath said, "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee." ⁶ so that we may boldly say, " the Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me." ⁷ Remember those who have the rule over you, who have preach'd to you the word of God: imitate their faith; consider their conduct, and the exit they made. ⁸ Jesus Christ is always the same, yesterday, to-day, and for ever. be not then misled by artful, novel doctrines: ⁹ for the mind is better improv'd by the gospel-dispensation, than by the distinctions about meats, in which some have been so uselesly vers'd. ¹⁰ We have a victim, whereof they, who still serve at the tabernacle, have no more right to eat, ¹¹ than the sacrificers had to eat of the flesh of those beasts, which were burnt without the camp, and whose blood the highpriest carried into the sanctuary. ¹² for Jesus likewise suffered without the gate, to show he was the expiatory victim for the people. ¹³ let us therefore decamp, and bear the reproach of following his example: ¹⁴ for we have. no settled corporation here, but are in expectation of that which is approaching. ¹⁵ Let our sacrifice then, which we are to offer to God by Jesus Christ, be that of incessant praises, the offering of our lips, which celebrate his name: ¹⁶ but don't forget to be beneficent to the community; for such sacrifice is acceptable to God. ¹⁷ Confide in your guides, and be respectful: that they who are vigilant, as being accountable for your souls, may discharge themselves with cheerfulness, and not with anxiety, which would be to your prejudice.

¹⁸ Pray for us, for we trust we have a clear conscience, and desire our virtuous conduct may appear to all the world. ¹⁹ I conjure you the more earnestly to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner. ²⁰ May the God of peace, who has raised from the dead our Lord Jesus (who by the blood of the eternal covenant is become the grand pastor of ²¹ the sheep) make you perfect in every virtue, to the accomplishment of his will: effecting that in you by Jesus Christ, which is agreeable to him: to whom be glory thro' all ages. ²² Pray, my brethren, favourably receive this exhortation, which I have writ to you in brief. ²³ know, that our brother Timothy is set at liberty. if he comes quickly, I shall make YOU a visit with him. ²⁴ salute those who conduct you, and all the christians. they of Italy salute you. ²⁵ grace be with you all. AMEN.