1. For this reason, it is necessary for us to observe more thoroughly the things that we have heard, lest we let them slip away.
2. For if a word that was spoken through the Angels has been made firm, and every transgression and disobedience has received the recompense of a just retribution,
3. in what way might we escape, if we neglect such a great salvation? For though initially it had begun to be described by the Lord, it was confirmed among us by those who heard him,