\id HEB  
\h Hebrews 
\toc1 Hebrews 
\toc2 Hebrews 
\mt1 Hebrews  
\c 1  
\s1 Introduction: God Has Spoken Fully and Finally in His Son  
\p
\v 1  \w After|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w long|strong="G3819"\w* \w ago|strong="G3819"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* various \w portions|strong="G4181"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* various \w ways|strong="G4187"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w*,  
\v 2  \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w these|strong="G3956"\w* \w last|strong="G2078"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G4160"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w appointed|strong="G5087"\w* \w heir|strong="G2818"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w created|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* world.  
\v 3  \w The|strong="G1722"\w* Son \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w radiance|strong="G1391"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w representation|strong="G5481"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w essence|strong="G5287"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* sustains \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w powerful|strong="G1411"\w* \w word|strong="G4487"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w accomplished|strong="G4160"\w* \w cleansing|strong="G2512"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* sins, \it  he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high\it*.  
\v 4  Thus \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w so|strong="G5118"\w* \w far|strong="G3588"\w* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* \w than|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* angels \w as|strong="G3745"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* \w inherited|strong="G2816"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w* \w superior|strong="G1313"\w* \w to|strong="G1096"\w* theirs.   
\s1 The Son Is Superior to Angels  
\p
\v 5  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angels \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w ever|strong="G4218"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*, “\qt  You are my son! Today I have fathered you\qt*”? \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w another|strong="G3825"\w* \w place|strong="G1473"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, “\qt  I will be his father and he will be my son\qt*.”  
\v 6  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w brings|strong="G1521"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w firstborn|strong="G4416"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G3625"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, “\qt  Let all the angels of God worship him!\qt*”  
\v 7  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angels, “\qt  He makes his angels spirits and his ministers a flame of fire\qt*,”  
\v 8  \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* says,  
\q1 “\qt  Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,\qt*  
\q1 \qt  and a righteous scepter is the scepter of your kingdom\qt*.   
\q1
\v 9  \qt  You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness.\qt*  
\q1 \qt  So God, your God, has anointed you over your companions with the oil of rejoicing\qt*.”   
\p
\v 10  \w And|strong="G2532"\w*,  
\q1 “\qt  You founded the earth in the beginning, Lord\qt*,  
\q1 \qt  and the heavens are the works of your hands\qt*.   
\q1
\v 11  \qt  They will perish, but you continue\qt*.  
\q1 \qt  And they will all grow old like a garment\qt*,   
\q1
\v 12  \qt  and like a robe you will fold them up\qt*  
\q1 \qt  and\qt* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w garment|strong="G2440"\w* \qt  they will be changed,\qt*  
\q1 \qt  but you are the same and your years will never run out\qt*.”   
\p
\v 13  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* angels \w has|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w ever|strong="G4218"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\qt  Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet\qt*”?  
\v 14  \w Are|strong="G1510"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3780"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w ministering|strong="G3010"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w*, \w sent|strong="G4151"\w* \w out|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w serve|strong="G1248"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w inherit|strong="G2816"\w* \w salvation|strong="G4991"\w*?   
\c 2  
\p
\v 1  \w Therefore|strong="G1223"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w pay|strong="G4337"\w* \w closer|strong="G4056"\w* \w attention|strong="G4337"\w* \w to|strong="G1163"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* heard, \w so|strong="G3379"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w do|strong="G1223"\w* \w not|strong="G3379"\w* \w drift|strong="G3901"\w* \w away|strong="G3901"\w*.  
\v 2  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* angels \w proved|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* firm \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w violation|strong="G3847"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w disobedience|strong="G3876"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w its|strong="G3956"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w penalty|strong="G3405"\w*,  
\v 3  \w how|strong="G4459"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w escape|strong="G1628"\w* \w if|strong="G3748"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* neglect \w such|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w great|strong="G5082"\w* \w salvation|strong="G4991"\w*? \w It|strong="G1223"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G3588"\w* \w communicated|strong="G2980"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w and|strong="G2962"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* confirmed \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 4  \w while|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w confirmed|strong="G4901"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w witness|strong="G4901"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w signs|strong="G4592"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w wonders|strong="G5059"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w various|strong="G4164"\w* \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gifts|strong="G3311"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w distributed|strong="G3311"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w*.   
\s1 Exposition of Psalm 8: Jesus and the Destiny of Humanity  
\p
\v 5  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w put|strong="G5293"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w world|strong="G3625"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w come|strong="G3195"\w*, \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w*, \w under|strong="G5293"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w control|strong="G5293"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* angels.  
\v 6  \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w testified|strong="G1263"\w* \w somewhere|strong="G4225"\w*:  
\q1 “\qt  What is man that you think of him or the son of man that you care for him?\qt*   
\q1
\v 7  \qt  You made him lower than the angels for a little while\qt*.  
\q1 \qt  You crowned him with glory and honor\qt*.   
\q1
\v 8  \qt  You put all things under his control\qt*.”  
\p \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \qt  put all things under his control\qt*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* left \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* outside \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w control|strong="G4228"\w*. \w At|strong="G1722"\w* \w present|strong="G3568"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w do|strong="G3708"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* \w yet|strong="G1161"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \qt  all things under his control\qt*,  
\v 9  \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G5092"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w* \qt  lower than the angels for a little while\qt*, \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w crowned|strong="G4737"\w* \w with|strong="G3844"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w honor|strong="G5092"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* suffered \w death|strong="G2288"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w experience|strong="G1089"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w* \w on|strong="G5228"\w* \w behalf|strong="G5228"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 10  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w fitting|strong="G4241"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* exist, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* bringing \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G5048"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* pioneer \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w salvation|strong="G4991"\w* \w perfect|strong="G5048"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w sufferings|strong="G3804"\w*.  
\v 11  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w indeed|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* makes holy \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G3756"\w* holy \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* origin, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w ashamed|strong="G1870"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w call|strong="G2564"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters,  
\v 12  \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\qt  I will proclaim your name to my brothers; in the midst of the assembly I will praise you\qt**.”  
\v 13  \w Again|strong="G3825"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* says, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w confident|strong="G3982"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*,” \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, “\qt  Here I am, with the children God has given me\qt**.”  
\v 14  \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w*, \w since|strong="G1893"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G3813"\w* \w share|strong="G2841"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* blood, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w likewise|strong="G2532"\w* \w shared|strong="G2841"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w humanity|strong="G4561"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G2192"\w* \w destroy|strong="G2673"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w holds|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w power|strong="G2904"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w* (\w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w devil|strong="G1228"\w*),  
\v 15  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w set|strong="G2532"\w* \w free|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* held \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w slavery|strong="G1397"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w lives|strong="G2198"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w fear|strong="G5401"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*.  
\v 16  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w surely|strong="G1222"\w* \w his|strong="G3756"\w* concern \w is|strong="G3756"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* angels, \w but|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G3756"\w* concerned \w for|strong="G1063"\w* Abraham’s \w descendants|strong="G4690"\w*.  
\v 17  \w Therefore|strong="G3606"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w respect|strong="G1519"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w merciful|strong="G1655"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w faithful|strong="G4103"\w* \w high|strong="G3956"\w* priest \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* relating \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G1519"\w* atonement \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sins \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*.  
\v 18  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w since|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* himself \w suffered|strong="G3958"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w tempted|strong="G3985"\w*, \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* help \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w tempted|strong="G3985"\w*.   
\c 3  
\p
\v 1  \w Therefore|strong="G3606"\w*, holy brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters, \w partners|strong="G3353"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w heavenly|strong="G2032"\w* \w calling|strong="G2821"\w*, \w take|strong="G2532"\w* note \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* apostle \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w confess|strong="G3671"\w*,  
\v 2  \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w faithful|strong="G4103"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w appointed|strong="G4160"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w house|strong="G3624"\w*.  
\v 3  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G3778"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* come \w to|strong="G2596"\w* deserve \w greater|strong="G4183"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w than|strong="G3844"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*, \w just|strong="G2596"\w* \w as|strong="G3745"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w builder|strong="G2680"\w* \w of|strong="G3844"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w deserves|strong="G2192"\w* \w greater|strong="G4183"\w* \w honor|strong="G5092"\w* \w than|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w itself|strong="G3624"\w*!  
\v 4  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w built|strong="G2680"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w builder|strong="G2680"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 5  \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \qt  faithful in all God’s house\qt* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w servant|strong="G2324"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w testify|strong="G3142"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w*.  
\v 6  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* faithful \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w house|strong="G3624"\w*. \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w*, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* fact \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w hold|strong="G2722"\w* \w firmly|strong="G2722"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w confidence|strong="G3954"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w take|strong="G1161"\w* \w pride|strong="G2745"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w*.   
\s1 Exposition of Psalm 95: Hearing God’s Word in Faith  
\p
\v 7  \w Therefore|strong="G1352"\w*, \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\q1 “\qt  Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks!\qt*   
\q1
\v 8 “\qt  Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness\qt*.   
\q1
\v 9 “\qt  There your fathers tested me and tried me, and they saw my works for forty years\qt*.   
\q1
\v 10 “\qt  Therefore, I became provoked at that generation and said, ‘Their hearts are always wandering and they have not known my ways\qt*.’   
