| New Living Translation | Berean Study Bible |
| 1Keep on loving each other as brothers and sisters. | 1Continue in brotherly love. |
| 2Don’t forget to show hospitality to strangers, for some who have done this have entertained angels without realizing it! | 2Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it. |
| 3Remember those in prison, as if you were there yourself. Remember also those being mistreated, as if you felt their pain in your own bodies. | 3Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them. |
| 4Give honor to marriage, and remain faithful to one another in marriage. God will surely judge people who are immoral and those who commit adultery. | 4Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers. |
| 5Don’t love money; be satisfied with what you have. For God has said, “I will never fail you. I will never abandon you.” | 5Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.” |
| 6So we can say with confidence, “The LORD is my helper, so I will have no fear. What can mere people do to me?” | 6So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?” |
| 7Remember your leaders who taught you the word of God. Think of all the good that has come from their lives, and follow the example of their faith. | 7Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith. |
| 8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever. | 8Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. |
| 9So do not be attracted by strange, new ideas. Your strength comes from God’s grace, not from rules about food, which don’t help those who follow them. | 9Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them. |
| 10We have an altar from which the priests in the Tabernacle have no right to eat. | 10We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat. |
| 11Under the old system, the high priest brought the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, and the bodies of the animals were burned outside the camp. | 11Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp. |
| 12So also Jesus suffered and died outside the city gates to make his people holy by means of his own blood. | 12And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood. |
| 13So let us go out to him, outside the camp, and bear the disgrace he bore. | 13Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore. |
| 14For this world is not our permanent home; we are looking forward to a home yet to come. | 14For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come. |
| 15Therefore, let us offer through Jesus a continual sacrifice of praise to God, proclaiming our allegiance to his name. | 15Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name. |
| 16And don’t forget to do good and to share with those in need. These are the sacrifices that please God. | 16And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. |
| 17Obey your spiritual leaders, and do what they say. Their work is to watch over your souls, and they are accountable to God. Give them reason to do this with joy and not with sorrow. That would certainly not be for your benefit. | 17Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you. |
| 18Pray for us, for our conscience is clear and we want to live honorably in everything we do. | 18Pray for us; we are convinced that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way. |
| 19And especially pray that I will be able to come back to you soon. | 19And I especially urge you to pray that I may be restored to you soon. |
| 20Now may the God of peace— who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, and ratified an eternal covenant with his blood— | 20Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, |
| 21may he equip you with all you need for doing his will. May he produce in you, through the power of Jesus Christ, every good thing that is pleasing to him. All glory to him forever and ever! Amen. | 21equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen. |
| 22I urge you, dear brothers and sisters, to pay attention to what I have written in this brief exhortation. | 22I urge you, brothers, to bear with my word of exhortation, for I have only written to you briefly. |
| 23I want you to know that our brother Timothy has been released from jail. If he comes here soon, I will bring him with me to see you. | 23Be aware that our brother Timothy has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you. |
| 24Greet all your leaders and all the believers there. The believers from Italy send you their greetings. | 24Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you greetings. |
| 25May God’s grace be with you all. | 25Grace be with all of you. |
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