¹² See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.^{(A) 13} But encourage one another daily,^(B) as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.^{(C) 14} We have come to share in Christ, if indeed we hold^(D) our original conviction firmly to the very end.^{(E) 15} As has just been said:

¹¹ Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will perish by following their example of disobedience.^(A)

¹¹ We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, so that what you hope^(A) for may be fully realized. ¹² We do not want you to become lazy, but to imitate^(B) those who through faith and patience^(C) inherit what has been promised.^(D)

²³ Let us hold unswervingly to the hope^(A) we profess,^(B) for he who promised is faithful.^{(C) 24} And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds,^{(D) 25} not giving up meeting together,^(E) as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another^(F)—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.^(G)

²⁶ If we deliberately keep on sinning^(H) after we have received the knowledge of the truth,^(I) no sacrifice for sins is left, ²⁷ but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire^(J) that will consume the enemies of God. ²⁸ Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.^{(K) 29} How much more severely do you think someone deserves to be punished who has trampled the Son of God^(L) underfoot,^(M) who has treated as an unholy thing the blood of the covenant^(N) that sanctified them,^(O) and who has insulted the Spirit^(P) of grace?^{(Q) 30} For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”^[a](R) and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”^{[b](S) 31} It is a dreadful thing^(T) to fall into the hands^(U) of the living God.^(V)

³² Remember those earlier days after you had received the light,^(W) when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering.^{(X) 33} Sometimes you were publicly exposed to insult and persecution;^(Y) at other times you stood side by side with those who were so treated.^{(Z) 34} You suffered along with those in prison^(AA) and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, because you knew that you yourselves had better and lasting possessions.^{(AB) 35} So do not throw away your confidence;^(AC) it will be richly rewarded.

³⁶ You need to persevere^(AD) so that when you have done the will of God, you will receive what he has promised.^{(AE) 37} For,

³⁸ And,

³⁹ But we do not belong to those who shrink back and are destroyed, but to those who have faith and are saved.

¹⁵ See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God^(A) and that no bitter root^(B) grows up to cause trouble and defile many.