⁸ This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but ^(A)you shall meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success.

⁴⁶ he said to them, ^(A)“Take to heart all the words by which I am warning you today, ^(B)that you may command them to your children, that they may be careful to do all the words of this law. ⁴⁷ For it is no empty word for you, ^(C)but your very life, and by this word you shall live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess.”

⁶ And ^(A)these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. ^7 (B)You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. ^8 (C)You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. ^9 (D)You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Warning Against Neglecting Salvation

2 Therefore we must pay much closer attention to what we have heard, lest we drift away from it. ² For since ^(A)the message declared by angels proved to be reliable, and ^(B)every transgression or disobedience received a just ^(C)retribution, ^3 (D)how shall we escape if we ^(E)neglect such a great salvation? It was ^(F)declared at first by the Lord, and it was ^(G)attested to us ^(H)by those who heard,

^9 (A)“Only take care, and ^(B)keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. ^(C)Make them known to your children and your children's children—

²⁷ But ^(A)the anointing that you received from him abides in you, and ^(B)you have no need that anyone should teach you. But as his anointing teaches you about everything, and ^(C)is true, and is no lie—just as it has taught you, abide in him.

²⁴ Let ^(A)what you heard from the beginning abide in you. If what you heard from the beginning abides in you, then ^(B)you too will abide in the Son and in the Father.