4. Marriage should be honored by everyone. Husband and wife should keep their marriage pure. God will judge guilty those who are sexually immoral and commit adultery.
5. Keep your lives free from the love of money. And be satisfied with what you have. God has said,“I will never leave you;I will never abandon you.” Deuteronomy 31:6
6. So we can feel sure and say,“I will not be afraid because the Lord is my helper.People can’t do anything to me.” Psalm 118:6
7. Remember your leaders. They taught God’s message to you. Remember how they lived and died, and copy their faith.
8. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
9. Do not let all kinds of strange teachings lead you into the wrong way. Your hearts should be strengthened by God’s grace, not by obeying rules about foods. Obeying such rules does not help anyone.
10. We have a sacrifice. But the priests who serve in the Holy Tent cannot eat from it.
11. The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place. There he offers this blood for sins. But the bodies of the animals are burned outside the camp.
12. So Jesus also suffered outside the city. He died to make his people holy with his own blood.
13. So let us go to Jesus outside the camp. We should accept the same shame that Jesus had.
14. Here on earth we do not have a city that lasts forever. But we are looking for the city that we will have in the future.
15. So through Jesus let us always offer our sacrifice to God. This sacrifice is our praise, coming from lips that speak his name.
16. Do not forget to do good to others. And share with them what you have. These are the sacrifices that please God.
17. Obey your leaders and be under their authority. These men are watching you because they are responsible for your souls. Obey them so that they will do this work with joy, not sadness. It will not help you to make their work hard.