13:1–3 Here the readers’ responsibility to guard and encourage each other’s perseverance in faith takes tangible forms: brotherly love to all fellow-believers (Rom. 12:10; 1 Pet. 1:22), hospitality to those needing shelter or food (11:38), identification with prisoners (10:34), and compassionate support for those mistreated because of their confession (10:33; 11:25; cf. Matt. 25:35–37).