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\BibleBook{The Letter to the  Hebrews}

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\BibleTitleTwo{The Letter to the }
\BibleMainTitle{Hebrews }

\BibleSectionHeading{Christ the Mediator }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Christ the Mediator }
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\chapterNumber{1}God|strong="G2316", who|strong="G3588", of|strong="G5207" old|strong="G3819", at|strong="G1722" many|strong="G2980" times|strong="G4181" and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" many|strong="G2980" ways|strong="G4187", spoke|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2316" ancestors|strong="G3962", by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" prophets|strong="G4396", 
\verseNumber{2}has|strong="G3739" in|strong="G1722" these|strong="G3956" latter|strong="H0319" days|strong="G2250" spoken|strong="G2980" to|strong="G2532" us|strong="G4160" by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" Son|strong="G5207", whom|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" appointed|strong="G5087" the|strong="G1722" heir|strong="G2818" of|strong="G5207" all|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3956", and|strong="G2532" through|strong="G1223" whom|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" made|strong="G4160" the|strong="G1722" universe. 
\verseNumber{3}For|strong="G1223" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1722" radiance|strong="G1391" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" glory|strong="G1391" of|strong="G1223" God|strong="G2532" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" expression|strong="H6440" of|strong="G1223" his|strong="G1438" being|strong="G1510", upholding|strong="G5342" all|strong="G3956" creation|strong="H1254" by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" power|strong="G1411" of|strong="G1223" his|strong="G1438" word|strong="G4487"; and|strong="G2532", when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" made|strong="G4160" an|strong="G2532" expiation|strong="H3722" for|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" sins|strong="H2403" of|strong="G1223" humanity|strong="H0120", he|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" his|strong="G1438" seat|strong="G2523" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" right|strong="G1188" hand|strong="G1188" of|strong="G1223" God’s|strong="H0430" Majesty|strong="G3172" on|strong="G1722" high|strong="G5308", 
\verseNumber{4}having|strong="H0369" shown|strong="H7200" himself|strong="G1438" as|strong="G3745" much|strong="G5118" greater|strong="G2909" than|strong="G3844" the|strong="G3588" angels|strong="H4397" as|strong="G3745" the|strong="G3588" name|strong="G3686" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3588" has|strong="G1096" inherited|strong="G2816" surpasses|strong="H3254" theirs|strong="H1992". 
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\verseNumber{5}For|strong="G1063" to|strong="G1519" which|strong="G3588" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G2532" angels|strong="H4397" did|strong="G2532" God|strong="G3004" ever|strong="G4218" say|strong="G3004" – 
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“You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" my|strong="G1473" Son|strong="G5207"; this|strong="G3588" day|strong="G4594" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1510" your|strong="G2532" Father|strong="G3962"”? 
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or|strong="G2532" again|strong="G3825" – 
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“I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G5101" be|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" Father|strong="G3962", and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G5101" be|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" me|strong="G1473" a|strong="G2532" Son|strong="G5207"”? 
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\verseNumber{6}And|strong="G2532" again|strong="G3825", when|strong="G3752" God|strong="G2316" brought|strong="G1521" the|strong="G2532" firstborn|strong="G4416" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" world|strong="G3625", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" – 
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“Let|strong="G1161" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" angels|strong="H4397" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" bow|strong="G4352" down|strong="G4352" before|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Speaking|strong="G3004" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G2532" angels|strong="H4397", he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G3004" – 
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“He|strong="G2532" makes|strong="G4160" the|strong="G2532" winds|strong="G4151" his|strong="G4160" angels|strong="H4397" 
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and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" flames|strong="H3852" of|strong="G4151" fire|strong="G4442" his|strong="G4160" servants|strong="G3011"”; 
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\verseNumber{8}while|strong="G1161" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G2532" Son|strong="G5207" he|strong="G2532" said|strong="G1161" – 
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“God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G3588" your|strong="G2532" throne|strong="G2362" for|strong="G1519" ever|strong="G1519" and|strong="G2532" ever|strong="G1519"; 
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the|strong="G2532" sceptre|strong="G4464" of|strong="G5207" his|strong="G1519" kingdom|strong="H4467" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" sceptre|strong="G4464" of|strong="G5207" Justice|strong="H4941"; 
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\verseNumber{9}You|strong="G4771" love|strong="H0157" righteousness|strong="G1343" and|strong="G2532" hates|strong="G3404" iniquity|strong="H5771"; 
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therefore|strong="G1223" God|strong="G2316", your|strong="G1223" God|strong="G2316", has|strong="G2316" anointed|strong="G5548" you|strong="G4771" with|strong="G3844" the|strong="G2532" festal|strong="H4254" oil|strong="G1637" more|strong="G2532" abundantly|strong="H8317" than|strong="G3844" your|strong="G1223" peers.” 
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\verseNumber{10}Again|strong="G2532" – 
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“You|strong="G4771", Lord|strong="G2962", in|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2532" beginning|strong="H7225" did|strong="G2532" lay|strong="H7901" the|strong="G2532" foundation|strong="G2311" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093", 
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and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" heavens|strong="G3772" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" work|strong="G2041" of|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2962" hands|strong="G5495". 
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\verseNumber{11}They|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" perish|strong="H0006", but|strong="G1161" you|strong="G4771" remain|strong="G1265"; 
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as|strong="G5613" a|strong="G5613" garment|strong="G2440" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" grow|strong="H6779" old|strong="G3822"; 
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\verseNumber{12}As|strong="G5613" a|strong="G5613" mantle|strong="G4018" you|strong="G4771" will|strong="G1510" fold|strong="G1667" them|strong="G3588" up|strong="G1667", 
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and|strong="G2532" as|strong="G5613" a|strong="G5613" garment|strong="G2440" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" changed|strong="H8133", 
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but|strong="G1161" you|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" years|strong="G2094" will|strong="G1510" know|strong="H3045" no|strong="G3756" end|strong="G1587".” 
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\verseNumber{13}To|strong="G4314" which|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" angels|strong="H4397" has|strong="G5101" God|strong="G3004" ever|strong="G4218" said|strong="G3004" – 
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“Sit|strong="G2521" you|strong="G4771" at|strong="G4314" my|strong="G5087" right|strong="G1188" hand|strong="G1188" 
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until|strong="G2193" I|strong="G1473" put|strong="G5087" your|strong="G5087" enemies|strong="G2190" as|strong="G1161" a|strong="G1161" stool|strong="G5286" for|strong="G4314" your|strong="G5087" feet|strong="G4228"”? 
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\verseNumber{14}Are|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3780" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G1519" angels|strong="H4397" spirits|strong="G4151" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" service|strong="G1248" of|strong="G4151" God|strong="G1519", sent|strong="G4151" out|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" minister|strong="G1248" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" sake|strong="G1223" of|strong="G4151" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" destined|strong="H3651" to|strong="G1519" obtain|strong="H5381" salvation|strong="G4991"? 
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\chapterNumber{2}Therefore|strong="G1223" we|strong="G2249" must|strong="G1163" give|strong="G4337" still|strong="H5750" more|strong="G4056" heed|strong="G4337" to|strong="G1163" what|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" were|strong="G3588" taught|strong="H3925", so|strong="G3379" we|strong="G2249" do|strong="G1223" not|strong="G3379" drift|strong="G3901" away|strong="G3901". 
\verseNumber{2}For|strong="G1063", if|strong="G1487" the|strong="G2532" message|strong="G3056" which|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1096" delivered|strong="H5414" by|strong="G1223" angels|strong="H4397" had|strong="G2532" its|strong="G3956" authority|strong="H3027" confirmed|strong="H0539", so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" every|strong="G3956" offence|strong="H4383" against|strong="H5921" it|strong="G2532", or|strong="G2532" neglect|strong="H5800" of|strong="G3056" it|strong="G2532", met|strong="H6298" with|strong="G1223" a|strong="G1096" fitting|strong="H5000" requital, 
\verseNumber{3}how|strong="G4459" can|strong="G4459" we|strong="G2249", of|strong="G5259" all|strong="G3588" people|strong="G2983", expect|strong="H6960" to|strong="G1519" escape|strong="G1628", if|strong="G3748" we|strong="G2249" disregard|strong="H5956" so|strong="G1519" great|strong="G5082" a|strong="G1519" salvation|strong="G4991"? It|strong="G1223" was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1519" Master|strong="G2962" who|strong="G3588" at|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" outset spoke|strong="G2980" of|strong="G5259" this|strong="G3588" salvation|strong="G4991", and|strong="G2962" its|strong="G5259" authority|strong="H3027" was|strong="G3588" confirmed|strong="H0539" for|strong="G1519" us|strong="G1519" by|strong="G1223" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" heard|strong="H8085" him|strong="G3588", 
\verseNumber{4}while|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" himself|strong="H5315" added|strong="H3254" his|strong="G2532" testimony|strong="H5715" to|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" by|strong="G2596" signs|strong="G4592", and|strong="G2532" marvels|strong="H4159", and|strong="G2532" many|strong="H7227" different|strong="H8133" miracles|strong="G1411", as|strong="G2596" well|strong="G2532" as|strong="G2596" by|strong="G2596" imparting the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" as|strong="G2596" he|strong="G2532" saw|strong="H7200" fit|strong="H6257". 
