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Hebrews Hebrews what long ago. At many times and in

many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets.

But in these last days he is spoken to us

by his son, whom he appointed the heir of all things,

through whom also he created the world. He is the

radiance of the glory of God and the exact imprint

of his nature, and he upholds the universe by the

word of his power. After making purification for sins, he

sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

having become as much superior to angels, as the name

he is inherited is more excellent than theirs. For to

which of the angels did God ever say.

You are my son today I have begotten you.

Or again I will be.

To him a father, and he shall be to me

a son.

And again when he brings the first born into the world,

he says, let.

All God's angels worship him.

Of the angels, he says.

He makes his angels winds and his ministers a flame

of fire.

But of the sun, he says, your throne.

O, God is forever and ever. The scepter of a

brightness is the scepter of your Kingdom. You have loved

righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore, God, your God, has anointed

you the oil of gladness beyond your companions. And you,

Lord lay the foundation of the earth in the beginning,

and the heavens are the work of your hands. They

will perish, but you remain. They will all wear out

like a garment, like a robe. You will roll them

up like a garment. They will be changed, but you

are the same, and your years will have no end.

And to which of the angels has he ever said, sit.

At my right hand until I make your enemies a

footstool for your feet.

Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve

for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation

Hebrews two. Therefore we must pay much closer attention to

what we have heard, lest we drift away from it.

For since the message declared by angels proved to be reliable,

and every transgression or disobedience received a just retribution, shall

we escape if we neglect such a great salvation. It

was declared at first by the Lord, and it was

attested to us by those who heard, While God also

bore witness by signs and wonders, and various miracles, and

by gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will. Now,

it was not to angels that God subjected the world

to come of which we are speaking. It has been

testified somewhere.

What is man that you are mindful of him? For

the son of Man, that you care for him. You

made him, for a little while lower than the angels.

You have crowned him with glory and honor, putting everything

in subjection under his feet.

Now, in putting everything in subjection to him, he left

nothing outside his control. At present, we do not yet

see everything in subjection to him, but we see him who,

for a little while was made lower than the angels,

namely Jesus, crowned with glory and honor because of the

suffering of death, so that by the grace of God

he might taste death for everyone. For it was fitting

that he for whom and by whom all things exist,

in bringing many sons to glory, should make the founder

of their salvation perfect through suffering. For he who sanctifies

and those who are sanctified, all have one source. That

is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers.

Saying, I will tell of your name to my brothers.

In the midst of the congregation, I will sing your praise,

and again I will put my trust in him, And

again behold I and the children God has given me.

Since therefore or the children share in flesh and blood,

he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through

death he might destroy the one who has the power

of death, that is the devil, and deliver all those who,

through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery. For

surely it is not angels that he helps, but he

helps the offspring of Abraham. Therefore he had to be

made like his brothers in every respect, so that he

might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the

service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of

the people. For because he himself has suffered when tempted,

he is able to help those who are being tempted

Hebrews three. Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a

heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high Priest of

our confession, who was faithful to him who appointed him,

just as Moses also was faithful in all God's house,

for Jesus has been counted worthy of more glory than Moses,

as much more glory as the builder of a house

has more honor than the house itself, for every house

is built by someone. But the builder of all things

is God. Now Moses was faithful in all God's house

as a servant to testify to the things that were

to be spoken later. But Christ is faithful over God's

house as a son, and we are his house. If

indeed we hold fast our confidence and our bold boasting

in our hope. Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says.

Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts,

as in the rebellion on the day of testing in

the wilderness, where your fathers put me to the test

and saw my works.

For forty years.

Therefore, I was provoked with that generation and said, they

always go astray in their heart. They have not known

my ways, as I swore in my wrath, they shall

not enter my rest.

Take care, brothers, lest there be in any of you

an evil, unbelieving heart leading you to fall away from

the Living God. But exhort one another every day, as

long as it is called today, that none of you

may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin, For we

have come to share in Christ. If indeed we hold

our original confidence firm to the Anna. As it is said.

Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your

hearts as in the rebellion.

For who were those who heard and yet rebelled? Was

it not all those who left Egypt led by Moses,

and with whom was he provoked for forty years? Was

it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in

the wilderness, and to whom did he swear that they

would not enter his rest? But to those who were disobedient.

