This exhortation should connect to the previous two (3:7-4:14 and 5:11-6:20). The speaker describes the practical effects of his teachings for life, blending enthusiasm and optimism with warnings and admonitions. He sees the Christian community as God’s house, overseen “by an illustrious priest” (21) who has opened the sanctuary’s doors and offers himself as the living way to access it. He ends his exhortation with a call for persistent patience.