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\verseNumber{5}God|strong="G2980" has|strong="G3739" not|strong="G3756" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="G3195" angels|strong="H4397" the|strong="G3588" control|strong="G5293" of|strong="G4012" that|strong="G3739" future|strong="G3195" world|strong="G3625" of|strong="G4012" which|strong="G3739" we|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3588" speaking|strong="G2980"! 
\verseNumber{6}No|strong="G3754"; a|strong="G1510" writer|strong="H5608" has|strong="G5101" declared|strong="G3754" somewhere|strong="G4225" – 
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“What|strong="G5101" are|strong="G1510" mere|strong="H1892" mortals|strong="H4172" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3754" should|strong="G5100" remember|strong="G3403" them|strong="G3004"? 
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Or|strong="G2228" human|strong="H0120" beings|strong="H2421" that|strong="G3754" you|strong="G3754" should|strong="G5100" care|strong="H3027" for|strong="G3754" them|strong="G3004"? 
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\verseNumber{7}You|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" made|strong="G1642" them|strong="G2532", for|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" while|strong="G1024", lower|strong="G1642" than|strong="G3844" angels|strong="H4397"; 
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with|strong="G3844" glory|strong="G1391" and|strong="G2532" honour|strong="G5092" you|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" crowned|strong="G4737" them|strong="G2532"; 
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you|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" set|strong="G2532" them|strong="G2532" over|strong="G3844" all|strong="G2532" that|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2532" hands|strong="H3027" have|strong="G2532" made|strong="G1642"; 
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\verseNumber{8}you|strong="G1722" have|strong="G3956" placed|strong="H5414" all|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3956" beneath|strong="G5270" their|strong="G1722" feet|strong="G4228".” 
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This|strong="G3588" “placing|strong="H5414" of|strong="G1722" everything|strong="G3956"” under|strong="G5270" humanity|strong="H0120" means|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" there|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" nothing|strong="G3762" which|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3762" placed|strong="H5414" under|strong="G5270" them|strong="G3588". As|strong="G1722" yet|strong="G1161", however|strong="G1161", we|strong="G1063" do|strong="G3708" not|strong="G3762" see|strong="G3708" everything|strong="G3956" placed|strong="H5414" under|strong="G5270" humanity|strong="H0120". 
\verseNumber{9}What|strong="G3588" our|strong="G2316" eyes|strong="H5869" do|strong="G2532" see|strong="G5092" is|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2424", who|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" made|strong="G2316" for|strong="G5228" a|strong="G2532" while|strong="G1161" lower|strong="G1642" than|strong="G3844" angels|strong="H4397", now|strong="G1161", because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" his|strong="G3956" sufferings|strong="G3804" and|strong="G2532" death|strong="G2288", crowned|strong="G4737" with|strong="G3844" glory|strong="G1391" and|strong="G2532" honour|strong="G5092"; so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" his|strong="G3956" tasting|strong="G1089" the|strong="G2532" bitterness|strong="H4751" of|strong="G1223" death|strong="G2288" should|strong="G5100", in|strong="G2532" God’s|strong="G2316" loving|strong="H0157" kindness|strong="H2617", be|strong="G2532" on|strong="G5228" behalf|strong="G5228" of|strong="G1223" all|strong="G3956" humanity|strong="H0120". 
\verseNumber{10}It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588", indeed|strong="G2532", fitting|strong="G4241" that|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2532", for|strong="G1063" whom|strong="G3739" and|strong="G2532" through|strong="G1223" whom|strong="G3739" all|strong="G3956" things|strong="G3956" exist, should|strong="G3588", when|strong="G2532" leading|strong="G1519" many|strong="G4183" children|strong="G5207" to|strong="G1519" glory|strong="G1391", make|strong="G5048" the|strong="G2532" author of|strong="G5207" their|strong="G2532" salvation|strong="G4991" perfect|strong="G5048" through|strong="G1223" suffering|strong="G3804". 
\verseNumber{11}For|strong="G1063" he|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3739" purifies, and|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" whom|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" purifies, all|strong="G3956" spring|strong="H6779" from|strong="G1537" One|strong="G1520"; and|strong="G2532" therefore|strong="G1223" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" ashamed|strong="G1870" to|strong="G2532" call|strong="G2564" them|strong="G3588" his|strong="G1438" brothers|strong="H0251" and|strong="G2532" sisters|strong="H0269". 
\verseNumber{12}He|strong="G3588" says|strong="G3004" – 
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“I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G1473" tell|strong="G3004" of|strong="G3686" your|strong="G1722" name|strong="G3686" to|strong="G3004" my|strong="G1722" brothers|strong="H0251" and|strong="G3588" sisters|strong="H0269", 
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in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" midst|strong="G3319" of|strong="G3686" the|strong="G1722" congregation|strong="G1577" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G1473" sing|strong="G5214" your|strong="G1722" praise|strong="G5214".” 
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\verseNumber{13}And|strong="G2532" again|strong="G3825" – 
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“As|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1909" me|strong="G1325", I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2316" put|strong="G1325" my|strong="G3708" trust|strong="G3982" in|strong="G1909" God|strong="G2316".” 
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And|strong="G2532" yet|strong="G2532" again|strong="G3825" – 
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“See|strong="G3708", here|strong="G2400" am|strong="G1510" I|strong="G1473" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" children|strong="G3813" whom|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" gave|strong="G1325" me|strong="G1325".” 
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\verseNumber{14}Therefore|strong="G3767", since|strong="G1893" human|strong="G4561" nature is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" common|strong="H1121" heritage|strong="H5159" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" children|strong="G3813", Jesus|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" shared|strong="G2841" it|strong="G2532", in|strong="G2532" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" by|strong="G1223" death|strong="G2288" he|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" render|strong="G2673" powerless|strong="G2673" him|strong="G3588" whose|strong="G3588" power|strong="G2904" lies|strong="H3577" in|strong="G2532" death|strong="G2288" – that|strong="G2443" is|strong="G1510", the|strong="G2532" devil|strong="G1228" – 
\verseNumber{15}and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" deliver|strong="H5337" all|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588", from|strong="G2532" fear|strong="G5401" of|strong="G1223" death|strong="G2288", had|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" their|strong="G2532" lives|strong="G2198" been|strong="G1510" living|strong="G2198" in|strong="G2532" slavery|strong="G1397". 
\verseNumber{16}It|strong="G1063" was|strong="H3068" not|strong="G3756", surely|strong="G1222", to|strong="G3756" the|strong="G1063" help|strong="G1949" of|strong="G4690" the|strong="G1063" angels|strong="H4397" that|strong="G3756" Jesus|strong="G1949" came|strong="H0935", but|strong="G1063" to|strong="G3756" the|strong="G1063" help|strong="G1949" of|strong="G4690" the|strong="G1063" descendants|strong="G4690" of|strong="G4690" Abraham|strong="H0085". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="G2532" consequently|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" necessary|strong="G4314" that|strong="G2443" he|strong="G2532" should|strong="G3784" in|strong="G1519" all|strong="G3956" points|strong="G3956" be|strong="G1096" made|strong="G1096" like|strong="G2596" his|strong="G3956" brothers|strong="H0251" and|strong="G2532" sisters|strong="H0269", in|strong="G1519" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" he|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" prove|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" merciful|strong="G1655" as|strong="G1519" well|strong="G2532" as|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1096" faithful|strong="G4103" high|strong="G3956" priest|strong="H3548" in|strong="G1519" humanity’s relations|strong="H3045" with|strong="G4314" God|strong="G2316", for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" purpose|strong="H6098" of|strong="G2316" expiating the|strong="G2532" sins|strong="H2403" of|strong="G2316" his|strong="G3956" people|strong="G2992". 
\verseNumber{18}The|strong="G1722" fact|strong="H1589" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G3739" himself|strong="H5315" suffered|strong="G3958" under|strong="G1722" temptation|strong="H4531" enables him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1410" help|strong="H5826" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3588" tempted|strong="G3985". 
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\chapterNumber{3}Therefore|strong="G3606", my|strong="G1473" Christian friends|strong="H7453", you|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588", all|strong="G2532" alike|strong="H3162", have|strong="G2532" received|strong="H3947" the|strong="G2532" call|strong="G2532" from|strong="G2532" heaven|strong="G2032", fix|strong="H7760" your|strong="G2532" attention|strong="H7181" on|strong="G3588" Jesus|strong="G2424", the|strong="G2532" apostle and|strong="G2532" high|strong="G2532" priest|strong="H3548" of|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2424" religion. 
