14. We don’t have a permanent city here, but rather we are looking for the city that is still to come.
15. So let’s continually offer up a sacrifice of praise through him, which is the fruit from our lips that confess his name.
16. Don’t forget to do good and to share what you have because God is pleased with these kinds of sacrifices.
17. Rely on your leaders and defer to them, because they watch over your whole being as people who are going to be held responsible for you. They need to be able to do this with pleasure and not with complaints about you, because that wouldn’t help you.
18. Pray for us. We’re sure that we have a good conscience, and we want to do the right thing in every way.
19. I’m particularly asking you to do this so that I can be returned to you quickly.