\q1
\v 11 “\qt  As I swore in my anger, ‘They will never enter my rest\qt*!’”   
\p
\v 12  See \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G1510"\w*, brothers \w and|strong="G2316"\w* sisters, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w none|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w an|strong="G1722"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w*, unbelieving \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* forsakes \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 13  \w But|strong="G3361"\w* \w exhort|strong="G3870"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w another|strong="G1438"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w as|strong="G2596"\w* \w long|strong="G2250"\w* \w as|strong="G2596"\w* \w it|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* “\w Today|strong="G4594"\w*,” \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w none|strong="G3361"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w become|strong="G3361"\w* \w hardened|strong="G4645"\w* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* sin’s deception.  
\v 14  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w have|strong="G1096"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w partners|strong="G3353"\w* \w with|strong="G3588"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w in|strong="G1096"\w* fact \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w hold|strong="G2722"\w* \w our|strong="G5547"\w* initial \w confidence|strong="G5287"\w* firm \w until|strong="G3360"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w end|strong="G5056"\w*.  
\v 15  \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w it|strong="G1437"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, “\qt  O, that today you would listen as he speaks! Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion\qt*.”  
\v 16  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* ones heard \w and|strong="G1831"\w* \w rebelled|strong="G3893"\w*? \w Was|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w came|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Egypt \w under|strong="G1537"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*’ leadership?  
\v 17  \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w against|strong="G1722"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w provoked|strong="G4360"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w forty|strong="G5062"\w* \w years|strong="G2094"\w*? \w Was|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w not|strong="G3780"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* sinned, \it  whose dead bodies fell in the wilderness\it*?  
\v 18  \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w whom|strong="G5101"\w* \w did|strong="G5101"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w swear|strong="G3660"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G5101"\w* \w never|strong="G3361"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w rest|strong="G2663"\w*, \w except|strong="G1487"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* disobedient?  
\v 19  \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G3754"\w* see \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* unbelief.   
\c 4  
\p
\v 1  \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G3767"\w* \w must|strong="G1525"\w* \w be|strong="G5399"\w* wary \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w while|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w entering|strong="G1525"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w rest|strong="G2663"\w* \w remains|strong="G2641"\w* open, \w none|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w may|strong="G5100"\w* \w seem|strong="G1380"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w have|strong="G5210"\w* \w come|strong="G1525"\w* \w short|strong="G5302"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w it|strong="G1525"\w*.  
\v 2  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* \w news|strong="G2097"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="G2097"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2097"\w* \w just|strong="G2509"\w* \w as|strong="G2509"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w*, \w since|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w join|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*.  
\v 3  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w rest|strong="G2663"\w*, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\qt  As I swore in my anger, ‘They will never enter my rest!\qt*’” \w And|strong="G3588"\w* \w yet|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w*’s \w works|strong="G2041"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w accomplished|strong="G1096"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w foundation|strong="G2602"\w* \w of|strong="G2041"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*.  
\v 4  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w spoken|strong="G3004"\w* \w somewhere|strong="G4225"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w seventh|strong="G1442"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w*: “\qt  And God rested on the seventh day from all his works\qt*,”  
\v 5  \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* repeat \w the|strong="G1722"\w* text cited earlier: “\qt  They will never enter my rest!\qt*”  
\v 6  \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* remains \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*, \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w previously|strong="G4386"\w* \w proclaimed|strong="G2097"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* disobedience.  
\v 7  \w So|strong="G5118"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w ordains|strong="G3724"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w certain|strong="G5100"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, “\w Today|strong="G4594"\w*,” \w speaking|strong="G3004"\w* \w through|strong="G1722"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w so|strong="G5118"\w* \w long|strong="G5550"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w*, \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* words quoted \w before|strong="G1722"\w*, “\qt  O, that today you would listen as he speaks! Do not harden your hearts\qt*.”  
\v 8  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w Joshua|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w given|strong="G2664"\w* \w them|strong="G1438"\w* \w rest|strong="G2664"\w*, \w God|strong="G2980"\w* \w would|strong="G2980"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2980"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \w afterward|strong="G3326"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w another|strong="G1438"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*.  
\v 9  Consequently \w a|strong="G2316"\w* \w Sabbath|strong="G4520"\w* \w rest|strong="G4520"\w* remains \w for|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 10  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w enters|strong="G1525"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w rest|strong="G2663"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w rested|strong="G2664"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w works|strong="G2041"\w*, \w just|strong="G5618"\w* \w as|strong="G5618"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* \w works|strong="G2041"\w*.  
\v 11  \w Thus|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G2443"\w* \w must|strong="G1525"\w* \w make|strong="G4704"\w* \w every|strong="G1722"\w* \w effort|strong="G4704"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w rest|strong="G2663"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w fall|strong="G4098"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w following|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G1565"\w* pattern \w of|strong="G5100"\w* disobedience.  
\v 12  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w active|strong="G1756"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sharper|strong="G5114"\w* \w than|strong="G5228"\w* \w any|strong="G3956"\w* \w double-edged|strong="G1366"\w* \w sword|strong="G3162"\w*, \w piercing|strong="G1338"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* point \w of|strong="G3056"\w* dividing \w soul|strong="G5590"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirit|strong="G4151"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* joints \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w marrow|strong="G3452"\w*; \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w able|strong="G2924"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G2924"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* desires \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w thoughts|strong="G1761"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w*.  
\v 13  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w creature|strong="G2937"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* hidden \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w naked|strong="G1131"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w exposed|strong="G5136"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w eyes|strong="G3788"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w must|strong="G1510"\w* render \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w account|strong="G3056"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus Our Compassionate High Priest  
\p
\v 14  \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w since|strong="G2192"\w* \w we|strong="G2192"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w high|strong="G3173"\w* priest \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w passed|strong="G1330"\w* \w through|strong="G1330"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w heavens|strong="G3772"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w let|strong="G3767"\w* \w us|strong="G1330"\w* \w hold|strong="G2902"\w* \w fast|strong="G2902"\w* \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w confession|strong="G3671"\w*.  
\v 15  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w high|strong="G3956"\w* priest \w incapable|strong="G3361"\w* \w of|strong="G2596"\w* sympathizing \w with|strong="G2596"\w* \w our|strong="G3956"\w* weaknesses, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w one|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w been|strong="G2192"\w* \w tempted|strong="G3985"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w just|strong="G2596"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w*, \w yet|strong="G1161"\w* \w without|strong="G5565"\w* sin.  
\v 16  \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w* \w let|strong="G2443"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w confidently|strong="G3326"\w* \w approach|strong="G4334"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w throne|strong="G2362"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w mercy|strong="G1656"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w find|strong="G2147"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* whenever \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w need|strong="G2121"\w* help.   
\c 5  
\p
\v 1  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w high|strong="G3956"\w* \w priest|strong="G4374"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w taken|strong="G2983"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w appointed|strong="G2525"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* represent \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w offer|strong="G4374"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w gifts|strong="G1435"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* sins.  
\v 2  \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w deal|strong="G3356"\w* compassionately \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* ignorant \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w erring|strong="G4105"\w*, \w since|strong="G1893"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* subject \w to|strong="G2532"\w* weakness,  
\v 3  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w reason|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w obligated|strong="G3784"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* sin \w offerings|strong="G4374"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*.  
\v 4  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w assumes|strong="G2983"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w honor|strong="G5092"\w* \w on|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w initiative|strong="G1438"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* fact Aaron \w was|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 5  \w So|strong="G3779"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w glorify|strong="G1392"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w becoming|strong="G1096"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* priest, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w glorified|strong="G1392"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\qt  You are my Son! Today I have fathered you\qt*,”  
\v 6  \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, “\qt  You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek\qt*.”  
\v 7  \w During|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w earthly|strong="G4561"\w* \w life|strong="G4561"\w* Christ \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w requests|strong="G1162"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w supplications|strong="G2428"\w*, \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w loud|strong="G2478"\w* \w cries|strong="G2906"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w tears|strong="G1144"\w*, \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w heard|strong="G1522"\w* \w because|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w devotion|strong="G2124"\w*.  
\v 8  \w Although|strong="G2539"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w*, \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w learned|strong="G3129"\w* \w obedience|strong="G5218"\w* through \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w suffered|strong="G3958"\w*.  
\v 9  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w being|strong="G1096"\w* \w perfected|strong="G5048"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G3956"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* source \w of|strong="G2532"\w* eternal \w salvation|strong="G4991"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w obey|strong="G5219"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\v 10  \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w designated|strong="G4316"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w as|strong="G2596"\w* \w high|strong="G2316"\w* priest \qt  in the order of Melchizedek\qt*.   
\s1 The Need to Move on to Maturity  
\p
\v 11  \w On|strong="G4012"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* topic \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* difficult \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w explain|strong="G1421"\w*, \w since|strong="G1893"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w sluggish|strong="G3576"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* hearing.  
\v 12  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G5100"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* fact \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w teachers|strong="G1320"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w*, \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* beginning \w elements|strong="G4747"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w utterances|strong="G3051"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* gone \w back|strong="G3825"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* needing \w milk|strong="G1051"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w solid|strong="G4731"\w* \w food|strong="G5160"\w*.  