\verseNumber{2}See|strong="H7200" how|strong="G5613" faithful|strong="G4103" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" God|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" appointed|strong="G4160" him|strong="G3588", as|strong="G5613" Moses|strong="G3475" was|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" whole|strong="G3650" house|strong="G3624" of|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{3}He|strong="G3778" has|strong="G2192" been|strong="G2192" deemed worthy|strong="H4941" of|strong="G3844" far|strong="G3588" higher|strong="H1364" honour|strong="G5092" than|strong="G3844" Moses|strong="G3475", just|strong="G2596" as|strong="G3745" the|strong="G2596" founder|strong="H6884" of|strong="G3844" the|strong="G2596" house|strong="G3624" is|strong="G3588" held|strong="G2192" in|strong="G2596" greater|strong="G4183" regard|strong="G2192" than|strong="G3844" the|strong="G2596" house|strong="G3624" itself|strong="G3624". 
\verseNumber{4}For|strong="G1063" every|strong="G3956" house|strong="G3624" has|strong="G2316" its|strong="G3956" founder|strong="H6884", and|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3956" founder|strong="H6884" of|strong="G5259" the|strong="G3956" universe is|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{5}While|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" faithful|strong="G4103" service|strong="H5656" of|strong="G2532" Moses|strong="G3475" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" whole|strong="G3650" house|strong="G3624" of|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" a|strong="G5613" servant|strong="G2324", whose|strong="G3588" duty|strong="H2992" was|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" bear|strong="G2532" testimony|strong="G3142" to|strong="G1519" a|strong="G5613" message|strong="H1697" still|strong="H5750" to|strong="G1519" come|strong="G2532", 
\verseNumber{6}the|strong="G2532" faithfulness|strong="H0530" of|strong="G5207" Christ|strong="G5547" was|strong="G1510" that|strong="G3739" of|strong="G5207" a|strong="G5613" son|strong="G5207" set|strong="G2532" over|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3624" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2532". And|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" are|strong="G1510" his|strong="G1909" house|strong="G3624" – if|strong="G1437" only|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2249" retain|strong="H6113", unshaken to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" end|strong="G5056", the|strong="G2532" courage|strong="G3954" and|strong="G2532" confidence|strong="G3954" inspired|strong="H7307" by|strong="G1909" our|strong="G2532" hope|strong="G1680". 
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\verseNumber{7}Therefore|strong="G1352", as|strong="G2531" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" says|strong="G3004" – 
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“If|strong="G1437" today|strong="G4594" you|strong="G1437" hear|strong="G5456" God’s|strong="H0430" voice|strong="G5456", 
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\verseNumber{8}harden|strong="G4645" not|strong="G3361" your|strong="G1722" hearts|strong="G2588", as|strong="G5613" when|strong="G5613" Israel|strong="H3478" provoked|strong="G3894" me|strong="G3894" 
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on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" day|strong="G2250" when|strong="G5613" they|strong="G3588" tried|strong="H6884" my|strong="G1722" patience|strong="H3811" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" desert|strong="G2048", 
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\verseNumber{9}Where|strong="G3757" your|strong="G2532" ancestors|strong="G3962" tried|strong="G3985" my|strong="G3708" forbearance|strong="H0753", 
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and|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" my|strong="G3708" mighty|strong="G2532" deeds|strong="G2041" for|strong="G1722" forty|strong="G5062" years|strong="G2094". 
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\verseNumber{10}Therefore|strong="G1352" I|strong="G1473" was|strong="G3588" sorely|strong="H3966" vexed|strong="H0926" with|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" generation|strong="G1074", 
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and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" said|strong="G3004" – ‘Their|strong="G2532" hearts|strong="G2588" are|strong="G3588" always|strong="H3605" straying|strong="G4105"; 
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they|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3756" learned|strong="G1097" my|strong="G1473" ways’; 
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\verseNumber{11}While|strong="G1722" in|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1722" wrath|strong="G3709" I|strong="G1473" swore|strong="G3660" – 
\BibleParagraphStyleQQ
‘They|strong="G3588" will|strong="G1473" never|strong="G1487" enter|strong="G1525" upon|strong="G1519" my|strong="G1722" rest|strong="G2663".’” 
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\verseNumber{12}Be|strong="G1510" careful|strong="H8104", friends|strong="H7453", that|strong="G3588" there|strong="G1510" is|strong="G1510" never|strong="G3379" found|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" anyone|strong="G5100" of|strong="G2316" you|strong="G5210" a|strong="G1722" wicked|strong="G4190" and|strong="G2316" faithless|strong="H4878" heart|strong="G2588", shown|strong="H7200" by|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" person|strong="G5100" separating|strong="H5144" themselves|strong="G1722" from|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" living|strong="G2198" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{13}Rather|strong="H3588" encourage|strong="G3870" one|strong="G5100" another|strong="G1438" daily|strong="G2250" – while|strong="G2250" there|strong="G2250" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G3739" today|strong="G4594" – to|strong="G2443" prevent|strong="H6923" anyone|strong="G5100" among|strong="G1537" you|strong="G5210" from|strong="G1537" being|strong="G2443" hardened|strong="G4645" by|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" deceitfulness|strong="H8649" of|strong="G1537" sin|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{14}For|strong="G1063" we|strong="G1437" now|strong="G1096" all|strong="G3588" share|strong="H2506" in|strong="G1096" the|strong="G3588" Christ|strong="G5547", if|strong="G1437" indeed|strong="G1063" we|strong="G1437" retain|strong="H6113", unshaken to|strong="G1096" the|strong="G3588" end|strong="G5056", the|strong="G3588" confidence|strong="G5287" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G1437" had|strong="G3588" at|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" first|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{15}To|strong="G3004" use|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="G1722" scripture|strong="G3004" – 
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“If|strong="G1437" today|strong="G4594" you|strong="G5210" hear|strong="G5456" God’s|strong="H0430" voice|strong="G5456", 
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harden|strong="G4645" not|strong="G3361" your|strong="G1437" hearts|strong="G2588", as|strong="G5613" when|strong="G5613" Israel|strong="H3478" provoked|strong="G3894" me|strong="G3004".” 
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\verseNumber{16}Who|strong="G5101" were|strong="G3588" they|strong="G3588" who|strong="G5101" heard|strong="H8085" God|strong="G3588" speak|strong="G1223" and|strong="G1831" yet|strong="G1063" provoked|strong="G3893" him|strong="G3588"? Were|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" they|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G5101" left|strong="G1831" Egypt|strong="H4714" under|strong="G1537" the|strong="G3956" leadership|strong="H3027" of|strong="G1537" Moses|strong="G3475"? 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="G1161" with|strong="G1722" whom|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3588" it|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3739" God|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" sorely|strong="H3966" vexed|strong="H0926" for|strong="G1161" forty|strong="G5062" years|strong="G2094"? Was|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3780" it|strong="G1161" with|strong="G1722" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" had|strong="G3739" sinned|strong="H2398", and|strong="G1161" who|strong="G3739" fell|strong="G4098" dead|strong="H4191" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" desert|strong="G2048"? 
\verseNumber{18}And|strong="G1161" who|strong="G5101" were|strong="G3588" they|strong="G1161" to|strong="G1519" whom|strong="G5101" God|strong="G3361" swore|strong="G3660" that|strong="G3588" they|strong="G1161" should|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" enter|strong="G1525" upon|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" rest|strong="G2663", if|strong="G1487" not|strong="G3361" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G5101" had|strong="G3588" proved|strong="H0974" faithless|strong="H4878"? 
\verseNumber{19}We|strong="G3754" see|strong="H7200", then|strong="G2532", that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G2532" failed|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2532" enter|strong="G1525" upon|strong="H5921" it|strong="G2532" because|strong="G3754" of|strong="G1223" their|strong="G2532" want|strong="H4270" of|strong="G1223" faith|strong="H0539". 
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\chapterNumber{4}We|strong="G3767" must|strong="G1525", therefore|strong="G3767", be|strong="G5399" very|strong="G3588" careful|strong="H8104", though|strong="H3588" there|strong="G3767" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1519" promise|strong="G1860" still|strong="H5750" standing|strong="H5975" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G3767" will|strong="G5100" enter|strong="G1525" upon|strong="G1519" God’s|strong="H0430" rest|strong="G2663", that|strong="G3588" none|strong="G5100" of|strong="G1537" you|strong="G5210" even|strong="G1519" appear|strong="H7200" to|strong="G1519" have|strong="G5210" missed|strong="H6485" it|strong="G1525". 
