³⁰ For we know him who said, “It is mine to avenge; I will repay,”^[a](A) and again, “The Lord will judge his people.”^{[b](B) 31} It is a dreadful thing^(C) to fall into the hands^(D) of the living God.^(E)

³² Remember those earlier days after you had received the light,^(F) when you endured in a great conflict full of suffering.^(G)