So we see that they were unable to enter because

of unbelief Hebrews four. Therefore, while the promise of entering

his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of

you should seem to have failed to reach it. For

good news came to us, just as to them. But

the message they heard did not benefit them, because they

were not united by faith with those who listened. For

we who have believed enter that rest, as He has said.

As I swore in my wrath, they shall not enter

my rest.

Although his works were finished from the foundation of the world.

For he is somewhere spoken of the seventh day in

this way.

And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.

And again in this passage he said, they shall not

enter my rest, since therefore it remains for some to

enter it, and those who formerly received the good news

failed to enter because of disobedience. Again, he appoints a

certain day to day, saying through David, so long afterward,

in the words already quoted to.

Day, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts,

For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not

have spoken of another day later on.

So then there remains a sabbath rest for the people

of God. For whoever has entered God's rest has also

rested from his works, as God did from his. Let

us therefore strive to enter that rest, so that no

one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. For

the word of God is livid and active, sharper than

any two edged sword, piercing to the division of soul

and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning

the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature

is hidden from his sight, but all are naked and

exposed to the eyes of Him to whom we might

give a coup. Since then we have a great high

priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son

of God. Let us hold fast our confession, for we

do not have a high priest who is unable to

sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect

has been tempted as we are. Yet without saying, let us, then,

with confidence, draw near to the throne of Grace, that

we may receive mercy and find grace to help in

time of need Hebrews. Five. For every high priest chosen

from among men is appointed to act on behalf of

men in relation to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices

for sins. He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward,

since he himself is beset with weakness. Because of this,

he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sins,

just as he does for those of the people. And

no one takes this honor for himself, but only when

called by God, just as Aaron was so. Also, Christ

did not exalt himself to be made a high priest,

but was appointed by Him who said to him.

You are my son today I have begotten.

You, as he says, also in another place.

You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

In the days of his flesh, Jesus offered up prayers

and supplications with loud cries and tears to him who

was able to save him from death, and he was

heard because of his reverence. Although he was a son,

he learned obedience through what he suffered, and being made perfect,

he became the source of eternal salvation to all who

obey him, being designated by God a high priest after

the order of Melchizedek. About this we have much to say,

and it is hard to explain, since you have become

dull of hearing. For though by this time you ought

to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again

the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk,

not solid food, for everyone who lives on milk is

unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child.

But solid food is for the mature, for those who

have their powers of deay discernment, trained by constant practice

to distinguish good from evil Hebrews six. Therefore, let us

leave the elementary doctrine of Christ and go on to maturity,

not laying again a foundation of repentance from dead works,

and of faith toward God, and of instruction about washings,

the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead,

and eternal judgment. And this we will do if God permits,

for it is impossible in the case of those who

have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift,

and have shared in the Holy Spirit, and have tasted

the goodness of the Word of God and the power

of the Age to come, and then have fallen away,

to restore them again to repentance, since they are crucifying

once again the Son of God to their own harm

and holding him up to contempt. For land that has

drunk the rain that often falls on it and produces

a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated,

receives a blessing from God. But if it bears thorns

and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed,

and its end is to be burned. Though we speak

in this way, yet in your case, beloved, we feel

sure of better things, things that belong to salvation. For

God is not unjust so as to overlook your work

and the love that you have shown for His name

in serving the saints, as you still do. And we

desire each one of you to show the same earnestness

to have the full assurance of hope until the end,

so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of

those who, through faith and patience inherit the promises. For

when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had

no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself, saying.

Surely I will bless you and multiply you.

And thus Abraham, having patiently waited, obtained the promise. For

people swear by something greater than themselves and in all

their disputes, an oath is final for confirmation. So when

God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of

the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he guaranteed

it with an oath, so that by two unchangeable things

in which it is impossible for God to lie, we

who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to

hold fast to the hope set before us. We have

this as a sure and steadfast anchor of the soul,

a hope that enters into the inner place behind the curtain,

where Jesus has gone as a forerunner on our behalf,

having become a high priest forever after the order of

Melchizedek Hebrews seven. For this Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest

of the Most High God, met Abraham, returning from the

slaughter of the kings, and blessed him. And to him

Abraham apportioned a tenth part of everything. First by translation

of his name King of Righteousness. And then he is

also King of Salem, that is, King of Peace. He

is without father or mother or genealogy, having neither beginning

of days nor end of life, but resembling the Son

of God. He continues a priest forever. See how great

this man was, to whom Abraham the Patriarch gave a

tenth of the spoils. And those descendants of Levi who

received the priestly office have a commandment in the law

to take tithes from the people, that is, from their brothers,

though these also are descended from Abraham. But this man,

who does not have his descent from them, receive tithes

from Abraham and blessed him who had the promises. It

is beyond dispute that the inferior is blessed by the superior.