\verseNumber{2}For|strong="G1063" we|strong="G1063" have|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097" told|strong="H5046" us|strong="G2097" just|strong="G2509" as|strong="G2509" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532". But|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" message|strong="G3056" which|strong="G3588" they|strong="G2532" heard|strong="H8085" did|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" no|strong="G3756" good|strong="G2097", since|strong="G1063" they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" share|strong="H2506" the|strong="G2532" faith|strong="G4102" of|strong="G3056" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510" attentive|strong="H7183" to|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{3}Upon|strong="G1519" that|strong="G3588" rest|strong="G2663" we|strong="G1063" who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G1473" believed|strong="G4100" are|strong="G3588" now|strong="G1096" entering|strong="G1525". As|strong="G5613" God|strong="G3004" has|strong="G1096" said|strong="G3004" – 
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“In|strong="G1722" my|strong="G1722" wrath|strong="G3709" I|strong="G1473" swore|strong="G3660" – 
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‘They|strong="G3588" will|strong="G1473" never|strong="G1487" enter|strong="G1525" upon|strong="G1519" my|strong="G1722" rest|strong="G2663";’” 
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Although|strong="G2543" God’s|strong="H0430" work|strong="G2041" was|strong="G1096" finished|strong="G1096" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" creation|strong="H1254" of|strong="G2041" the|strong="G1722" world|strong="G2889"; 
\verseNumber{4}for|strong="G1063", in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" passage|strong="H4569" referring to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" seventh|strong="G1442" day|strong="G2250", you|strong="G1722" will|strong="G2316" find|strong="H4672" these|strong="G3956" words|strong="G2532" – 
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“God|strong="G2316" rested|strong="G2664" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" seventh|strong="G1442" day|strong="G2250" after|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" his|strong="G3956" work|strong="G2041".” 
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\verseNumber{5}On|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" other|strong="G3825" hand|strong="G3825", we|strong="G2532" read|strong="H7121" in|strong="G1722" that|strong="G3588" passage|strong="H4569" – 
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“They|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" never|strong="G1487" enter|strong="G1525" upon|strong="G1519" my|strong="G1722" rest|strong="G2663".” 
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\verseNumber{6}Since|strong="G1893", then|strong="G3767", there|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" still|strong="H5750" a|strong="G2532" promise|strong="H1697" that|strong="G3588" some|strong="G5100" will|strong="G2532" enter|strong="G1525" upon|strong="G1519" this|strong="G3588" rest|strong="H5117", and|strong="G2532" since|strong="G1893" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" first|strong="G4386" told|strong="H5046" the|strong="G2532" good|strong="G2097" news|strong="G2097" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" enter|strong="G1525" upon|strong="G1519" it|strong="G2532", because|strong="G1223" of|strong="G1223" their|strong="G1438" disbelief, 
\verseNumber{7}again|strong="G3825" God|strong="G3004" fixed|strong="H3559" a|strong="G1722" day|strong="G2250". “Today|strong="G4594",” he|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004", speaking|strong="G3004" after|strong="G3326" a|strong="G1722" long|strong="G5550" interval|strong="H7093" through|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" mouth|strong="H6310" of|strong="G2250" David|strong="G1138", in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" passage|strong="H4569" already|strong="G5550" quoted|strong="H1696" – 
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“If|strong="G1437" today|strong="G4594" you|strong="G5210" hear|strong="G5456" God’s|strong="H0430" voice|strong="G5456" 
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harden|strong="G4645" not|strong="G3361" your|strong="G1437" hearts|strong="G2588".” 
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\verseNumber{8}Now|strong="G3756" if|strong="G1487" Joshua|strong="G2424" had|strong="G2424" given|strong="G2664" “rest|strong="G2664"” to|strong="G3756" the|strong="G1063" people|strong="G3778", God|strong="G2980" would|strong="G2980" not|strong="G3756" have|strong="G2980" spoken|strong="G2980" of|strong="G4012" another|strong="G1438" and|strong="G2250" later|strong="G3326" day|strong="G2250". 
\verseNumber{9}There|strong="H8033" is|strong="G3588", then|strong="H0227", a|strong="G2316" Sabbath|strong="G4520" rest|strong="G4520" still|strong="H5750" awaiting God’s|strong="G2316" people|strong="G2992". 
\verseNumber{10}For|strong="G1063" the|strong="G2532" person|strong="H5315" who|strong="G3588" enters|strong="G1525" upon|strong="G1519" God’s|strong="G2316" rest|strong="G2663" do|strong="G2532" themselves|strong="G2398" rest|strong="G2663" after|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" work|strong="G2041", just|strong="G5618" as|strong="G5618" God|strong="G2316" did|strong="G2532". 
\verseNumber{11}Let|strong="G2443" us|strong="G1519", therefore|strong="G3767", make|strong="G4704" every|strong="G1722" effort|strong="G4704" to|strong="G1519" enter|strong="G1525" upon|strong="G1519" that|strong="G2443" rest|strong="G2663", so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" none|strong="G3361" of|strong="G5100" us|strong="G1519" fall|strong="G4098" through|strong="G1722" such|strong="G5100" disbelief as|strong="G1519" that|strong="G2443" of|strong="G5100" which|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2443" have|strong="G5100" had|strong="G3588" an|strong="G1519" example|strong="G5262". 
\verseNumber{12}God’s|strong="G2316" message|strong="G3056" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" living|strong="G2198" and|strong="G2532" active|strong="G1756" power|strong="G2316", sharper|strong="G5114" than|strong="G5228" any|strong="G3956" two-edged|strong="G1366" sword|strong="G3162", piercing|strong="G1338" its|strong="G3956" way|strong="G3956" until|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" penetrates soul|strong="G5590" and|strong="G2532" spirit|strong="G4151" – not|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" joints|strong="H1694" only|strong="G2532" but|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" marrow|strong="G3452" – and|strong="G2532" detecting the|strong="G2532" inmost|strong="H3629" thoughts|strong="G1761" and|strong="G2532" purposes|strong="H4284" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G2532" mind|strong="G2588". 
\verseNumber{13}There|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3756" created|strong="G2937" thing|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3739" can|strong="H4310" hide|strong="H5641" itself|strong="H0905" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" sight|strong="G1799" of|strong="G3056" God|strong="G2532". Everything|strong="G3956" is|strong="G1510" exposed|strong="G5136" and|strong="G2532" laid|strong="G2532" bare|strong="G1131" before|strong="G1799" the|strong="G2532" eyes|strong="G3788" of|strong="G3056" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G4314" whom|strong="G3739" we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2532" to|strong="G4314" give|strong="G1473" account|strong="G3056". 
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\verseNumber{14}We|strong="G2192" have|strong="G2192", then|strong="G3767", in|strong="G2316" Jesus|strong="G2424", the|strong="G3588" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316", a|strong="G2192" great|strong="G3173" high|strong="G3173" priest|strong="H3548" who|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2192" passed|strong="G1330" into|strong="G2424" the|strong="G3588" highest|strong="H8064" heaven|strong="G3772"; let|strong="G3767" us|strong="G1330", therefore|strong="G3767", hold|strong="G2902" fast|strong="G2902" to|strong="G2316" the|strong="G3588" faith|strong="H0539" which|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2192" have|strong="G2192" professed|strong="G3671". 
\verseNumber{15}Our|strong="G3956" high|strong="G3956" priest|strong="H3548" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" one|strong="G3956" unable|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2596" sympathise with|strong="G2596" our|strong="G3956" weaknesses, but|strong="G1161" one|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2192" in|strong="G2596" every|strong="G3956" way|strong="G2596" been|strong="G2192" tempted|strong="G3985", exactly|strong="H0834" as|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2192" been|strong="G2192", but|strong="G1161" without|strong="G5565" sinning|strong="H2398". 
\verseNumber{16}Therefore|strong="G3767", let|strong="G2443" us|strong="G1519" draw|strong="G4334" near|strong="G4334" boldly|strong="G3954" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" throne|strong="G2362" of|strong="G2532" love|strong="H0157", to|strong="G1519" find|strong="G2147" pity|strong="H2347" and|strong="G2532" love|strong="H0157" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" hour|strong="H8160" of|strong="G2532" need|strong="G2121". 
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\chapterNumber{5}Every|strong="G3956" high|strong="G3956" priest|strong="G4374", taken|strong="G2983" from|strong="G1537" among|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3956", is|strong="G3588" appointed|strong="G2525" as|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" representative|strong="H5012" in|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" relations|strong="H3045" with|strong="G4314" God|strong="G2316", to|strong="G4314" offer|strong="G4374" both|strong="G2532" gifts|strong="G1435" and|strong="G2532" sacrifices|strong="G2378" in|strong="G2532" expiation|strong="H3722" of|strong="G1537" sins|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G2532" sympathise with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" ignorant|strong="H3045" and|strong="G2532" deluded|strong="H5378", since|strong="G1893" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" himself|strong="H5315" subject|strong="H5647" to|strong="G2532" weakness|strong="H4816", 
\verseNumber{3}and|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" therefore|strong="G1223" bound|strong="G3784" to|strong="G2532" offer|strong="G4374" sacrifices|strong="H2077" for|strong="G1223" sins|strong="H2403", not|strong="G1223" only|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992", but|strong="G2532" equally so|strong="G3779" for|strong="G1223" himself|strong="G1438". 
