But encourage one another daily, as long as it is called “Today,” so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
Those who trust in themselves are fools, but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe.
Such a person feeds on ashes; a deluded heart misleads him; he cannot save himself, or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
The pride of your heart has deceived you, you who live in the clefts of the rocks and make your home on the heights, you who say to yourself, ‘Who can bring me down to the ground?’
When he arrived and saw what the grace of God had done, he was glad and encouraged them all to remain true to the Lord with all their hearts.
For sin, seizing the opportunity afforded by the commandment, deceived me, and through the commandment put me to death.
You were taught, with regard to your former way of life, to put off your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
For you know that we dealt with each of you as a father deals with his own children,
Therefore encourage one another with these words.
Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.
Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction.
Brothers and sisters, I urge you to bear with my word of exhortation, for in fact I have written to you quite briefly.
but each person is tempted when they are dragged away by their own evil desire and enticed.