In the one case, tithes are receiv'd by mortal men,

but in the other case by one of whom it

is testified that he lives. One might even say that

Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham, for

he was still in the loins of his ancestor when

Melchizedek met him. Now, if perfection had been attainable through

the levitical priesthood, for under it the people received the law,

what further need would there have been for another priest

to arise after the order of Melchizedek, rather than one

named after the order of rain. For when there is

a change in the priesthood, there is necessarily a change

in the law as well. For the one of whom

these things are spoken belonged to another tribe, from which

no one has ever served at the altar. For it

is evident that our lord was descended from Judah, and

in connection with that tribe, Moses said nothing about priests.

This becomes even more evident when another priest arises in

the likeness of Melchizedek, who has become a priest, not

on the basis of a legal requirement concerning bodily descent,

but by the power of an indestructible life. For it

is witnessed of him.

You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

For on the one hand, a former commandment is set

aside because of its weakness and uselessness, for the law

made nothing perfect. But on the other hand, a better

hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

And it was not without an oath. For those who

formerly became priests were made such without an oath. But

this one was made a priest with an oath by

the one who said to him.

The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind.

You are a priest forever.

This makes Jesus the guarantor of a better covenant. The

former priests were many in number because they were prevented

by death from continuing in office. But he holds his

priesthood permanently because he continues forever. Consequently, he is able

to save to the uttermost those who draw near to

God through him, since he always lives to make intercession

for them. For it was indeed fitting that we should

have such a high priest, holy, innocent, unstained, separated from sinners,

and exalted above the heavens. He has no need like

those high priests to offer sacrifices daily, first for his

own sins and then for those of the people, since

he did this once for all, when he offered up himself.

For the Law appoints men in their weakness as high priests.

But the word of the Oath, which came later in

the law, appoints a son who has been made perfect

forever Hebrews. Eight. Now, the point in what we are

saying is this, we have such a high priest, one

who is seated at the right hand of the throne

of the Majesty in heaven, a minister in the holy places,

in the true tenth that the Lord set up, not man.

For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices.

Thus it is necessary for this priest also to have

something to offer. Now if he were on earth, he

would not be a priest at all. Since there are

priests who offer gifts according to the law, they serve

a copy and shadow of the heavenly things. For when

Moses was about to erect the tent, he was instructed

by God saying.

See that you make everything according to the pattern that

was shown you on the mountain.

But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that

is as much more excellent than the old as the

covenant he mediates is better since it is enacted on

better promises. For if that first covenant had been faultless,

there would have been no occasion to look for a second.

For he finds fault with them when he says.

Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I

will establish a new covenant with the House of Israel

and with the House of Judah, not like the covenant

that I made with their fathers on the day when

I took them by the hand to bring them out

of the land of Egypt. For they did not continue

in my covenant, and so I showed no concern for them,

declares the Lord. For this is the covenant that I

will make with the House of Israel. After those days,

declares the Lord. I will put my laws into their

minds and write them on their hearts, and I will

be their God, and they shall be my people, and

they shall not teach each one his neighbor, and each

one his brothers, saying, know the Lord, for they shall

all know me, from the least of them to the greatest.

For I will be merciful toward their iniquities, and I

will remember their sins no more.

In speaking of a new covenant, he makes the first

one obsolete. And what is becoming obsolete and growing old

is ready to vanish away Hebrews nine. Now, even the

first Covenant had regulations for worship, and an earthly place

of holiness. For a tent was prepared the first section,

in which were the lamps stand and the table and

the bread of the presence. It is called the Holy Place.

Behind the second curtain was a second section, called the

most Holy Place, having the golden altar of incense and

the ark of the Covenant covered on all sides with gold,

in which was a golden urn holding the manna an

Arn's staff that budded and the tablets of the Covenant.

Above it were the Cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat.