\verseNumber{4}Nor|strong="G2532" does|strong="G2316" anyone|strong="G5100" take|strong="G2983" that|strong="G3588" high|strong="G2532" office|strong="H0530" on|strong="G3588" themselves|strong="G1438", until|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" called|strong="G2564" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" by|strong="G5259" God|strong="G2316", as|strong="G2531" Aaron|strong="H0175" was|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{5}In|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G3779" way|strong="G3779", even|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Christ|strong="G5547" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" take|strong="G1096" the|strong="G2532" honour|strong="G1392" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G2532" high|strong="G2532" priesthood|strong="H3550" on|strong="G1096" himself|strong="G1438", but|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" appointed|strong="H4150" by|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" said|strong="G2980" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588" – 
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“You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G1510" my|strong="G1473" Son|strong="G5207"; this|strong="G3588" day|strong="G4594" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" become|strong="G1096" your|strong="G2532" Father|strong="G1080"”; 
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\verseNumber{6}and|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1722" another|strong="G2087" occasion|strong="H5931" also|strong="G2532" – 
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“You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" priest|strong="G2409" for|strong="G1519" all|strong="G2532" time|strong="G1722" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" order|strong="G5010" of|strong="G2532" Melchizedek|strong="G3198".” 
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\verseNumber{7}Jesus|strong="G2532", in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" days|strong="G2250" of|strong="G1537" his|strong="G1722" earthly|strong="G4561" life|strong="G4561", offered|strong="G4374" prayers|strong="G1162" and|strong="G2532" supplications|strong="G2428", with|strong="G3326" earnest|strong="H8085" cries|strong="G2906" and|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3326" tears|strong="G1144", to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3588" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G4314" save|strong="G4982" him|strong="G3588" from|strong="G1537" death|strong="G2288"; and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" heard|strong="G1522" because|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" his|strong="G1722" devout|strong="H2617" submission|strong="H1844". 
\verseNumber{8}Son|strong="G5207" though|strong="G2539" he|strong="G3739" was|strong="G1510", he|strong="G3739" learned|strong="G3129" obedience|strong="G5218" from|strong="G3588" his|strong="G3739" sufferings|strong="G3958"; 
\verseNumber{9}and|strong="G2532", being|strong="G1096" made|strong="G1096" perfect|strong="G5048", he|strong="G2532" became|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" obey|strong="G5219" him|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" source|strong="H4725" of|strong="G2532" eternal|strong="H5769" salvation|strong="G4991", 
\verseNumber{10}while|strong="H5704" God|strong="G2316" himself|strong="H5315" pronounced|strong="H1696" him|strong="G3588" a|strong="G5259" high|strong="G2316" priest|strong="H3548" of|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2596" order|strong="G5010" of|strong="G5259" Melchizedek|strong="G3198". 
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\verseNumber{11}Now|strong="G2532" on|strong="G4012" this|strong="G3588" subject|strong="H5647" I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G2532" much|strong="G4183" to|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004", but|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" difficult|strong="H6381" to|strong="G2532" explain|strong="G1421" it|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3739", because|strong="G1893" you|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" shown|strong="H7200" yourselves|strong="G1096" so|strong="G2532" slow|strong="H0750" to|strong="G2532" learn|strong="H3925". 
\verseNumber{12}For|strong="G1063" whereas|strong="H6258", considering|strong="H0995" the|strong="G2532" time|strong="G5550" that|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2192" elapsed|strong="G1096", you|strong="G5210" ought|strong="G3784" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" teaching|strong="G1321" others|strong="G3588", you|strong="G5210" still|strong="H5750" need|strong="G5532" someone|strong="G5100" to|strong="G2532" teach|strong="G1321" you|strong="G5210" the|strong="G2532" alphabet of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" divine|strong="H7080" revelation|strong="H1540", and|strong="G2532" need|strong="G5532" again|strong="G3825" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" fed|strong="H7462" with|strong="G1223" milk|strong="G1051" instead|strong="H8478" of|strong="G1223" with|strong="G1223" “solid|strong="G4731" food|strong="G5160".” 
\verseNumber{13}For|strong="G1063" everyone|strong="G3956" who|strong="G3588" still|strong="H5750" has|strong="G1510" to|strong="G3956" take|strong="H3947" milk|strong="G1051" knows|strong="H3045" nothing|strong="G3956" of|strong="G3056" the|strong="G3956" teaching|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" righteousness|strong="G1343"; they|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" mere|strong="H1892" infant|strong="G3516". 
\verseNumber{14}But|strong="G1161" solid|strong="G4731" food|strong="G5160" is|strong="G1510" for|strong="G1223" Christians of|strong="G1223" mature|strong="G5046" faith|strong="H0539" – those|strong="G3588" whose|strong="G3588" faculties have|strong="G2192" been|strong="G1510" trained|strong="G1128" by|strong="G1223" practice|strong="G1838" to|strong="G4314" distinguish|strong="H0914" right|strong="G2570" from|strong="G2532" wrong|strong="G2556". 
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\chapterNumber{6}Therefore|strong="G1352", let|strong="G2532" us|strong="G1909" leave|strong="H5800" behind|strong="H0310" the|strong="G2532" elementary teaching|strong="G3056" about|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" Christ|strong="G5547" and|strong="G2532" press|strong="G5342" on|strong="G1909" to|strong="G2532" perfection|strong="G5047", not|strong="G3361" always|strong="H3605" laying|strong="G2598" over|strong="G1909" again|strong="G3825" a|strong="G2532" foundation|strong="G2310" of|strong="G3056" repentance|strong="G3341" for|strong="G1909" a|strong="G2532" lifeless formality, of|strong="G3056" faith|strong="G4102" in|strong="G1909" God|strong="G2316" – 
\verseNumber{2}teaching|strong="G1322" concerning|strong="H5921" baptisms and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" laying|strong="G1936" on|strong="G5495" of|strong="G2532" hands|strong="G5495", the|strong="G2532" resurrection of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" dead|strong="G3498" and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" final|strong="H0319" judgment|strong="G2917". 
\verseNumber{3}Yes|strong="H3588" and|strong="G2532", with|strong="G2532" God’s|strong="G2316" help|strong="H5826", we|strong="G1437" will|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{4}For|strong="G1063" if|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" once|strong="H6471" for|strong="G1063" all|strong="G2532" brought|strong="G5461" into|strong="G1096" the|strong="G2532" light|strong="G5461", and|strong="G2532" learned|strong="H3925" to|strong="G2532" appreciate the|strong="G2532" gift|strong="G1431" from|strong="G2532" heaven|strong="G2032", and|strong="G2532" came|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2532" share|strong="H2506" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151", 
\verseNumber{5}and|strong="G2532" learned|strong="H3925" to|strong="G2532" appreciate the|strong="G2532" beauty|strong="H3308" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" divine|strong="H7080" message|strong="G4487", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" new|strong="H2319" powers|strong="G1411" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" coming|strong="G3195" age|strong="H3117" – 
\verseNumber{6}if|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588", I|strong="G2532" say|strong="G2532", fell|strong="G2532" away|strong="G3895", it|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2316" be|strong="G2532" impossible|strong="H1219" to|strong="G1519" bring|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" again|strong="G3825" to|strong="G1519" repentance|strong="G3341"; they|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2316" be|strong="G2532" crucifying the|strong="G2532" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316" over|strong="G1519" again|strong="G3825" for|strong="G1519" themselves|strong="G1438", and|strong="G2532" exposing|strong="H4286" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" open|strong="G3856" contempt|strong="H0937". 
\verseNumber{7}Ground|strong="G1093" that|strong="G3739" drinks|strong="G4095" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" showers|strong="H7241" that|strong="G3739" from|strong="G2064" time|strong="G1909" to|strong="G2532" time|strong="G1909" fall|strong="G2064" on|strong="G1909" it|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" produces|strong="H3318" vegetation|strong="G1008" useful|strong="G2111" to|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1063" whom|strong="G3739" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" tilled|strong="G1090", receives|strong="G3335" a|strong="G2532" blessing|strong="G2129" from|strong="G2064" God|strong="G2316"; 
\verseNumber{8}but|strong="G1161", if|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" bears|strong="H3205" thorns|strong="H6975" and|strong="G2532" thistles|strong="G5146", it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" regarded|strong="H2803" as|strong="G1519" worthless|strong="H1100", it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1519" danger|strong="H7451" of|strong="G2532" being|strong="G2532" cursed|strong="G2671", and|strong="G2532" its|strong="H3605" end|strong="G5056" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" fire|strong="H0784". 
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\verseNumber{9}But|strong="G1161" about|strong="G4012" you|strong="G5210", dear|strong="H3357" friends|strong="H7453", even|strong="G2532" though|strong="G1487" we|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G2980" in|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" way|strong="G3779", we|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" confident|strong="G3982" of|strong="G4012" better|strong="G2909" things|strong="G3588" – of|strong="G4012" things|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" point|strong="H6856" to|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2192" salvation|strong="G4991". 
\verseNumber{10}For|strong="G1063" God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" unjust|strong="H5766"; he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" not|strong="G3756" forget|strong="G1950" the|strong="G2532" work|strong="G2041" that|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" did|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" love|strong="H0157" that|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" showed|strong="H7200" for|strong="G1063" his|strong="G1519" name|strong="G3686", in|strong="G1519" sending|strong="H7971" help|strong="H5826" to|strong="G1519" your|strong="G2532" fellow|strong="H7453" Christians – as|strong="G1519" you|strong="G5210" are|strong="G3588" still|strong="H5750" doing|strong="G2041". 
