³⁴ Come back to your senses as you ought, and stop sinning; for there are some who are ignorant of God^(A)—I say this to your shame.^(B)

⁵ I say this to shame you.^(A) Is it possible that there is nobody among you wise enough to judge a dispute between believers?^(B)

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.

¹⁴ Later Jesus found him at the temple and said to him, “See, you are well again. Stop sinning^(A) or something worse may happen to you.”

Warning Against Falling Away^(A)

¹¹ We have much to say about this, but it is hard to make it clear to you because you no longer try to understand. ¹² In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths^(B) of God’s word all over again. You need milk, not solid food!^(C)

⁵ not in passionate lust^(A) like the pagans,^(B) who do not know God;^(C)

¹⁴ This is why it is said:

⁷ But not everyone possesses this knowledge.^(A) Some people are still so accustomed to idols that when they eat sacrificial food they think of it as having been sacrificed to a god, and since their conscience is weak,^(B) it is defiled.