Of these things we cannot now speak in detail. These

preparations having thus been made, the priests go regularly into

the first section, performing their ritual duties, But into the

second only the high priest goes, and he but once

a year, and not without taking blood, which he offers

for himself and for the unintentional sins of the people.

By this, the Holy Spirit indicates that the way into

the Holy Places is not yet opened, as long as

the first section is still standing, which is symbolic for

the present age. According to this arrangement, gifts and sacrifices

are offered that cannot perfect the conscience of the worshiper,

but deal only with food and drink and various washings

regulations for the body imposed until the time of Reformation.

But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the

good things that have come, then through the greater and

more perfect tent, not made with hands that is not

of this creation, he entered once for all into the

Holy Places, not by means of the blood of goats

and calves, but by means of his own blood, thus

securing an eternal redemption. For if the blood of goats

and bulls and the sprinkling of defiled persons with the

ashes of a heifer sanctify for the purification of the flesh,

how much more will the blood of Christ who through

the eternal Spirit, offered himself without blemish to God purify

our conscience from dead works to serve the living God. Therefore,

he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that

those who are called may receive the promise eternal inheritance,

since a death has occurred that redeems them from the

transgressions committed under the first Covenant. For where a will

is involved, the death of the one who made it

must be established. For a will takes effect only a death,

since it is not in force as long as the

one who made it is alive. Therefore, not even the

First Covenant was inaugurated without blood. For when every commandment

of the Law had been declared by Moses to all

the people, he took the blood of calves and goats,

with water and scarlet woolen hissop, and sprinkled both the

book itself and all the people, saying.

This is the blood of the Covenant that God commanded

for you.

And in the same way he sprinkled with the blood

both the tent and all the vessels used in worship. Indeed,

under the law, almost everything is purified with blood, and

without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness of sins.

Thus it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly

things to be purified with these rights. But the heavenly

things themselves with better sacrifices than these. For Christ has

entered not into holy places made with hands, which are

copies of the true things, but into Heaven itself, now

to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.

Nor was it to offer himself repeatedly, as the high

priest enters the holy places every year, with blood not

his own, for then he would have had to suffer

repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is,

he has appeared once for all at the end of

the ages, to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

And just as it is appointed for man to die once,

and after that comes judgment, so Christ, having then offered

once to bear the sins of many, will appear a

second time, not to deal with sin, but to save

those who are eagerly waiting for him Hebrews ten. For

since the law has but a shadow of the good

things to come, instead of the true form of these realities,

it can never by the same sacrifices that are continually

offered every year make perfect those who draw. Otherwise would

they not have ceased to be offered, since the worshipers,

having once been cleansed, would no longer have any consciousness

of sins. But in these sacrifices there is a reminder

of sins every year, for it is impossible for the

blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. Consequently,

when Christ came into the world, he.

Said, sacrifices and offerings you have not desired. But a

body have you prepared for me? And burnt offerings and

sin offerings you have taken no pleasure. Then I said, behold,

I have come to do your will, O God, as

it is written of me in the scroll of the book.

When he said above, you have neither desired nor taken

pleasure in sacrifices and offerings, and burnt offerings and sin offerings,

these are offered according to the law. Then he added, behold,

I have come to do your will. He does away

with the first in order to establish the second, And

by that will we have been sanctified through the offering

of the body of Jesus Christ once for all, and

every priest stands daily at his service, offering repeatedly the

same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when

Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins,

he sat down at the right hand of God, waiting

from that time until his enemy should be made a

footstool for his feet. For by a single offering he

has perfected for all time those who are being sanctified.

And the Holy Spirit also bears witness to us, for

after saying this is.

The covenant that I will make with them after those days,

declares the Lord, I will put my laws on their

hearts and write them on their minds.

Then he adds, I will.

Remember their sins and their lawless deeds.

No, Lord, where there is forgiveness of these, there is

no longer any offering for sin. Therefore, Brothers, since we

have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood

of Jesus, by the new and living way that he

opened for us through the curtain, that is through his flesh,

and since we have a great priest over the House

of God, let us draw near with the true heart

in full assurance of faith, with our hearts sprinkled clean

from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering,

for he who promised is faithful. And let us consider

how to stir up one another to love and good works,

not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some,

but encouraging one another. And all the more as you

see the day drawing near. For if we go on

sinning deliberately after receiving the knowledge of the truth, there

no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, but a fearful

expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that will

consume the adversaries. Anyone who is set aside the law

of Moses dies without mercy on the evidence of two

or three witnesses. How much worse punishment do you think

will be deserved by the one who has spurned the

son of God, and has profaned the blood of the

Covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the

spirit of grace. For we know him who said.

