¹Let brotherly love continue. ²Do not forget hospitality to strangers. For through this some have been host to angels without knowing it. ³Remember prisoners as if you were fellows-in-bonds, and those who are ill-treated as if you yourselves were in their body. ⁴Let marriage be honourable in every respect, and the marriage-bed undefiled, but God will judge fornicators and adulterers. ⁵Let your way of life not be avaricious, being content with what you have, for he himself said, “I will certainly not desert you nor forsake you.” ⁶As a result we can be of good courage and say, ⁷Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you, and in closely examining the outcome of their behaviour, imitate their faith. ⁸Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and today, and throughout the ages. ⁹Do not be diverted by various foreign doctrines. For it is good for the heart to be confirmed by grace, not by food, by which those who have embraced such doctrines have not been benefited. ¹⁰We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no authority to eat. ¹¹For the bodies of animals whose blood is brought into the sanctuary by the high priest for the sin-offering are burnt outside the camp, ¹²which is why Jesus for his part, in order that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered outside the gate. ¹³So, then, let us go out to him, outside the camp, bearing his reproach. ¹⁴For we do not have a permanent city here, but we keenly seek the one which is to come. ¹⁵So let us offer a sacrifice of praise through him to God continually, that is to say, the fruit of our lips confessing his name. ¹⁶But do not forget well-doing and fellowship, for God is pleased with such sacrifices. ¹⁷Obey your leaders and comply with them, for they keep watch over your very beings, since they must render an account. Comply in order that they may do that with joy, and not sighing, for that would be unprofitable to you. ¹⁸Pray for us, for we trust that we have a clear conscience, seeing we want to conduct ourselves well in all circumstances. ¹⁹And I encourage you to do this all the more, so that I may be restored to you very quickly. ²⁰And may the God of peace, who brought up the great shepherd of the sheep from the dead, our Lord Jesus, by the blood of an age-abiding covenant, ²¹equip you in every good work for doing his will, when he does in you what is pleasing in his sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory throughout the durations of the ages. Amen. ²²And I exhort you, brothers, bear with the word of encouragement, for in fact I have written a letter to you rather concisely. ²³Be informed that our brother Timothy has been released, with whom, if he comes quickly, I will see you. ²⁴Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy greet you. ²⁵Grace be with you all. Amen.

Reference(s) in Chapter 13: v.5 ↔ Deuteronomy 31:6, Joshua 1:5 ● v.6 ↔ Psalm 56:5^MT (Psalm 56:4^AV), Psalm 118:6.