\v 13  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* lives \w on|strong="G3588"\w* \w milk|strong="G1051"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* inexperienced \w in|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w an|strong="G1510"\w* \w infant|strong="G3516"\w*.  
\v 14  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w solid|strong="G4731"\w* \w food|strong="G5160"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w mature|strong="G5046"\w*, \w whose|strong="G3588"\w* perceptions \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w trained|strong="G1128"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w practice|strong="G1838"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w discern|strong="G1253"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w*.   
\c 6  
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\v 1  \w Therefore|strong="G1352"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G5547"\w* progress \w beyond|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* elementary \w instructions|strong="G3056"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w move|strong="G3056"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w maturity|strong="G5047"\w*, \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w laying|strong="G2598"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w foundation|strong="G2310"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*: \w repentance|strong="G3341"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w works|strong="G2041"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*,  
\v 2  \w teaching|strong="G1322"\w* \w about|strong="G1322"\w* baptisms, \w laying|strong="G1936"\w* \w on|strong="G5495"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w*, resurrection \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* eternal \w judgment|strong="G2917"\w*.  
\v 3  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* intend \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w permits|strong="G2010"\w*.  
\v 4  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* impossible \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w case|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* once \w been|strong="G1096"\w* \w enlightened|strong="G5461"\w*, \w tasted|strong="G1089"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w heavenly|strong="G2032"\w* \w gift|strong="G1431"\w*, \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w partakers|strong="G3353"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w*,  
\v 5  \w tasted|strong="G1089"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w word|strong="G4487"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w miracles|strong="G1411"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w coming|strong="G3195"\w* age,  
\v 6  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* committed apostasy, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* renew \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w repentance|strong="G3341"\w*, since \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* crucifying \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w over|strong="G1519"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w holding|strong="G3856"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* contempt.  
\v 7  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* soaked \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w rain|strong="G5205"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* frequently \w falls|strong="G2064"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w yields|strong="G5088"\w* \w useful|strong="G2111"\w* \w vegetation|strong="G1008"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w tend|strong="G1090"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w receives|strong="G3335"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w blessing|strong="G2129"\w* \w from|strong="G2064"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 8  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* produces thorns \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w thistles|strong="G5146"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* useless \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w cursed|strong="G2671"\w*; its fate \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w burned|strong="G2740"\w*.  
\v 9  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w case|strong="G3588"\w*, dear friends, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G1487"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w speak|strong="G2980"\w* \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w convinced|strong="G3982"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w relating|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w salvation|strong="G4991"\w*.  
\v 10  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* unjust \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w forget|strong="G1950"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* love \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* demonstrated \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w having|strong="G2532"\w* \w served|strong="G1247"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* continuing \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w serve|strong="G1247"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* saints.  
\v 11  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* passionately want \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G1680"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w demonstrate|strong="G1731"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* same \w eagerness|strong="G4710"\w* \w for|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w fulfillment|strong="G5056"\w* \w of|strong="G1680"\w* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* until \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w end|strong="G5056"\w*,  
\v 12  \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w sluggish|strong="G3576"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w imitators|strong="G3402"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w perseverance|strong="G3115"\w* \w inherit|strong="G2816"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w promises|strong="G1860"\w*.   
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\v 13  Now \w when|strong="G2192"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w made|strong="G1861"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w promise|strong="G1861"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* Abraham, \w since|strong="G1893"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w could|strong="G2192"\w* \w swear|strong="G3660"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w greater|strong="G3173"\w*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w swore|strong="G3660"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w*,  
\v 14  \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*, “\qt  Surely I will bless you greatly and multiply your descendants abundantly\qt*.”  
\v 15  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* persevering, \w Abraham|strong="G2013"\w* \w inherited|strong="G2013"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w*.  
\v 16  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w swear|strong="G3660"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* something \w greater|strong="G3173"\w* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w oath|strong="G3727"\w* serves \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* confirmation \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w end|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* dispute.  
\v 17  \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* demonstrate \w more|strong="G4054"\w* clearly \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w heirs|strong="G2818"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w purpose|strong="G1012"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* unchangeable, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w so|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* intervened \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w an|strong="G1722"\w* \w oath|strong="G3727"\w*,  
\v 18  \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w found|strong="G2192"\w* \w refuge|strong="G2703"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* find \w strong|strong="G2478"\w* \w encouragement|strong="G3874"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w hold|strong="G2902"\w* \w fast|strong="G2902"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w set|strong="G4295"\w* \w before|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G4295"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* unchangeable \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w since|strong="G2192"\w* \w it|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* impossible \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w lie|strong="G5574"\w*.  
\v 19  \w We|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w hope|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w an|strong="G2192"\w* anchor \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w soul|strong="G5590"\w*, sure \w and|strong="G2532"\w* steadfast, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* reaches inside behind \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w curtain|strong="G2665"\w*,  
\v 20  \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* \w forerunner|strong="G4274"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* \w behalf|strong="G5228"\w*, \w since|strong="G3699"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \bd  \+qt  \+it a priest\+it*\+qt* \+w forever|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w order|strong="G5010"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w Melchizedek|strong="G3198"\+w* \+w forever|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w in|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w the|strong="G1519"\+w* \+w order|strong="G5010"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2596"\+w* \+w Melchizedek|strong="G3198"\+w*\bd*.   
\c 7  
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\v 1  \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \qt  Melchizedek, king of Salem, priest of the most high God, met Abraham as he was returning from defeating the kings\qt* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \qt  blessed him\qt*.  
\v 2  \w To|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \bd  \+qt t\+qt* \+it Abraham\+it* \+w apportioned|strong="G3307"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* tithe \+w apportioned|strong="G3307"\+w* \+w a|strong="G2532"\+w* tithe\bd* \qt of\qt* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w*. \w His|strong="G3956"\w* \w name|strong="G3739"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* king \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \bd  \+qt  \+it king\+it*\+qt* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Salem|strong="G4532"\+w* \+w of|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w Salem|strong="G4532"\+w*\bd*, \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, king \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*.  
\v 3  \w Without|strong="G2316"\w* father, \w without|strong="G2316"\w* mother, \w without|strong="G2316"\w* genealogy, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w neither|strong="G3383"\w* beginning \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w nor|strong="G3383"\w* \w end|strong="G5056"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w remains|strong="G3306"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G1161"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w*.  
\v 4  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w see|strong="G2334"\w* \w how|strong="G1161"\w* \w great|strong="G4080"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w*, \w if|strong="G2532"\w* Abraham \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w patriarch|strong="G3966"\w* \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* tithe \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* plunder.  
\v 5  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Levi|strong="G3017"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w priestly|strong="G2405"\w* \w office|strong="G2405"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w authorization|strong="G1785"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w collect|strong="G2983"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* tithe \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* fellow countrymen, \w although|strong="G2539"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w descendants|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Abraham.  
\v 6  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Melchizedek|strong="G1075"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w share|strong="G1075"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w ancestry|strong="G1075"\w* \w collected|strong="G1183"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* tithe \w from|strong="G1537"\w* Abraham \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w blessed|strong="G2127"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w possessed|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w*.  
\v 7  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w without|strong="G5565"\w* dispute \w the|strong="G3956"\w* inferior \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w blessed|strong="G2127"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* superior,  
\v 8  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3303"\w* \w case|strong="G5602"\w* \w tithes|strong="G1181"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* mortal men, \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3748"\w* \w is|strong="G3748"\w* affirmed \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*.  
\v 9  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Levi|strong="G3018"\w* himself, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w receives|strong="G2983"\w* \w tithes|strong="G1181"\w*, \w paid|strong="G1183"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* tithe \w through|strong="G1223"\w* Abraham.  
\v 10  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w ancestor|strong="G3962"\w* Abraham’s \w loins|strong="G3751"\w* \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w Melchizedek|strong="G3198"\w* \w met|strong="G4876"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus and the Priesthood of Melchizedek  
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\v 11  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w perfection|strong="G5050"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* fact \w been|strong="G1510"\w* possible \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Levitical|strong="G3020"\w* \w priesthood|strong="G2420"\w* – \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w basis|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w received|strong="G3549"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3549"\w* – \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w further|strong="G2089"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* arise, \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G5010"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Melchizedek|strong="G3198"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* Aaron’s \w order|strong="G5010"\w*?  
\v 12  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w priesthood|strong="G2420"\w* \w changes|strong="G3346"\w*, \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w change|strong="G3331"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w must|strong="G1096"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 13  \w Yet|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w spoken|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w belongs|strong="G3348"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* \w different|strong="G2087"\w* \w tribe|strong="G5443"\w*, \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w tribe|strong="G5443"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w ever|strong="G3762"\w* \w officiated|strong="G4337"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w altar|strong="G2379"\w*.  
\v 14  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* clear \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w our|strong="G2962"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* descended \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w Judah|strong="G2455"\w*, \w yet|strong="G1063"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w connection|strong="G4012"\w* \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w tribe|strong="G5443"\w*.  
