¹¹ These things happened to them as examples^(A) and were written down as warnings for us,^(B) on whom the culmination of the ages has come.^(C)

⁴ For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us,^(A) so that through the endurance taught in the Scriptures and the encouragement they provide we might have hope.

The Day Is Near

¹¹ And do this, understanding the present time: The hour has already come^(A) for you to wake up from your slumber,^(B) because our salvation is nearer now than when we first believed.

Warnings Against Denying the Son

¹⁸ Dear children, this is the last hour;^(A) and as you have heard that the antichrist is coming,^(B) even now many antichrists have come.^(C) This is how we know it is the last hour.

⁵ Let your gentleness be evident to all. The Lord is near.^(A)

¹⁰ Surely he says this for us, doesn’t he? Yes, this was written for us,^(A) because whoever plows and threshes should be able to do so in the hope of sharing in the harvest.^(B)

²³ The words “it was credited to him” were written not for him alone,

²⁵ not giving up meeting together,^(A) as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another^(B)—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.^(C)

³⁷ For,

²⁹ What I mean, brothers and sisters, is that the time is short.^(A) From now on those who have wives should live as if they do not;