⁶ but Christ is faithful over God's house as ^(A)a son. And ^(B)we are his house, if indeed we ^(C)hold fast our confidence and our boasting in our hope.^[a]

^16 (A)Do you not know that you^[a] are God's temple and that God's Spirit dwells in you?

² but ^(A)in these last days ^(B)he has spoken to us by ^(C)his Son, whom he appointed ^(D)the heir of all things, ^(E)through whom also he created ^(F)the world.

¹⁶ What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For ^(A)we are the temple of the living God; as God said,

¹¹ And we desire each one of you to show the same earnestness to have the full assurance ^(A)of hope until the end,

¹⁴ For we have come to share in Christ, ^(A)if indeed we hold our original confidence firm to the end.

¹⁵ if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress of the truth.

¹⁹ Or ^(A)do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit within you, whom you have from God? ^(B)You are not your own,

^11 (A)I am coming soon. ^(B)Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize ^(C)your crown.