\verseNumber{11}But|strong="G1161" our|strong="G4314" great|strong="H1419" desire|strong="G1937" is|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" every|strong="G1538" one|strong="G1538" of|strong="G1680" you|strong="G5210" should|strong="G3588" be|strong="G3588" equally earnest|strong="H8085" to|strong="G4314" attain|strong="H0935" to|strong="G4314" a|strong="G1161" full|strong="G4136" conviction|strong="G4136" that|strong="G3588" our|strong="G4314" hope|strong="G1680" will|strong="G1538" be|strong="G3588" fulfilled|strong="H4390", and|strong="G1161" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" should|strong="G3588" keep|strong="H8104" that|strong="G3588" hope|strong="G1680" to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G1161" end|strong="G5056". 
\verseNumber{12}Then|strong="G2532" you|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" show|strong="G1096" yourselves|strong="G1096" slow|strong="H0750" to|strong="G2443" learn|strong="H3925", but|strong="G1161" you|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" copy|strong="H6572" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588", through|strong="G1223" faith|strong="G4102" and|strong="G2532" patience|strong="G3115", are|strong="G3588" now|strong="G1161" entering|strong="G1161" upon|strong="G1096" the|strong="G2532" enjoyment|strong="H2896" of|strong="G1223" God’s|strong="H0430" promises|strong="G1860". 
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\verseNumber{13}When|strong="G2192" God|strong="G2316" gave|strong="G3762" his|strong="G1438" promise|strong="G1861" to|strong="G2596" Abraham|strong="H0085", since|strong="G1893" there|strong="G1063" was|strong="G3588" no|strong="G3762" one|strong="G3762" greater|strong="G3173" by|strong="G2596" whom|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3588" could|strong="G2192" swear|strong="G3660", he|strong="G3588" swore|strong="G3660" by|strong="G2596" himself|strong="G1438". 
\verseNumber{14}His|strong="G2532" words|strong="G2532" were|strong="G2532" – 
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“I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" assuredly|strong="H3045" bless|strong="G2127" you|strong="G4771" and|strong="G2532" increase|strong="G4129" your|strong="G2532" numbers|strong="H7230".” 
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\verseNumber{15}And|strong="G2532" so|strong="G3779", after|strong="G2532" patiently|strong="G3114" waiting|strong="H8104", Abraham|strong="G2013" obtained|strong="G2013" the|strong="G2532" fulfilment of|strong="G2532" God’s|strong="H0430" promise|strong="G1860". 
\verseNumber{16}People|strong="G3956", of|strong="G2532" course|strong="H4256", swear|strong="G3660" by|strong="G2596" what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" greater|strong="G3173" than|strong="G3173" themselves|strong="G1519", and|strong="G2532" with|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" an|strong="G2532" oath|strong="G3727" is|strong="G3588" accepted|strong="H7521" as|strong="G1519" putting|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" matter|strong="G2596" beyond|strong="G1519" all|strong="G3956" dispute|strong="H7379". 
\verseNumber{17}And|strong="G2316" therefore|strong="H3651" God|strong="G2316", in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G1722" desire|strong="G1014" to|strong="G1722" show|strong="G1925", with|strong="G1722" unmistakable plainness, to|strong="G1722" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" were|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1722" enter|strong="H0935" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" enjoyment|strong="H2896" of|strong="G2316" what|strong="G3739" he|strong="G3739" had|strong="G2316" promised|strong="G1860", the|strong="G1722" unchangeableness of|strong="G2316" his|strong="G1722" purpose|strong="G1012", bound|strong="H0631" himself|strong="H5315" with|strong="G1722" an|strong="G1722" oath|strong="G3727". 
\verseNumber{18}For|strong="G1223" he|strong="G3739" intended|strong="H1819" us|strong="G4295" to|strong="G2443" find|strong="H4672" great|strong="G2316" encouragement|strong="G3874" in|strong="G1722" these|strong="G3739" two|strong="G1417" unchangeable|strong="H0259" things|strong="G3588", which|strong="G3739" make|strong="H6213" it|strong="G3739" impossible|strong="H1219" for|strong="G1223" God|strong="G2316" to|strong="G2443" prove|strong="H5254" false|strong="G1223" – we|strong="G3739", I|strong="G3739" mean|strong="H2823", who|strong="G3739" fled|strong="G2703" for|strong="G1223" safety|strong="H0983" where|strong="G3739" we|strong="G3739" might|strong="G2316" lay|strong="H7901" hold|strong="G2902" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" hope|strong="G1680" set|strong="G4295" before|strong="G1722" us|strong="G4295". 
\verseNumber{19}This|strong="G3588" hope|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" an|strong="G2192" anchor for|strong="G1519" our|strong="G2532" souls|strong="G5590", secure|strong="H0982" and|strong="G2532" strong|strong="G2532", and|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" reaches|strong="H5927" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" sanctuary|strong="H6944" that|strong="G3739" lies|strong="H3577" behind|strong="H0310" the|strong="G2532" curtain|strong="G2665", 
\verseNumber{20}where|strong="G3699" Jesus|strong="G2424", our|strong="G2424" forerunner|strong="G4274", has|strong="G1096" entered|strong="G1525" on|strong="G1519" our|strong="G2424" behalf|strong="G5228", after|strong="G2596" being|strong="G1096" made|strong="G1096" for|strong="G1519" all|strong="G2596" time|strong="H6256" a|strong="G1096" high|strong="H1116" priest|strong="H3548" of|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1519" order|strong="G5010" of|strong="G2596" Melchizedek|strong="G3198". 

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\chapterNumber{7}It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3778" Melchizedek|strong="G3198", king|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2316" Salem|strong="G4532" and|strong="G2532" priest|strong="G2409" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" Most|strong="G5310" High|strong="G5310" God|strong="G2316", who|strong="G3588" met|strong="G4876" Abraham|strong="H0085" returning|strong="G5290" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" slaughter|strong="G2871" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" kings|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3588" his|strong="G2532" blessing|strong="G2127"; 
\verseNumber{2}and|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" him|strong="G3739" that|strong="G3739" Abraham|strong="H0085" allotted|strong="G3307" a|strong="G2532" tithe|strong="H4643" of|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" spoil|strong="H7998". The|strong="G2532" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3956" name|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" “king|strong="H4428" of|strong="G2532" righteousness|strong="G1343",” and|strong="G2532" besides|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" also|strong="G2532" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="G2532" Salem|strong="G4532", which|strong="G3739" means|strong="G1510" “king|strong="H4428" of|strong="G2532" peace|strong="G1515".” 
\verseNumber{3}There|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3588" no|strong="G3383" record|strong="H3789" of|strong="G5207" his|strong="G1519" father|strong="H0001", or|strong="G3383" mother|strong="H0517", or|strong="G3383" lineage, nor|strong="G3383" again|strong="G1519" of|strong="G5207" any|strong="G2192" beginning|strong="H7225" of|strong="G5207" his|strong="G1519" days|strong="G2250", or|strong="G3383" end|strong="G5056" of|strong="G5207" his|strong="G1519" life|strong="G2222". In|strong="G1519" this|strong="G3588" he|strong="G1161" resembles the|strong="G1519" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316", and|strong="G1161" stands|strong="H5975" before|strong="G1519" us|strong="G1519" as|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2192" priest|strong="G2409" whose|strong="G3588" priesthood|strong="H3550" is|strong="G3588" continuous. 
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\verseNumber{4}Consider|strong="G2334", then|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" importance of|strong="G1537" this|strong="G3778" Melchizedek|strong="H4442", to|strong="G2532" whom|strong="G3739" even|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" patriarch|strong="G3966" Abraham|strong="H0085" himself|strong="H5315" gave|strong="G1325" a|strong="G2532" tithe|strong="H4643" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" choicest|strong="H4005" spoils|strong="H7998". 
\verseNumber{5}Those|strong="G3588" descendants|strong="G5207" of|strong="G1537" Levi|strong="G3017", who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G1510" from|strong="G1537" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="G2532" time|strong="H6256" appointed|strong="H4150" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" priesthood|strong="G2405", are|strong="G1510" directed|strong="H5090" to|strong="G2532" collect|strong="G2983" tithes|strong="H4643" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" in|strong="G2596" accordance|strong="G2596" with|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" Law|strong="G3551" – that|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" from|strong="G1537" their|strong="G2532" own|strong="H1961" kindred|strong="H4138", although|strong="G2539" they|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" descended|strong="G1831" from|strong="G1537" Abraham|strong="H0085". 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="G1161" Melchizedek|strong="G1075", although|strong="G1161" not|strong="G3361" of|strong="G1537" this|strong="G3588" lineage, received|strong="G2192" tithes|strong="G1183" from|strong="G1537" Abraham|strong="H0085", and|strong="G2532" gave|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2192" blessing|strong="G2127" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3361" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2192" God’s|strong="H0430" promises|strong="G1860". 
