Coverdale(i)
25 and let vs not forsake the fellishippe that we haue amoge oure selues, as the maner of some is: but let vs exhorte one another, and that so moch the more, because ye se that the daye draweth nye.
26 For yf we synne wylfully after that we haue receaued the knowlege of the trueth, there remayneth vnto vs nomore sacrifice for synnes,
27 but a fearfull lokynge for iudgment, and violente fyre, which shal deuoure ye aduersaries.
28 He yt despyseth Moses lawe, dyeth without mercy vnder two or thre witnesses:
29 Of how moch sorer punyshment (suppose ye) shal he be counted worthy, which treadeth vnder fote the sonne of God, and couteth the bloude of ye Testamet (wherby he is sanctified) an unwholy thinge, & doth dishonoure to the sprete of grace?
30 For we knowe him that hath sayde: Vengeaunce is myne, I wil recompence, sayeth the LORDE. And agayne: The LORDE shal iudge his people.
31 It is a fearfull thinge to fall in to the handes of the lyuynge God.
32 But call ye to remebrauce ye dayes yt are past, i ye which after ye had receaued lighte, ye endured a greate fighte off aduersities:
33 partly whyle all me wodred & gased at you for the shame and tribulacion that was done vnto you: and partly whyle ye became copanyons of them which so passed their tyme.
34 For ye haue suffred with my bodes, and toke a worth ye spoylinge of youre goodes, and that with gladnes, knowynge in youre selues, how that ye haue in heauen a better & an enduringe substaunce.
35 Cast not awaye therfore yor confidence, which hath so greate a rewarde.
36 For ye haue nede of pacience, that after ye haue done the wil of God, ye mighte receaue the promes.
37 For yet ouer a litle whyle, and then he that shal come, wyl come, and wyl not tary.