Those guilty of sin ¹  must be rebuked ²  before all, ³  as a warning to the rest. ⁴ 

And even they – if they do not continue in their unbelief – will be grafted in, for God is able to graft them in again.

But if you continue to do evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”

Will you keep to the old path ¹  that evil men have walked –

Rejoice in hope, endure in suffering, persist in prayer.

Persist ¹  in trusting ²  your amulets and your many incantations, which you have faithfully recited ³  since your youth! Maybe you will be successful ⁴  – maybe you will scare away disaster. ⁵ 

Indeed God strikes the heads of his enemies, the hairy foreheads of those who persist in rebellion. ¹ 

When we heard this, both we and the local people ¹  begged him not to go up to Jerusalem.

eternal life to those who by perseverance in good works seek glory and honor and immortality,

He is secure at all times. ¹  He has no regard for your commands; ²  he disdains all his enemies. ³ 

Do not rush out of the king’s presence in haste – do not delay when the matter is unpleasant, ¹  for he can do whatever he pleases.

¹ Why do you insist on being battered? Why do you continue to rebel? ²  Your head has a massive wound, ³  your whole body is weak. ⁴ 

For this reason I tell you, people will be forgiven for every sin and blasphemy, ¹  but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.

But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven, but is guilty of an eternal sin” ¹ 

You people ¹  are doing the deeds of your father.” Then ²  they said to Jesus, ³  “We were not born as a result of immorality! ⁴  We have only one Father, God himself.”

Be conscientious about how you live and what you teach. ¹  Persevere in this, because by doing so you will save both yourself and those who listen to you.

For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us, ¹ 

For I rejoiced greatly when the brothers came and testified to your truth, just as you are living according to the truth. ¹ 

If the wicked are shown mercy, they do not learn about justice. ¹  Even in a land where right is rewarded, they act unjustly; ²  they do not see the Lord’s majesty revealed.

I have listened to them very carefully, ¹  but they do not speak honestly. None of them regrets the evil he has done. None of them says, “I have done wrong!” ²  All of them persist in their own wayward course ³  like a horse charging recklessly into battle.