\v 15  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w clearer|strong="G2612"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* arises \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w likeness|strong="G3665"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w Melchizedek|strong="G3198"\w*,  
\v 16  \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* priest \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* legal \w regulation|strong="G1785"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w physical|strong="G4560"\w* \w descent|strong="G1096"\w* \w but|strong="G3551"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w an|strong="G1096"\w* indestructible \w life|strong="G2222"\w*.  
\v 17  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w here|strong="G1519"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w testimony|strong="G3140"\w* \w about|strong="G2596"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*: “\qt  You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek\qt*.”  
\v 18  \w On|strong="G4254"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w hand|strong="G3303"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w former|strong="G4254"\w* \w command|strong="G1785"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w set|strong="G2532"\w* aside \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* weak \w and|strong="G2532"\w* useless,  
\v 19  \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w made|strong="G5048"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3762"\w* \w perfect|strong="G5048"\w*. \w On|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w hand|strong="G1448"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* introduced, \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w draw|strong="G1448"\w* \w near|strong="G1448"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 20  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w since|strong="G1063"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w done|strong="G1096"\w* \w without|strong="G5565"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* sworn affirmation – \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w* \w without|strong="G5565"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* sworn affirmation,  
\v 21  \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w sworn|strong="G3660"\w* affirmation \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, “\qt  The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever\qt*’” –  
\v 22  \w accordingly|strong="G2596"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w guarantee|strong="G1450"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* \w covenant|strong="G1242"\w*.  
\v 23  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w numerous|strong="G4183"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w* \w prevented|strong="G2967"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w continuing|strong="G3887"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* office,  
\v 24  \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w holds|strong="G2192"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w priesthood|strong="G2420"\w* permanently \w since|strong="G2192"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w lives|strong="G3306"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 25  \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w completely|strong="G3838"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w always|strong="G3842"\w* \w lives|strong="G2198"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w intercede|strong="G1793"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 26  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w indeed|strong="G2532"\w* \w fitting|strong="G4241"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w us|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w such|strong="G5108"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w high|strong="G5308"\w* priest: \w holy|strong="G3741"\w*, innocent, undefiled, \w separate|strong="G5563"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* sinners, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w exalted|strong="G5308"\w* \w above|strong="G5308"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w heavens|strong="G3772"\w*.  
\v 27  \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w need|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w every|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* priests \w do|strong="G4160"\w*, \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w offer|strong="G4374"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \w first|strong="G4386"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* sins \w and|strong="G2250"\w* \w then|strong="G1899"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* sins \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w since|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w offering|strong="G4374"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w once|strong="G2178"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w all|strong="G2596"\w*.  
\v 28  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w appoints|strong="G2525"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* high priests \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w subject|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* weakness, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w word|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* solemn affirmation \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w came|strong="G3588"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w appoints|strong="G2525"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w made|strong="G2525"\w* \w perfect|strong="G5048"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*.   
\c 8  
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\v 1  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w main|strong="G2774"\w* \w point|strong="G2774"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w We|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w such|strong="G5108"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* high priest, \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \it  sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven\it*,  
\v 2  \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w minister|strong="G3011"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sanctuary \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w tabernacle|strong="G4633"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w man|strong="G3739"\w*, \w set|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 3  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w high|strong="G3956"\w* \w priest|strong="G4374"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w appointed|strong="G2525"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w offer|strong="G4374"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w gifts|strong="G1435"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w offer|strong="G4374"\w*.  
\v 4  \w Now|strong="G3767"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w*, \w since|strong="G2596"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* already \w priests|strong="G2409"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w offer|strong="G4374"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w gifts|strong="G1435"\w* prescribed \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*.  
\v 5  \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w serve|strong="G3000"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* sketch \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w shadow|strong="G4639"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w heavenly|strong="G2032"\w* sanctuary, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w warned|strong="G5537"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G5537"\w* \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w complete|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w tabernacle|strong="G4633"\w*. \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G5346"\w*, “\qt  See that you make everything according to the design shown to you on the mountain\qt*.”  
\v 6  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w has|strong="G3748"\w* \w obtained|strong="G5177"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w superior|strong="G1313"\w* \w ministry|strong="G3009"\w*, \w since|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w covenant|strong="G1242"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w mediates|strong="G3316"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w enacted|strong="G3549"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* \w promises|strong="G1860"\w*.   
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\v 7  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* covenant \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* faultless, \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G1510"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* looked \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 8  \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w showing|strong="G3201"\w* its \w fault|strong="G3201"\w*, \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*,  
\q1 “\qt  Look, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will complete a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah\qt*.   
\q1
\v 9 “\qt  It will not be like the covenant that I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant and I had no regard for them, says the Lord\qt**.   
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\v 10 “\qt  For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and I will inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people\qt*.   
\q1
\v 11 “\qt  And there will be no need at all for each one to teach his countryman or each one to teach his brother saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ since they will all know me, from the least to the greatest\qt*.   
\q1
\v 12 “\qt  For I will be merciful toward their evil deeds, and their sins I will remember no longer\qt*.”   
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\v 13  \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w speaks|strong="G3004"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* covenant, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* makes \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w obsolete|strong="G3822"\w*. \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w growing|strong="G1095"\w* \w obsolete|strong="G3822"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w aging|strong="G1095"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* disappear.   
\c 9  
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\v 1  \w Now|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* covenant, \w in|strong="G2532"\w* fact, \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w regulations|strong="G1345"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w worship|strong="G2999"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* its \w earthly|strong="G2886"\w* sanctuary.  
\v 2  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w tent|strong="G4633"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w prepared|strong="G2680"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w outer|strong="G4413"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w*, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w contained|strong="G3087"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w lampstand|strong="G3087"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w table|strong="G5132"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* presentation \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* loaves; \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* holy \w place|strong="G1722"\w*.  
\v 3  \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \w curtain|strong="G2665"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1161"\w* \w tent|strong="G4633"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* holy \w of|strong="G3588"\w* holies.  
\v 4  \w It|strong="G2532"\w* contained \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w golden|strong="G5552"\w* \w altar|strong="G2369"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w incense|strong="G2369"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w ark|strong="G2787"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w covenant|strong="G1242"\w* \w covered|strong="G4028"\w* \w entirely|strong="G3840"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w gold|strong="G5553"\w*. \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w ark|strong="G2787"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w golden|strong="G5552"\w* \w urn|strong="G4713"\w* containing \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w manna|strong="G3131"\w*, Aaron’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w rod|strong="G4464"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* budded, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* stone \w tablets|strong="G4109"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w covenant|strong="G1242"\w*.  
\v 5  \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w above|strong="G5231"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* ark \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w cherubim|strong="G5502"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w overshadowing|strong="G2683"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w mercy|strong="G2435"\w* \w seat|strong="G2435"\w*. \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w time|strong="G3568"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w these|strong="G3739"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w detail|strong="G3313"\w*.  
\v 6  \w So|strong="G3779"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w prepared|strong="G2680"\w* \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w* \w enter|strong="G1519"\w* \w continually|strong="G1223"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w outer|strong="G4413"\w* \w tent|strong="G4633"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w perform|strong="G2005"\w* \w their|strong="G3956"\w* duties.  
\v 7  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w only|strong="G3441"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G2532"\w* \w priest|strong="G4374"\w* \w enters|strong="G1519"\w* \w once|strong="G3739"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w year|strong="G1763"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* inner tent, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w without|strong="G5565"\w* blood \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w offers|strong="G4374"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sins \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* committed \w in|strong="G1519"\w* ignorance.  
\v 8  \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* making \w clear|strong="G1213"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* into \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w holy|strong="G4151"\w* place \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G5319"\w* \w yet|strong="G2089"\w* \w appeared|strong="G5319"\w* \w as|strong="G3588"\w* long \w as|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w old|strong="G2192"\w* \w tabernacle|strong="G4633"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w standing|strong="G4714"\w*.  
\v 9  \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w symbol|strong="G3850"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w present|strong="G1764"\w*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w gifts|strong="G1435"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w perfect|strong="G5048"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w conscience|strong="G4893"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w worshiper|strong="G3000"\w*.  
\v 10  \w They|strong="G2532"\w* served \w only|strong="G3440"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* matters \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w food|strong="G1033"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4188"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w various|strong="G1313"\w* washings; \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* external \w regulations|strong="G1345"\w* \w imposed|strong="G1945"\w* \w until|strong="G3360"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* new order \w came|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Christ’s Service in the Heavenly Sanctuary  
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\v 11  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w high|strong="G3173"\w* priest \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G1223"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w passed|strong="G3588"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w greater|strong="G3173"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G3173"\w* \w perfect|strong="G5046"\w* \w tent|strong="G4633"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w hands|strong="G5499"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w creation|strong="G2937"\w*,  
\v 12  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w once|strong="G2178"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* most holy place \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* blood \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w goats|strong="G5131"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w calves|strong="G3448"\w* \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* blood, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w himself|strong="G2398"\w* secured eternal \w redemption|strong="G3085"\w*.  