\verseNumber{7}Now|strong="G1161" no|strong="G3956" one|strong="G3956" can|strong="H4310" dispute|strong="H7379" that|strong="G3588" it|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3956" superior|strong="H1870" who|strong="G3588" blesses|strong="H1288" the|strong="G3956" inferior|strong="H5307". 
\verseNumber{8}In|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3303" case|strong="G5602" the|strong="G2532" tithes|strong="G1181" are|strong="G2532" received|strong="G2983" by|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2983" who|strong="G3748" are|strong="G2532" mortal|strong="H0582"; in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" other|strong="G1161" case|strong="G5602" by|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3303" about|strong="G3754" whom|strong="G1161" there|strong="G1563" is|strong="G3748" the|strong="G2532" statement|strong="H4008" that|strong="G3754" his|strong="G2983" life|strong="G2198" still|strong="H5750" continues|strong="H4058". 
\verseNumber{9}Moreover|strong="G2532", in|strong="G2532" a|strong="G5613" sense|strong="H3820", even|strong="G2532" Levi|strong="G3018", who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" receiver|strong="H8254" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" tithes|strong="G1181", has|strong="G2532", through|strong="G1223" Abraham|strong="H0085", paid|strong="G1183" tithes|strong="G1181"; 
\verseNumber{10}for|strong="G1063" Levi|strong="H3878" was|strong="G1510" still|strong="G2089" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" body|strong="H1320" of|strong="G3962" his|strong="G1722" ancestor|strong="G3962" when|strong="G3753" Melchizedek|strong="G3198" met|strong="G4876" Abraham|strong="H0085". 
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\verseNumber{11}If|strong="G1487", then|strong="G3767", perfection|strong="G5050" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1510" attainable through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" Levitical|strong="G3020" priesthood|strong="G2420" – and|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1510" under|strong="G1909" this|strong="G3588" priesthood|strong="G2420" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" received|strong="G3549" the|strong="G2532" Law|strong="G3549" – why|strong="G5101" was|strong="G1510" it|strong="G2532" still|strong="G2089" necessary|strong="G5532" that|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" priest|strong="G2409" of|strong="G1223" a|strong="G2532" different|strong="G2087" order|strong="G5010" should|strong="G3588" appear|strong="G1510", a|strong="G2532" priest|strong="G2409" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" order|strong="G5010" of|strong="G1223" Melchizedek|strong="G3198" and|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" order|strong="G5010" of|strong="G1223" Aaron|strong="H0175"? 
\verseNumber{12}With|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" change|strong="G3331" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" priesthood|strong="G2420" a|strong="G1096" change|strong="G3331" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" Law|strong="G3551" became|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" necessity. 
\verseNumber{13}And|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3739" of|strong="G1909" whom|strong="G3739" all|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3778" is|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" belonged|strong="H1961" to|strong="G1909" quite|strong="H3117" a|strong="G1909" different|strong="G2087" tribe|strong="G5443", no|strong="G3762" member|strong="H1995" of|strong="G1909" which|strong="G3739" has|strong="G3739" ever|strong="G3762" served|strong="H5647" at|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1909" altar|strong="G2379". 
\verseNumber{14}For|strong="G1063" it|strong="G3754" is|strong="G3588" plain|strong="H4334" that|strong="G3754" our|strong="G2962" Lord|strong="G2962" had|strong="G3739" sprung|strong="H6779" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1519" tribe|strong="G5443" of|strong="G1537" Judah|strong="G2455", though|strong="G3754" of|strong="G1537" that|strong="G3754" tribe|strong="G5443" Moses|strong="G3475" said|strong="G2980" nothing|strong="G3762" about|strong="G4012" their|strong="G4012" being|strong="G3739" priests|strong="G2409". 
\verseNumber{15}All|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" becomes|strong="H1961" even|strong="G2532" yet|strong="G2089" plainer when|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" remember|strong="H2142" that|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" new|strong="H2319" priest|strong="G2409" has|strong="G1510" appeared|strong="H7200", resembling|strong="H1823" Melchizedek|strong="G3198", 
\verseNumber{16}and|strong="G1411" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G3739" was|strong="G1096" appointed|strong="H4150", not|strong="G3756" under|strong="G3756" a|strong="G1096" Law|strong="G3551" regulating only|strong="G3756" earthly matters|strong="H1697", but|strong="G3551" by|strong="G2596" virtue|strong="G1411" of|strong="G3551" a|strong="G1096" life|strong="G2222" beyond|strong="G2596" the|strong="G2596" reach|strong="H5060" of|strong="G3551" death|strong="H4194"; 
\verseNumber{17}for|strong="G1063" that|strong="G3754" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1519" meaning|strong="H0998" of|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1519" declaration|strong="H0262" – 
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“You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1063" all|strong="G2596" time|strong="H6256" a|strong="G1519" priest|strong="G2409" of|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1519" order|strong="G5010" of|strong="G2596" Melchizedek|strong="G3198".” 
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\verseNumber{18}On|strong="G4254" the|strong="G2532" one|strong="G3588" hand|strong="G3303", we|strong="G1063" have|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" abolition of|strong="G1223" a|strong="G1096" previous|strong="H7223" regulation|strong="G1785" as|strong="G2532" being|strong="G1096" both|strong="G2532" inefficient and|strong="G2532" useless|strong="H1892" 
\verseNumber{19}(for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G1161" Law|strong="G3551" never|strong="G3762" brought|strong="G1161" anything|strong="G3762" to|strong="G1161" perfection|strong="H8502"); and|strong="G1161", on|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" other|strong="G1161" hand|strong="G1448", we|strong="G3739" have|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" introduction of|strong="G1223" a|strong="G1161" better|strong="G2909" hope|strong="G1680", which|strong="G3739" enables us|strong="H5414" to|strong="G1161" draw|strong="G1448" near|strong="G1448" to|strong="G1161" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{20}Then|strong="G2532" again|strong="G2532", the|strong="G2532" appointment|strong="H3259" of|strong="G2532" this|strong="G3588" new|strong="H2319" priest|strong="G2409" was|strong="G1510" ratified by|strong="G2596" an|strong="G2532" oath|strong="G3728", which|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" so|strong="G2532" with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Levitical|strong="H3881" priests|strong="G2409", 
\verseNumber{21}but|strong="G1161" his|strong="G1223" appointment|strong="H3259" was|strong="G3588" ratified by|strong="G1223" an|strong="G2532" oath|strong="G3728", when|strong="G1161" God|strong="G3004" said|strong="G3004" to|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588" – 
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“The|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" has|strong="G2962" sworn|strong="G3660", and|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" change|strong="G3338", ‘You|strong="G4771" are|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" priest|strong="G2409" for|strong="G1519" all|strong="G2532" time|strong="H6256".’” 
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\verseNumber{22}And|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" oath|strong="H7621" shows|strong="H6213" the|strong="G2532" corresponding|strong="H5980" superiority of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" covenant|strong="G1242" of|strong="G2532" which|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424" is|strong="G1096" appointed|strong="H4150" the|strong="G2532" surety|strong="G1450". 
\verseNumber{23}Again|strong="G2532", new|strong="H2319" Levitical|strong="H3881" priests|strong="G2409" are|strong="G1510" continually|strong="G1223" being|strong="G1510" appointed|strong="H4150", because|strong="G1223" death|strong="G2288" prevents|strong="G2967" their|strong="G2532" remaining|strong="H8300" in|strong="G2532" office|strong="H0530"; 
\verseNumber{24}but|strong="G1161" Jesus remains|strong="G3306" for|strong="G1519" all|strong="G1161" time|strong="H6256", and|strong="G1161" therefore|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1519" priesthood|strong="G2420" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G1161" holds|strong="G2192" will|strong="G2192" never|strong="H3808" pass|strong="H5674" to|strong="G1519" another|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" why|strong="G1223" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G1519" save|strong="G4982" perfectly|strong="H3632" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" come|strong="G4334" to|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2316" through|strong="G1223" him|strong="G3588", living|strong="G2198" for|strong="G1519" ever|strong="G3842", as|strong="G1519" he|strong="G2532" does|strong="G2316", to|strong="G1519" intercede|strong="G1793" of|strong="G1223" their|strong="G2532" behalf|strong="G5228". 
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\verseNumber{26}This|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1096" the|strong="G2532" high|strong="G5308" priest|strong="H3548" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G1063" needed|strong="H1767" – holy|strong="G3741", innocent|strong="H5355", spotless, withdrawn|strong="H1639" from|strong="G2532" sinners|strong="H2400", exalted|strong="G5308" above|strong="G5308" the|strong="G2532" highest|strong="H8064" heaven|strong="G3772", 
\verseNumber{27}one|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" has|strong="G2192" no|strong="G3756" need|strong="G2192" to|strong="G2596" offer|strong="G4374" sacrifices|strong="G2378" daily|strong="G2250" as|strong="G5618" those|strong="G3588" high|strong="H1116" priests|strong="H3548" have|strong="G2192", first|strong="G4386" for|strong="G1063" their|strong="G1438" own|strong="G2398" sins|strong="H2403", and|strong="G2250" then|strong="G1899" for|strong="G1063" those|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2250" the|strong="G2596" people|strong="G2992". For|strong="G1063" this|strong="G3778" he|strong="G3739" did|strong="G4160" once|strong="G2178" and|strong="G2250" for|strong="G1063" all|strong="G2596", when|strong="G3739" he|strong="G3739" offered|strong="G4374" himself|strong="G1438" as|strong="G5618" the|strong="G2596" sacrifice|strong="G2378". 
