1For this reason we must pay closer attention to the things we have heard, so that we do not drift away.2For if the word spoken through angels proved firm, and every transgression and disobedience received its just recompense,3how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation? It began to be spoken through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard it,4while God bore witness with signs and wonders and various powers and distributions of the Holy Spirit, according to his will.