\v 13  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* blood \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w goats|strong="G5131"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w bulls|strong="G5022"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ashes|strong="G4700"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* young cow \w sprinkled|strong="G4472"\w* \w on|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w defiled|strong="G2840"\w* consecrated \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* provided \w ritual|strong="G4561"\w* \w purity|strong="G2514"\w*,  
\v 14  \w how|strong="G4214"\w* \w much|strong="G4214"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* blood \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* eternal \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w without|strong="G1438"\w* blemish \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w purify|strong="G2511"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w consciences|strong="G4893"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w works|strong="G2041"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w worship|strong="G3000"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
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\v 15  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w mediator|strong="G3316"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \w covenant|strong="G1242"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* eternal \w inheritance|strong="G2817"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w*, \w since|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G2288"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w set|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* free \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* violations committed \w under|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w covenant|strong="G1242"\w*.  
\v 16  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w there|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G5342"\w* will, \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G1303"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* proven.  
\v 17  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* \w will|strong="G3498"\w* takes effect only \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w death|strong="G3498"\w*, \w since|strong="G1893"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w carries|strong="G2480"\w* \w no|strong="G3588"\w* \w force|strong="G2480"\w* \w while|strong="G3753"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G1303"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*.  
\v 18  \w So|strong="G3606"\w* \w even|strong="G3761"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* covenant \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w inaugurated|strong="G1457"\w* \w with|strong="G3588"\w* blood.  
\v 19  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w command|strong="G1785"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* blood \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w calves|strong="G3448"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w goats|strong="G5131"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w scarlet|strong="G2847"\w* \w wool|strong="G2053"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w hyssop|strong="G5301"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sprinkled|strong="G4472"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w book|strong="G3588"\w* itself \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*,  
\v 20  \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\qt  This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded you to keep\qt*.”  
\v 21  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w both|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tabernacle|strong="G4633"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* utensils \w of|strong="G2532"\w* worship \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w likewise|strong="G3668"\w* \w sprinkled|strong="G4472"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* blood.  
\v 22  \w Indeed|strong="G2532"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w almost|strong="G4975"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w purified|strong="G2511"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* blood, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w without|strong="G5565"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* shedding \w of|strong="G2532"\w* blood \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* forgiveness.  
\v 23  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w necessary|strong="G3767"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* sketches \w of|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w purified|strong="G2511"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w heavenly|strong="G2032"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w themselves|strong="G3778"\w* \w required|strong="G2909"\w* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \w than|strong="G3844"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w*.  
\v 24  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w did|strong="G1525"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* sanctuary \w made|strong="G5499"\w* \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w hands|strong="G5499"\w* – \w the|strong="G1519"\w* representation \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* sanctuary – \w but|strong="G1063"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* itself, \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* appears \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w presence|strong="G4383"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 25  \w And|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G1525"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w offer|strong="G4374"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w again|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w again|strong="G1519"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* high \w priest|strong="G4374"\w* \w enters|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* sanctuary \w year|strong="G1763"\w* \w after|strong="G2596"\w* \w year|strong="G1763"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* blood \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w*,  
\v 26  \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w then|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G1893"\w* \w have|strong="G1163"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w suffer|strong="G3958"\w* \w again|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w again|strong="G1519"\w* \w since|strong="G1893"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w foundation|strong="G2602"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G2889"\w* \w appeared|strong="G5319"\w* once \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G1161"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w consummation|strong="G4930"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* ages \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w put|strong="G1163"\w* away sin \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="G2378"\w*.  
\v 27  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G3745"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* appointed \w to|strong="G2532"\w* die once, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* face \w judgment|strong="G2920"\w*,  
\v 28  \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w*, \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* once \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \it  bear the sins of many\it*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* eagerly await \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w appear|strong="G3708"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \w time|strong="G1208"\w*, \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bear|strong="G2532"\w* sin \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w bring|strong="G2532"\w* \w salvation|strong="G4991"\w*.   
\c 10  
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\v 1  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w possesses|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w shadow|strong="G4639"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w good|strong="G3756"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w come|strong="G3195"\w* \w but|strong="G1063"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* reality \w itself|strong="G1438"\w*, \w and|strong="G4334"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w therefore|strong="G1063"\w* \w completely|strong="G1519"\w* \w unable|strong="G3756"\w*, \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* \w continually|strong="G1336"\w*, \w year|strong="G1763"\w* \w after|strong="G2596"\w* \w year|strong="G1763"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w perfect|strong="G5048"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w come|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* worship.  
\v 2  \w For|strong="G1223"\w* \w otherwise|strong="G1893"\w* \w would|strong="G1893"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w ceased|strong="G3973"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w*, \w since|strong="G1893"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w worshipers|strong="G3000"\w* \w would|strong="G1893"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w been|strong="G2192"\w* \w purified|strong="G2511"\w* once \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G1223"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w further|strong="G2089"\w* \w consciousness|strong="G4893"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* sin?  
\v 3  But \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G1722"\w* sacrifices \w there|strong="G1722"\w* \w is|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* reminder \w of|strong="G1722"\w* sins \w year|strong="G1763"\w* \w after|strong="G2596"\w* \w year|strong="G1763"\w*.  
\v 4  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* blood \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w bulls|strong="G5022"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w goats|strong="G5131"\w* cannot \w take|strong="G2532"\w* away sins.  
\v 5  \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w came|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\q1 “\qt  Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me\qt*.   
\q1
\v 6 “\it  \+bd Whole burnt offerings\+bd* and sin-offerings you took no delight in.\it*   
\q1
\v 7 “\qt  Then I said, ‘Here I am: I have come – it is written of me in the scroll of the book – to do your will, O God\qt**.’”   
\p
\v 8  \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w above|strong="G4012"\w*, “\qt  Sacrifices and offerings\qt* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \qt  whole burnt offerings and sin-offeringsyou did not desire nor did you take delight\qt* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w them|strong="G3004"\w*” (\w which|strong="G3748"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w*),  
\v 9  \w then|strong="G5119"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, “\qt  Here I am: I have come to do your will\qt*.” \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* away \w with|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w establish|strong="G2476"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w*.  
\v 10  \w By|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* made holy \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w offering|strong="G4376"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w once|strong="G2178"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w*.  
\v 11  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \w stands|strong="G2476"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w after|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w serving|strong="G3008"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w offering|strong="G4374"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w* – \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w never|strong="G3763"\w* \w take|strong="G1410"\w* \w away|strong="G4014"\w* sins.  
\v 12  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w priest|strong="G4374"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="G2378"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* sins \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G1722"\w* \w time|strong="G1336"\w*, \it  he sat down at the right hand\it* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*,  
\v 13  \w where|strong="G5087"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G3063"\w* \w waiting|strong="G1551"\w* \it  until his enemies are made a footstool for his feet\it*.  
\v 14  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w by|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w offering|strong="G4376"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G1519"\w* \w perfected|strong="G5048"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G1336"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G5048"\w* holy.  
\v 15  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w witnesses|strong="G3140"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\v 16 “\qt  This is the covenant that I will establish with them after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws on their hearts and I will inscribe them on their minds\qt*,”  
\v 17  \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* says, “\qt  Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no longer\qt*.”  
\v 18  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w where|strong="G3699"\w* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* forgiveness \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w*, \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3778"\w* \w no|strong="G3765"\w* \w longer|strong="G3765"\w* \w any|strong="G3765"\w* \w offering|strong="G4376"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* sin.   
\s1 Drawing Near to God in Enduring Faith  
\p
\v 19  \w Therefore|strong="G3767"\w*, brothers \w and|strong="G2424"\w* sisters, \w since|strong="G2192"\w* \w we|strong="G2192"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w confidence|strong="G3954"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w enter|strong="G1529"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* sanctuary \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* blood \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*,  
\v 20  \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* fresh \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w inaugurated|strong="G1457"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w curtain|strong="G2665"\w*, \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w flesh|strong="G4561"\w*,  
\v 21  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* since \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \w over|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w house|strong="G3624"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*,  
\v 22  \w let|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G4334"\w* \w draw|strong="G4334"\w* \w near|strong="G4334"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* sincere \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w assurance|strong="G4136"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* brings, \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w hearts|strong="G2588"\w* \w sprinkled|strong="G4472"\w* \w clean|strong="G2513"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w conscience|strong="G4893"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w bodies|strong="G4983"\w* \w washed|strong="G3068"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w pure|strong="G2513"\w* water.  
\v 23  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G1063"\w* us \w hold|strong="G2722"\w* unwaveringly \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w hope|strong="G1680"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w confess|strong="G3671"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G1861"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w promise|strong="G1861"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w trustworthy|strong="G4103"\w*.  
\v 24  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* thought \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w how|strong="G2657"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* spur \w one|strong="G2657"\w* another \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* love \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w works|strong="G2041"\w*,  
\v 25  \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w abandoning|strong="G1459"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \w meetings|strong="G1997"\w*, \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w habit|strong="G1485"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* doing, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w encouraging|strong="G3870"\w* \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w other|strong="G5100"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1438"\w* see \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w drawing|strong="G1448"\w* \w near|strong="G1448"\w*.   