Vengeance is mine, I.

Will repay, and again the Lord will.

Judge his people.

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands

of the living God. But recall the former days, when

after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings,

sometimes being publicly exposed to reproach an affliction, and sometimes

being partners with those so treated. For you had compassion

on those in prisons, and you joyfully accept it the

plundering of your property, since you knew that you yourselves

had a better possession and an abiding one. Therefore, do

not throw away your confidence, which has a great reward,

For you have need of endurance, so that when you

have done the will of God, you may receive what

is promised for.

Yet a little while, and the coming one will come

and will not delay. But my righteous ones shall live

by faith. And if he shrinks back, my soul has

no pleasure in him.

But we are out of those who shrink back and

are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve

their souls Hebrews eleven. Now faith is the assurance of

things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen, for

by it, the people of old received their commendation by faith.

We understand that the universe was created by the word

of God, so that what is seen was not made

out of things that are visible. By faith able offered

to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which

he was commended as righteous God, commending him by accepting

his gifts and through his faith. Though he died, he

still speaks by faith. Enoch was taken up so that

he should not see death, and he was not found

because God had taken him. Now before he was taken,

he was commended as having pleased God. And without faith

it is impossible to please him. For whoever would draw

near to God must believe that He exists and that

he rewards those who seek him by faith. Noah, being

worn by God concerning events as yet unseen in reverent fear,

constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By

this he condemned the world and became an heir of

the righteousness that comes by faith. By faith, Abraham obeyed

when he was called to go out to a place

that he was to receive as an inheritance, and he

went out, not knowing where he was going. By faith,

he went to live in the land of promise, as

in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and

Jacob airs with him of the same promise, For he

was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose

designer and builder is God. By faith, Sarah herself received

power to conceive, even when she was past the age,

since she considered him faithful who had promised. Therefore, from

one man and him as good as dead were born descendants,

as many as the stars of heaven, and as many

as the innumerable grains of sand by the sea shore.

These all died in faith, not having received the things promised,

but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and

having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

For people who speak thus make it clear that they

are seeking a home land. If they had been thinking

of that land from which they had gone out, they

would have had opportunity to return. But as it is,

they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore,

God is not ashamed to be called their god, for

he has prepared for them a city by faith. Abraham,

when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who

had received the promises, was in the act of offering

up his only son, of whom it was said.

Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.

He considered that God was able even to raise him

from the dead, from which figuratively speaking, he did receive

him back by faith, Isaac invoked future blessings on Jacob

and Esau by faith. Jacob, when dying, blest each of

the sons of Joseph, bowing in worship over the head

of his staff. By faith. Joseph, at the end of

his life, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites

and gave directions concerning his bones. By faith. Moses, when

he was born, was hidden for three months by his

parents because they saw that the child was beautiful, and

they were not afraid of the king's edict. By faith, Moses,

when he was grown up, refused to be called the

son of Pharaoh's daughter, choosing rather to be mistreated with

the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasure

of sin. He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth

than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to

the reward. By faith. He left Egypt, not being afraid

of the anger of the king, for he endured as

seeing him who is invisible. By faith, he kept the

passover and sprinkled the blood so that the destroyer of

the first born might not touch them. By faith, the

people crossed the Red Sea as on dry land, but

the Egyptians, when they attempted to do the same, were

drowned by faith. The walls of Jericho fell down after

they had been encircled for seven days by faith. Rahab,

the prostitute, did not perish with those who were disobedient,

because she had given a friendly welcome to the spies.

