¹⁸ And I also say to you that you are ^[a](A)Peter, and upon this ^[b]rock I will build My church; and the gates of ^(B)Hades will not overpower it. ¹⁹ I will give you ^(C)the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and ^(D)whatever you ^[c]bind on earth ^[d]shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you ^[e]loose on earth ^[f]shall have been loosed in heaven.”

²⁴ and let’s consider how ^(A)to ^[a]encourage one another in love and ^(B)good deeds, ²⁵ not abandoning our own ^(C)meeting together, as is the habit of some people, but ^(D)encouraging one another; and all the more as you see ^(E)the day drawing near.

Christ or Judgment

²⁶ For if we go on ^(F)sinning willfully after receiving ^(G)the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, ²⁷ but a terrifying expectation of ^(H)judgment and ^(I)the fury of a fire which will consume the adversaries. ^28 (J)Anyone who has ignored the Law of Moses is put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses. ^29 (K)How much more severe punishment do you think he will deserve ^(L)who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has regarded as unclean ^(M)the blood of the covenant ^(N)by which he was sanctified, and has ^(O)insulted the Spirit of grace? ³⁰ For we know Him who said, “^(P)Vengeance is Mine, I will repay.” And again, “^(Q)The Lord will judge His people.” ³¹ It is a ^(R)terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the ^(S)living God.