\p
\v 26  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* if \w we|strong="G2249"\w* deliberately keep \w on|strong="G4012"\w* sinning \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w receiving|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w knowledge|strong="G1922"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* truth, \w no|strong="G3765"\w* \w further|strong="G3765"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="G2378"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* sins \w is|strong="G3588"\w* left \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*,  
\v 27  \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w certain|strong="G5100"\w* \w fearful|strong="G5398"\w* \w expectation|strong="G1561"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w judgment|strong="G2920"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \it  a fury\it* \it  of fire that will consume God’s enemies\it*.  
\v 28  \w Someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G5100"\w* rejected \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w was|strong="G3475"\w* put \w to|strong="G1909"\w* death \w without|strong="G5565"\w* \w mercy|strong="G3628"\w* \it  on the testimony of two or three witnesses\it*.  
\v 29  \w How|strong="G4214"\w* \w much|strong="G4214"\w* \w greater|strong="G5501"\w* \w punishment|strong="G5098"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w think|strong="G1380"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w person|strong="G3739"\w* deserves \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* contempt \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w profanes|strong="G2662"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* blood \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w covenant|strong="G1242"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w made|strong="G2316"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w holy|strong="G4151"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w insults|strong="G1796"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w*?  
\v 30  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\qt  Vengeance is mine, I will repay\qt*,” \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w*, “\qt  The Lord will judge his people\qt*.”  
\v 31  \w It|strong="G1519"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w terrifying|strong="G5398"\w* \w thing|strong="G5398"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w fall|strong="G1706"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
\p
\v 32  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* remember \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w former|strong="G4387"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w endured|strong="G5278"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* harsh conflict \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w suffering|strong="G3804"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w enlightened|strong="G5461"\w*.  
\v 33  \w At|strong="G1161"\w* times \w you|strong="G3779"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* publicly exposed \w to|strong="G2532"\w* abuse \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w afflictions|strong="G2347"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G1161"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* times \w you|strong="G3779"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w share|strong="G2844"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* treated \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G3779"\w*.  
\v 34  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* fact \w you|strong="G5210"\w* shared \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sufferings \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* prison, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w accepted|strong="G4327"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* confiscation \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* belongings \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w joy|strong="G5479"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w certainly|strong="G2192"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w lasting|strong="G3306"\w* \w possession|strong="G5223"\w*.  
\v 35  \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* throw away \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w confidence|strong="G3954"\w*, \w because|strong="G3748"\w* \w it|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w reward|strong="G3405"\w*.  
\v 36  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G4160"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w* \w endurance|strong="G5281"\w* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w receive|strong="G2865"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w*.  
\v 37  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \qt  just a little longer\qt* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \qt  he who is coming will arrive and not delay\qt*.  
\v 38  \qt  But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him\qt*.  
\v 39  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w among|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G1161"\w* \w who|strong="G3756"\w* \w shrink|strong="G5289"\w* \w back|strong="G1519"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w thus|strong="G1519"\w* perish, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w among|strong="G1519"\w* \w those|strong="G1161"\w* \w who|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* preserve \w their|strong="G1519"\w* \w souls|strong="G5590"\w*.   
\c 11  
\p
\v 1  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* sure \w of|strong="G4102"\w* \w what|strong="G3756"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w hope|strong="G1679"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w*, \w being|strong="G1510"\w* convinced \w of|strong="G4102"\w* \w what|strong="G3756"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* see.  
\v 2  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w old|strong="G4245"\w* \w received|strong="G3140"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s commendation.  
\v 3  \w By|strong="G1537"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w we|strong="G4102"\w* \w understand|strong="G3539"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* worlds \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w set|strong="G1096"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w at|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w command|strong="G4487"\w*, \w so|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w visible|strong="G5316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w its|strong="G1537"\w* origin \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* invisible.  
\v 4  \w By|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* Abel \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w greater|strong="G4183"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="G2378"\w* \w than|strong="G3844"\w* \w Cain|strong="G2535"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w commended|strong="G3140"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w commended|strong="G3140"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w offerings|strong="G1435"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w speaks|strong="G2980"\w*, \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* dead.  
\v 5  \w By|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w Enoch|strong="G1802"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w taken|strong="G3331"\w* \w up|strong="G3361"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w death|strong="G2288"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G3361"\w*. \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w before|strong="G4253"\w* \w his|strong="G3708"\w* removal \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w commended|strong="G3140"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w having|strong="G2532"\w* \w pleased|strong="G2100"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 6  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w without|strong="G5565"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* impossible \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w please|strong="G2100"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* approaches \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* exists \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* rewards \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w seek|strong="G1567"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 7  \w By|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w Noah|strong="G3575"\w*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w warned|strong="G5537"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* seen, \w with|strong="G1223"\w* reverent \w regard|strong="G4012"\w* \w constructed|strong="G2680"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w ark|strong="G2787"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w deliverance|strong="G4991"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w family|strong="G3624"\w*. \w Through|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w condemned|strong="G2632"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w heir|strong="G2818"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w comes|strong="G1096"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*.   
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\v 8  \w By|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* Abraham \w obeyed|strong="G5219"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w called|strong="G2564"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* \w later|strong="G3195"\w* \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w inheritance|strong="G2817"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w without|strong="G3361"\w* \w understanding|strong="G1987"\w* \w where|strong="G4226"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w*.  
\v 9  \w By|strong="G1722"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w lived|strong="G2730"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* foreigner \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w though|strong="G5613"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* foreign \w country|strong="G1093"\w*, \w living|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w tents|strong="G4633"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w fellow|strong="G4789"\w* \w heirs|strong="G4789"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w promise|strong="G1860"\w*.  
\v 10  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w looking|strong="G2532"\w* forward \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* firm \w foundations|strong="G2310"\w*, \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* \w architect|strong="G5079"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w builder|strong="G1217"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 11  \w By|strong="G3844"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w Sarah|strong="G4564"\w* herself \w was|strong="G3588"\w* barren \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* \w old|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ability|strong="G1411"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w procreate|strong="G2602"\w*, \w because|strong="G1893"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w regarded|strong="G2233"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* given \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w promise|strong="G1861"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w trustworthy|strong="G4103"\w*.  
\v 12  \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w fact|strong="G3778"\w* \w children|strong="G1080"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w fathered|strong="G1080"\w* \w by|strong="G3844"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* – \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w dead|strong="G3499"\w* – \it  like the number of stars in the sky and like the innumerable grains of sand on the seashore\it*.  
\v 13  \w These|strong="G3778"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w without|strong="G3361"\w* \w receiving|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w distance|strong="G4207"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* welcomed \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w acknowledged|strong="G3670"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w strangers|strong="G3581"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w foreigners|strong="G3581"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*.  
\v 14  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w speak|strong="G3004"\w* \w in|strong="G3004"\w* \w such|strong="G5108"\w* \w a|strong="G5108"\w* way \w make|strong="G1718"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w clear|strong="G1718"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w seeking|strong="G1934"\w* \w a|strong="G5108"\w* homeland.  
\v 15  \w In|strong="G2532"\w* fact, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w been|strong="G2192"\w* \w thinking|strong="G3421"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* land \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* left, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w opportunity|strong="G2540"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* return.  
\v 16  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* aspire \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* land, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w heavenly|strong="G2032"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w*. \w Therefore|strong="G1352"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w ashamed|strong="G1870"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w called|strong="G1941"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w prepared|strong="G2090"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 17  \w By|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* Abraham, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w tested|strong="G3985"\w*, \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* \w up|strong="G4374"\w* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* received \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w promises|strong="G1860"\w*, \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* ready \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w offer|strong="G4374"\w* \w up|strong="G4374"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G3439"\w* son.  
\v 18  \w God|strong="G4314"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w told|strong="G2980"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w*, “\qt  Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name\qt*,”  
\v 19  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w reasoned|strong="G3049"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w could|strong="G1415"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w raise|strong="G1453"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* sense \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G2865"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w back|strong="G2865"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 20  \w By|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w* \w blessed|strong="G2127"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Esau|strong="G2269"\w* \w concerning|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w future|strong="G3195"\w*.  
\v 21  \w By|strong="G1909"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w*, \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* dying, \w blessed|strong="G2127"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \bd  \+qt  \+it worshiped\+it*\+qt* \+w as|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* leaned \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w staff|strong="G4464"\+w* \+w as|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w he|strong="G2532"\+w* leaned \+w on|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w his|strong="G1909"\+w* \+w staff|strong="G4464"\+w*\bd*.  
\v 22  \w By|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w*, \w at|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* end \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* life, \w mentioned|strong="G3421"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w exodus|strong="G1841"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* instructions \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w burial|strong="G3747"\w*.   
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\v 23  \w By|strong="G5259"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w*, \w his|strong="G3708"\w* \w parents|strong="G3962"\w* \w hid|strong="G2928"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1360"\w* \w three|strong="G5150"\w* \w months|strong="G5150"\w*, \w because|strong="G1360"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w child|strong="G3813"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* beautiful \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w edict|strong="G1297"\w*.  
\v 24  \w By|strong="G3004"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*, \w when|strong="G1096"\w* \w he|strong="G3004"\w* grew up, \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* refused \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G3004"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w Pharaoh|strong="G5328"\w*’s \w daughter|strong="G2364"\w*,  
\v 25  choosing \w rather|strong="G3123"\w* \w to|strong="G2228"\w* \w be|strong="G2316"\w* ill-treated \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w to|strong="G2228"\w* \w enjoy|strong="G2192"\w* sin’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* fleeting pleasure.  