And what more shall I say, for time would fail

me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephtha of David

and Samuel, and the prophets who through faith conquered kingdoms,

enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched,

the power of fire escaped the edge of the sword,

were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war,

put foreign armies to flight. Women received back their dead

by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release so

that they might rise again to a better life. Others

suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. They

were stoned, they were sawn in two, they were killed

with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep

and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated of whom the world was

not worthy, wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in

dens and caves of the earth, And all these, though

commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised,

since God had provided something better for us, that apart

from us, they should not be made perfect Hebrews twelve. Therefore,

since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses,

let us also lay aside every weight and sin which

clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the

race that is set before us. Looking to Jesus, the

founder and perfector of our faith, who for the joy

that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame,

and is seated at the right hand of the throne

of God. Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility

against himself, so that you may not grow weary or

fainthearted in your struggle against sin. You have not yet

resisted to the point of shedding your blood. And have

you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons.

My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,

nor be weary when reproved by him. For the Lord

disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son whom

he receives.

It is for discipline that you have to endure. God

is treating you as sons. For what son is there

whom his father does not discipline. If you are left

without discipline in which which all have participated, than you

are illegitimate children and not sons. Besides this, we have

had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them.

Shall we not much more be subject to the father

of spirits and live. For they disciplined us for a

short time, as it seemed best to them. But He

disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.

For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant,

but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to

those who have been trained by it. Therefore, lift your

drooping hands, and strengthen your weak knees, and make straight

paths for your feet, so that what is lame may

not be put out of joint, but rather be healed.

Strive for peace with everyone and for the holy without

which no one will see. The Lord see to it

that no one fails to obtain the grace of God,

that no root of bitterness springs up and causes trouble,

and by it many become defiled. That no one is

sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright

for a single meal. For you know that afterward, when

he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for

he found no chance to repent, though he sought it

with tears. For you have not come to what may

be touch'd a blazing fire, and darkness and gloom, and

a tempest, and the sound of a trumpet, and a

voice whose words made the hearers beg that no further

messages be spoken to them, for they could not endure

the order that was given.

Even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned.

Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, I

tremble with fear. But you have come to Mount Zion,

and to the city of the Living God, the heavenly Jerusalem,

and to innumerable angels in festal gathering, and to the

assembly of the first born who are enrolled in heaven.

And to God the judge of all, and to the

spirits of the Righteous made perfect, and to Jesus, the

mediator of a new Covenant, and to the sprinkled blood

that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

See that you do not refuse him who is speaking.

For if they did not escape when they refused him

who warned them on earth, much less will we escape

if we reject him who warns from heaven. At that

time his voice shook the earth. But now he has promised.

Yet once more, I will shake not only the earth

but also the heavens.

This phrase yet once more indicates the removal of things

that are shaken, that is, things that have been made

in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain. Therefore,

let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot

be shaken. And thus let us offer to God acceptable worship,

with reverence and awe, for our God is a consuming

fire Hebrews thirteen. Brotherly love, continue, do not neglect to

show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison

with them, and those who are mistreated. Since you also

are in the body, let marriage be held in honor

among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for

God will judge the sexually immoral and adulteress. Keep your

life free from love of money, and be content with

what you have. For he has said.

I will never leave you nor forsake you.

So we can confidently say, the Lord is my helper.

I will not fear what can man do to me.

Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word

of God, Consider the outcome of their way of life,

and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same, yesterday

and today and forever. Do not be led away by

diverse and strange teachings, For it is good for the

heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods which

have not benefited those devoted to them. We have an

altar from which those who serve the tent have no

right to eat. For the bodies of those animals whose

blood is brought into the holy places by the high

priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp.

So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to

sanctify the people through his own blood. Therefore, let us

go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach

he endured. For here we have no last in city,

but we seek the city that is to come through him.

Then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise

to God, that is the fruit of lips that acknowledge

His name. Do not neglect to do good and to

share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are

keeping watch over your souls as those who will have

to give an account. Let them do this with joy

and not with groaning, for that would be of no

advantage to you. Pray for us, for we are sure

that we have a clear conscience, desiring to act honorably

in all things. I urge you the more earnestly to

do this in order that I may be restored to

you the sooner. Now, may the God of Peace, who

brought again from the dead, our Lord Jesus, the Great

Shepherd of the Sheep, by the blood of the Eternal Covenant,

equip you with everything good that you may do His

will working in us that which is pleasing in His sight,

through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

I appeal to your brothers, bear with my word of exhortation,

for I have written to you briefly. You should know

that our brother Timothy has been released with whom I

shall see if he comes soon, Greet all your leaders

and all the saints. Those who come from Italy send

you greetings. Grace be with all of you.