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For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back for good—

For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back for good—

For perhaps this is why he was separated from you for a while, so that you might have him back for good—

In the meantime, prepare a guest room for me, because I hope that through your prayers I will be restored to you.

The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.

For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”?

Yet to which of the angels did God ever say: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”?

For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,

For it is not to angels that He has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.

But somewhere it is testified in these words: “What is man that You are mindful of him, or the son of man that You care for him?

But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.

In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.

In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.

For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.

For surely it is not the angels He helps, but the descendants of Abraham.

For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.

For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.

For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.

…where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.

For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?

And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?

For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.

Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.

For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: “And on the seventh day God rested from all His works.”

Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience,

For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.

There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.

For whoever enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.

For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.

Every high priest is appointed from among men to represent them in matters relating to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.

That is why he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.

That is why he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.

For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness.

But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.

It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,

For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God.

For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God.

For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.

For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.

Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,

Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time.

For when Melchizedek met Abraham, Levi was still in the loin of his ancestor.

Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?

Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?

For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed as well.

For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, a tribe as to which Moses said nothing about priests.

For it is testified: “You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

…(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.

And none of this happened without an oath. For others became priests without an oath,

Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.

Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.

Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.

Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.

Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.

For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.

And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer.

For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.

For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.

For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.

For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”

Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.

But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.

But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.

It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.

He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,

For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,

So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.

Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.

If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.

If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.

…because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: “Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.

And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.

But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.

Since that time, He waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for His feet,

Since that time, He waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for His feet,

…because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.

And where these have been forgiven, an offering for sin is no longer needed.

…by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,

Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.

If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,

For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.”

For, “In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.

Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: “He could not be found, because God had taken him away.” For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.

And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.

For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.

Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.

He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.

He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.

By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.