\v 26  \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w regarded|strong="G2233"\w* abuse suffered \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w greater|strong="G3173"\w* \w wealth|strong="G4149"\w* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w treasures|strong="G2344"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* Egypt, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* eyes \w were|strong="G3588"\w* fixed \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w reward|strong="G3405"\w*.  
\v 27  \w By|strong="G1063"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w left|strong="G2641"\w* Egypt \w without|strong="G3361"\w* \w fearing|strong="G5399"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w anger|strong="G2372"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* persevered \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w though|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w could|strong="G3361"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* invisible.  
\v 28  \w By|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w kept|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sprinkling|strong="G4378"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* blood, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w destroyed|strong="G3645"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w firstborn|strong="G4416"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w touch|strong="G2345"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 29  \w By|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* crossed \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w Red|strong="G2063"\w* \w Sea|strong="G2281"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w if|strong="G5613"\w* \w on|strong="G4102"\w* \w dry|strong="G3584"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*, \w but|strong="G3588"\w* \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* Egyptians \w tried|strong="G3984"\w* \w it|strong="G3739"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w swallowed|strong="G2666"\w* \w up|strong="G2666"\w*.  
\v 30  \w By|strong="G1909"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w walls|strong="G5038"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Jericho|strong="G2410"\w* \w fell|strong="G4098"\w* \w after|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* marched \w around|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.  
\v 31  \w By|strong="G3588"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w Rahab|strong="G4460"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w prostitute|strong="G4204"\w* escaped \w the|strong="G3588"\w* destruction \w of|strong="G4102"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* disobedient, because \w she|strong="G3588"\w* \w welcomed|strong="G1209"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w spies|strong="G2685"\w* \w in|strong="G4102"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*.   
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\v 32  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w more|strong="G2089"\w* \w shall|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w*? \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w fail|strong="G1952"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w Gideon|strong="G1066"\w*, Barak, \w Samson|strong="G4546"\w*, \w Jephthah|strong="G2422"\w*, \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Samuel|strong="G4545"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w*.  
\v 33  \w Through|strong="G1223"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* \w conquered|strong="G2610"\w* kingdoms, \w administered|strong="G2038"\w* \w justice|strong="G1343"\w*, \w gained|strong="G2013"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w*, \w shut|strong="G5420"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w mouths|strong="G4750"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w lions|strong="G3023"\w*,  
\v 34  \w quenched|strong="G4570"\w* \w raging|strong="G1411"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w*, \w escaped|strong="G5343"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w edge|strong="G4750"\w* \w of|strong="G1411"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sword|strong="G3162"\w*, gained \w strength|strong="G1411"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* weakness, \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w mighty|strong="G2478"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w battle|strong="G4171"\w*, \w put|strong="G2827"\w* foreign \w armies|strong="G3925"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w flight|strong="G2827"\w*,  
\v 35  \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w back|strong="G2983"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w raised|strong="G3498"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* life. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w tortured|strong="G5178"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w accepting|strong="G4327"\w* release, \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w obtain|strong="G5177"\w* resurrection \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w a|strong="G2983"\w* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* life.  
\v 36  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w others|strong="G2087"\w* \w experienced|strong="G2983"\w* \w mocking|strong="G1701"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w flogging|strong="G3148"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w chains|strong="G1199"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w imprisonment|strong="G1199"\w*.  
\v 37  \w They|strong="G1722"\w* were \w stoned|strong="G3034"\w*, sawed apart, murdered \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sword|strong="G3162"\w*; \w they|strong="G1722"\w* \w went|strong="G4022"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w sheepskins|strong="G3374"\w* \w and|strong="G3162"\w* goatskins; \w they|strong="G1722"\w* were \w destitute|strong="G5302"\w*, \w afflicted|strong="G2346"\w*, \w ill-treated|strong="G2558"\w*  
\v 38  (\w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* worthy \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*); \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w wandered|strong="G4105"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w deserts|strong="G2047"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w mountains|strong="G3735"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w caves|strong="G4693"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w openings|strong="G3692"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*.  
\v 39  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w commended|strong="G3140"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*, \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w receive|strong="G2865"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w*.  
\v 40  \w For|strong="G4012"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w provided|strong="G4265"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w made|strong="G5048"\w* \w perfect|strong="G5048"\w* together \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*.   
\c 12  
\p
\v 1  \w Therefore|strong="G1223"\w*, \w since|strong="G2192"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* surrounded \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w such|strong="G5118"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w great|strong="G5118"\w* \w cloud|strong="G3509"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w witnesses|strong="G3144"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w must|strong="G2192"\w* \w get|strong="G2192"\w* rid \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w weight|strong="G3591"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sin \w that|strong="G3588"\w* clings \w so|strong="G2532"\w* closely, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w run|strong="G5143"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w endurance|strong="G5281"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* race \w set|strong="G4295"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*,  
\v 2  keeping \w our|strong="G2316"\w* eyes fixed \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* pioneer \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w perfecter|strong="G5051"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*. \w For|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w joy|strong="G5479"\w* \w set|strong="G2523"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w endured|strong="G5278"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w cross|strong="G4716"\w*, \w disregarding|strong="G2706"\w* its shame, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \it  has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne\it* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 3  Think \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w endured|strong="G5278"\w* \w such|strong="G5108"\w* opposition \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w by|strong="G5259"\w* sinners, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w grow|strong="G2577"\w* \w weary|strong="G1590"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w your|strong="G5259"\w* \w souls|strong="G5590"\w* \w and|strong="G3588"\w* give \w up|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 4  You \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3768"\w* \w yet|strong="G3768"\w* resisted \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w point|strong="G3360"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* bloodshed \w in|strong="G4314"\w* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* struggle \w against|strong="G4314"\w* sin.  
\v 5  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w forgotten|strong="G1585"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w exhortation|strong="G3874"\w* \w addressed|strong="G1256"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w*?  
\q1 “\qt  My son, do not scorn the Lord’s discipline\qt*  
\q1 \qt  or give up when he corrects you\qt**.   
\q1
\v 6 “\it  \+bd For\+bd* the Lord disciplines the one he loves and chastises every son he accepts.\it*”   
\p
\v 7  \w Endure|strong="G5278"\w* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* suffering \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w discipline|strong="G3809"\w*; \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* treating \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w*. \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w there|strong="G1063"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w does|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w discipline|strong="G3809"\w*?  
\v 8  \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* experience \w discipline|strong="G3809"\w*, \w something|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* shared \w in|strong="G2532"\w*, \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w illegitimate|strong="G3541"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w*.  
\v 9  \w Besides|strong="G1534"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w experienced|strong="G2192"\w* \w discipline|strong="G3810"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w earthly|strong="G4561"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w respected|strong="G1788"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*; \w shall|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w submit|strong="G5293"\w* \w ourselves|strong="G2249"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w receive|strong="G2192"\w* \w life|strong="G2198"\w*?  
\v 10  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w disciplined|strong="G3811"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w little|strong="G3641"\w* \w while|strong="G1161"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w seemed|strong="G1380"\w* \w good|strong="G1380"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w does|strong="G3811"\w* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w our|strong="G2596"\w* \w benefit|strong="G4851"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w may|strong="G1380"\w* \w share|strong="G3335"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* holiness.  
\v 11  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w discipline|strong="G3809"\w* \w seems|strong="G1380"\w* \w painful|strong="G3077"\w* \w at|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* time, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w joyful|strong="G5479"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w later|strong="G5305"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w produces|strong="G3077"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* peace \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w righteousness|strong="G1343"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w trained|strong="G1128"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w*.  
\v 12  \w Therefore|strong="G1352"\w*, \bd  \+qt  \+it strengthen\+it*\+qt*\bd* \qt your listless\qt* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w weak|strong="G3935"\w* \w knees|strong="G1119"\w*,  
\v 13  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \bd  \+qt  \+it make\+it*\+qt* \+w straight|strong="G3717"\+w* \+w paths|strong="G5163"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w feet|strong="G4228"\+w* \+w straight|strong="G3717"\+w* \+w paths|strong="G5163"\+w* \+w for|strong="G1161"\+w* \+w your|strong="G2532"\+w* \+w feet|strong="G4228"\+w*\bd*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w lame|strong="G5560"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G4160"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w joint|strong="G1624"\w* \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w healed|strong="G2390"\w*.   
\s1 Do Not Reject God’s Warning  
\p
\v 14  \w Pursue|strong="G1377"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* holiness, \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w without|strong="G5565"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.  
\v 15  \w See|strong="G1983"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w comes|strong="G2532"\w* \w short|strong="G5302"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* like \it  a bitter root springing up\it* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* causing \w trouble|strong="G1776"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w become|strong="G3361"\w* \w defiled|strong="G3392"\w*.  
\v 16  \w And|strong="G1520"\w* see \w to|strong="G5100"\w* \w it|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w becomes|strong="G4205"\w* \w an|strong="G2228"\w* \w immoral|strong="G4205"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* godless \w person|strong="G3739"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w Esau|strong="G2269"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \it  sold his own birthright for a single meal\it*.  
\v 17  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w inherit|strong="G2816"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w blessing|strong="G2129"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* rejected, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w opportunity|strong="G5117"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w repentance|strong="G3341"\w*, \w although|strong="G2539"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sought|strong="G1567"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w blessing|strong="G2129"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w tears|strong="G1144"\w*.  
\v 18  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w come|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* something \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G1063"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w touched|strong="G5584"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w burning|strong="G2545"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w darkness|strong="G2217"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w gloom|strong="G2217"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w whirlwind|strong="G2366"\w*  
\v 19  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w blast|strong="G2279"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w trumpet|strong="G4536"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* uttering \w words|strong="G3056"\w* \w such|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* heard \w begged|strong="G3868"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w hear|strong="G5456"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 20  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w bear|strong="G5342"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w commanded|strong="G1291"\w*: “\qt  If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned\qt*.”  
\v 21  \w In|strong="G2532"\w* fact, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* scene \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w so|strong="G3779"\w* \w terrifying|strong="G5398"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\qt  I shudder with fear\qt*.”  
\v 22  \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Mount|strong="G3735"\w* \w Zion|strong="G4622"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w living|strong="G2198"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w heavenly|strong="G2032"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w myriads|strong="G3461"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* angels, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w assembly|strong="G3831"\w*  
\v 23  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w congregation|strong="G1577"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w firstborn|strong="G4416"\w*, \w who|strong="G3956"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* enrolled \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w judge|strong="G2923"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w*, \w who|strong="G3956"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G5048"\w* \w perfect|strong="G5048"\w*,  
\v 24  \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w mediator|strong="G3316"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w new|strong="G3501"\w* \w covenant|strong="G1242"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sprinkled|strong="G4473"\w* blood \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w speaks|strong="G2980"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* something \w better|strong="G2909"\w* \w than|strong="G3844"\w* Abel’s \w does|strong="G2980"\w*.   
\p
\v 25  \w Take|strong="G3123"\w* care \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w refuse|strong="G3868"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w*! \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w escape|strong="G1628"\w* \w when|strong="G2980"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w refused|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w warned|strong="G5537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*, how \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w less|strong="G3756"\w* \w shall|strong="G1093"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w reject|strong="G3868"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* warns \w from|strong="G3756"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*?  
\v 26  \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w voice|strong="G5456"\w* \w shook|strong="G4531"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w promised|strong="G1861"\w*, “\qt  I will once more shake not only the earth but heaven too\qt*.”  
\v 27  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* phrase “\qt  once more\qt*” \w indicates|strong="G1213"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* removal \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w shaken|strong="G4531"\w*, \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w*, \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \w created|strong="G4160"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* unshaken \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w remain|strong="G3306"\w*.  
\v 28  \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w since|strong="G2192"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w receiving|strong="G3880"\w* \w an|strong="G2192"\w* unshakable kingdom, \w let|strong="G2192"\w* us \w give|strong="G2192"\w* \w thanks|strong="G5485"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w let|strong="G2192"\w* us \w offer|strong="G3000"\w* \w worship|strong="G3000"\w* \w pleasing|strong="G2102"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w devotion|strong="G2124"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* awe.  
\v 29  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \qt  God is indeed a devouring fire\qt*.   
\c 13  
\p
\v 1  \w Brotherly|strong="G5360"\w* \w love|strong="G5360"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w continue|strong="G3306"\w*.  
\v 2  \w Do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w neglect|strong="G1950"\w* \w hospitality|strong="G5381"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w have|strong="G5100"\w* \w entertained|strong="G3579"\w* angels \w without|strong="G3361"\w* \w knowing|strong="G2990"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w*.  
\v 3  \w Remember|strong="G3403"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G4887"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w though|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G4887"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w ill-treated|strong="G2558"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w though|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* \w felt|strong="G1510"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w torment|strong="G4983"\w*.  
\v 4  \w Marriage|strong="G1062"\w* \w must|strong="G2919"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* honored \w among|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w marriage|strong="G1062"\w* \w bed|strong="G2845"\w* \w kept|strong="G2532"\w* undefiled, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* sexually \w immoral|strong="G4205"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w adulterers|strong="G3432"\w*.  
\v 5  \w Your|strong="G3588"\w* conduct \w must|strong="G2046"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* free \w from|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* love \w of|strong="G3588"\w* money \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w must|strong="G2046"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* content \w with|strong="G3756"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G3588"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G3761"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\qt  I will never leave you and I will never abandon you\qt*.”  
\v 6  \w So|strong="G5620"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w with|strong="G2962"\w* \w confidence|strong="G2292"\w*, “\qt  The Lord is my helper, and I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?\qt**”  
\v 7  \w Remember|strong="G3421"\w* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* \w leaders|strong="G2233"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w to|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*; reflect \w on|strong="G4102"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* outcome \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* lives \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w imitate|strong="G3401"\w* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* \w faith|strong="G4102"\w*.  
\v 8  \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w yesterday|strong="G5504"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w today|strong="G4594"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*!  
\v 9  \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w carried|strong="G3911"\w* \w away|strong="G3911"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w sorts|strong="G4164"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w strange|strong="G3581"\w* \w teachings|strong="G1322"\w*. \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w heart|strong="G2588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* strengthened \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w grace|strong="G5485"\w*, \w not|strong="G3756"\w* ritual meals, \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w benefited|strong="G5623"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* participated \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 10  \w We|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w an|strong="G2192"\w* \w altar|strong="G2379"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w serve|strong="G3000"\w* \w in|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* \w tabernacle|strong="G4633"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w right|strong="G1849"\w* \w to|strong="G1849"\w* \w eat|strong="G2068"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w*.  
\v 11  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w bodies|strong="G4983"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w animals|strong="G2226"\w* \w whose|strong="G3739"\w* blood \w the|strong="G1519"\w* high priest \w brings|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* sanctuary \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w an|strong="G1519"\w* offering \w for|strong="G1063"\w* sin \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w burned|strong="G2618"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w camp|strong="G3925"\w*.  
\v 12  \w Therefore|strong="G1352"\w*, \w to|strong="G2443"\w* sanctify \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* blood, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w suffered|strong="G3958"\w* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* camp.  
\v 13  \w We|strong="G4314"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w then|strong="G1831"\w*, \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w camp|strong="G3925"\w*, \w bearing|strong="G5342"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* abuse \w he|strong="G3588"\w* experienced.  
\v 14  \w For|strong="G1063"\w* \w here|strong="G5602"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w lasting|strong="G3306"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w*, \w but|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w seek|strong="G1934"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3195"\w* \w come|strong="G3195"\w*.  
\v 15  \w Through|strong="G1223"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w then|strong="G3767"\w* \w let|strong="G1510"\w* us \w continually|strong="G1223"\w* offer up \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="G2378"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* praise \w to|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w fruit|strong="G2590"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w lips|strong="G5491"\w*, \w acknowledging|strong="G3670"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w name|strong="G3686"\w*.  
\v 16  \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w neglect|strong="G1950"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2140"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w share|strong="G2842"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w pleased|strong="G2100"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w such|strong="G5108"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w*.   
\p
\v 17  \w Obey|strong="G3982"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w leaders|strong="G2233"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w submit|strong="G5226"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w keep|strong="G4160"\w* watch \w over|strong="G5228"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w souls|strong="G5590"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G4160"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \w account|strong="G3056"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w work|strong="G3056"\w*. \w Let|strong="G2443"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w joy|strong="G5479"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* complaints, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* advantage \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 18  \w Pray|strong="G4336"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w* \w sure|strong="G3982"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* clear \w conscience|strong="G4893"\w* \w and|strong="G3956"\w* \w desire|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2309"\w* conduct \w ourselves|strong="G2249"\w* \w rightly|strong="G2573"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w respect|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 19  \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w especially|strong="G4056"\w* \w ask|strong="G3870"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w pray|strong="G3870"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G2443"\w* restored \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w very|strong="G3778"\w* \w soon|strong="G5032"\w*.   
\s1 Benediction and Conclusion  
\p
\v 20  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w may|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* blood \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* eternal \w covenant|strong="G1242"\w* \w brought|strong="G1161"\w* back \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w shepherd|strong="G4166"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w*, \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G2962"\w*,  
\v 21  \w equip|strong="G2675"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w good|strong="G3956"\w* \w thing|strong="G3956"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w*, \w working|strong="G4160"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w pleasing|strong="G2101"\w* \w before|strong="G1799"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*. Amen.   
\p
\v 22  \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w urge|strong="G3870"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters, \w bear|strong="G2532"\w* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w my|strong="G3588"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w exhortation|strong="G3874"\w*, \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* fact \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w written|strong="G1989"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w briefly|strong="G1223"\w*.  
\v 23  \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w our|strong="G3326"\w* brother \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* been released. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w* \w soon|strong="G5032"\w*, \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w be|strong="G3588"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w when|strong="G2064"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 24  Greetings \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w leaders|strong="G2233"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* saints. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Italy|strong="G2482"\w* send \w you|strong="G5210"\w* greetings.  
\v 25  \w Grace|strong="G5485"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*.   