\verseNumber{28}The|strong="G1519" Law|strong="G3551" appoints|strong="G2525" as|strong="G1519" high|strong="H1116" priests|strong="H3548" men|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" weak|strong="H2470", but|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1519" words|strong="G3056" of|strong="G5207" God’s|strong="H0430" oath|strong="G3728", which|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" later|strong="G3326" than|strong="H4480" the|strong="G1519" Law|strong="G3551", name|strong="H8034" the|strong="G1519" Son|strong="G5207" as|strong="G1519", for|strong="G1063" all|strong="G1161" time|strong="H6256", the|strong="G1519" perfect|strong="G5048" priest|strong="H3548". 
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\chapterNumber{8}To|strong="G1909" sum|strong="G2774" up|strong="G1722" what|strong="G3739" I|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2192" been|strong="G2192" saying|strong="G3004": Such|strong="G5108" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" high|strong="H1116" priest|strong="H3548" that|strong="G3739" we|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2192", one|strong="G3739" who|strong="G3739" has|strong="G2192" taken|strong="G2523" his|strong="G1909" seat|strong="G2523" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" right|strong="G1188" hand|strong="G1188" of|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1722" throne|strong="G2362" of|strong="G1909" God’s|strong="H0430" Majesty|strong="G3172" in|strong="G1722" heaven|strong="G3772", 
\verseNumber{2}where|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" serves|strong="H5647" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" sanctuary|strong="H6944", in|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" true|strong="G3588" tent|strong="G4633" set|strong="G2532" up|strong="G2532" by|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" and|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" by|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3739". 
\verseNumber{3}Every|strong="G3956" high|strong="G3956" priest|strong="G4374" is|strong="G3588" appointed|strong="G2525" for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G2532" purpose|strong="G3739" of|strong="G2532" offering|strong="G1435" gifts|strong="G1435" and|strong="G2532" sacrifices|strong="G2378" to|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2532"; it|strong="G2532" follows|strong="H3652", therefore|strong="G3606", that|strong="G3739" this|strong="G3778" high|strong="G3956" priest|strong="G4374" must|strong="G5100" have|strong="G2192" some|strong="G5100" offering|strong="G1435" to|strong="G1519" make|strong="G1519". 
\verseNumber{4}If|strong="G1487" he|strong="G3588" were|strong="G1510", however|strong="G3767", still|strong="H5750" on|strong="G1909" earth|strong="G1093", he|strong="G3588" would|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3761" even|strong="G3761" be|strong="G1510" a|strong="G1510" priest|strong="G2409", since|strong="G2596" there|strong="G1510" are|strong="G1510" already|strong="H3528" priests|strong="G2409" who|strong="G3588" offer|strong="G4374" the|strong="G1909" gifts|strong="G1435" as|strong="G2596" the|strong="G1909" Law|strong="G3551" directs|strong="H3559". 
\verseNumber{5}(These|strong="G3956" priests|strong="H3548", it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" true|strong="G3588", are|strong="G3588" engaged|strong="H0781" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G2532" service|strong="G3000" which|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" only|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" copy|strong="G5262" and|strong="G2532" shadow|strong="G4639" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" heavenly|strong="G2032" realities, as|strong="G2531" is|strong="G3588" shown|strong="G1166" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" directions|strong="H7253" given|strong="H5414" to|strong="G2532" Moses|strong="G3475" when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" about|strong="G3195" to|strong="G2532" construct|strong="H6213" the|strong="G1722" tent|strong="G4633". “Look|strong="G3708" to|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532",” are|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" words|strong="G2532", “that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" make|strong="G4160" every|strong="G3956" part|strong="G2596" in|strong="G1722" accordance|strong="G2596" with|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" pattern|strong="G5179" shown|strong="G1166" you|strong="G4771" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" mountain|strong="G3735".”) 
\verseNumber{6}But|strong="G1161" Jesus|strong="G1510", as|strong="G3745" we|strong="G2532" see|strong="H7200", has|strong="G3748" obtained|strong="G5177" a|strong="G2532" ministry|strong="G3009" as|strong="G3745" far|strong="H5704" excelling theirs|strong="H1992", as|strong="G3745" the|strong="G2532" covenant|strong="G1242" of|strong="G2532" which|strong="G3748" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" intermediary|strong="G3316", based, as|strong="G3745" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510", on|strong="G1909" better|strong="G2909" promises|strong="G1860", excels|strong="H3504" the|strong="G2532" former|strong="H7223" covenant|strong="G1242". 
\verseNumber{7}If|strong="G1487" that|strong="G3588" first|strong="G4413" covenant|strong="H1285" had|strong="G1510" been|strong="G1510" faultless, there|strong="G1063" would|strong="G1510" have|strong="G1510" been|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3756" occasion|strong="G5117" for|strong="G1063" a|strong="G1510" second|strong="G1208". 
\verseNumber{8}But|strong="G2532", finding|strong="G3201" fault|strong="G3201" with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3004", God|strong="G3004" says|strong="G3004" – 
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“‘A|strong="G2532" time|strong="G2250" is|strong="G3588" coming|strong="G2064",’ says|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962", 
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‘When|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" ratify a|strong="G2532" new|strong="G2537" covenant|strong="G1242" with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3004" of|strong="G2250" Israel|strong="G2474" and|strong="G2532" with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3004" of|strong="G2250" Judah|strong="G2455" – 
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\verseNumber{9}Not|strong="G3756" such|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1722" covenant|strong="G1242" as|strong="G1722" I|strong="G1473" made|strong="G4160" with|strong="G1722" their|strong="G1438" ancestors|strong="G3962" 
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on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" day|strong="G2250" when|strong="G1722" I|strong="G1473" took|strong="G1949" them|strong="G3588" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" hand|strong="G5495" to|strong="G2596" lead|strong="G1806" them|strong="G3588" out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" land|strong="G1093" of|strong="G1537" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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For|strong="G3754" they|strong="G3588" did|strong="G4160" not|strong="G3756" abide|strong="G1696" by|strong="G1722" their|strong="G1438" covenant|strong="G1242" with|strong="G1722" me|strong="G1473", 
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and|strong="G3962" therefore|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" disregarded|strong="H2498" them|strong="G3588",’ says|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1722" Lord|strong="G2962". 
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\verseNumber{10}‘This|strong="G3778" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" covenant|strong="G1242" that|strong="G3754" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2316" make|strong="G1303" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" of|strong="G2250" Israel|strong="G2474" 
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after|strong="G3326" those|strong="G3588" days|strong="G2250",’ says|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962". 
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‘I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2316" impress|strong="H7760" my|strong="G1325" laws|strong="G3551" on|strong="G1909" their|strong="G1438" minds|strong="G1271", 
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and|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" inscribe|strong="H2710" them|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1909" their|strong="G1438" hearts|strong="G2588"; 
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and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" their|strong="G1438" God|strong="G2316", 
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and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G1510" my|strong="G1325" people|strong="G2992". 
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\verseNumber{11}There|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" be|strong="G2532" no|strong="G3756" need|strong="G1321" for|strong="G3754" anyone|strong="G3956" to|strong="G2532" instruct|strong="H3384" their|strong="G2532" fellow|strong="G4177" citizen|strong="G4177", 
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or|strong="G2532" for|strong="G3754" a|strong="G2532" person|strong="G1538" to|strong="G2532" say|strong="G3004" to|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" relatives|strong="H0251" “Learn|strong="G1321" to|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1492" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962"”; 
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for|strong="G3754" everyone|strong="G3956" will|strong="G2532" know|strong="G1492" me|strong="G1473", 
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from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" lowest|strong="H8482" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" highest|strong="H8064". 
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\verseNumber{12}For|strong="G3754" I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" be|strong="G1510" merciful|strong="G2436" to|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" wrongdoings, 
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and|strong="G2532" I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G1510" no|strong="G3756" longer|strong="G2089" remember|strong="G3403" their|strong="G2532" sins|strong="H2403".’” 
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\verseNumber{13}By|strong="G1722" speaking|strong="G3004" of|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" new|strong="G2537" covenant|strong="H1285", God|strong="G3004" at|strong="G1722" once|strong="H6471" renders the|strong="G1722" former|strong="G4413" covenant|strong="H1285" obsolete|strong="G3822"; and|strong="G2532" whatever|strong="H3605" becomes|strong="H1961" obsolete|strong="G3822" and|strong="G2532" loses|strong="H0582" its|strong="H3605" force|strong="H2394" is|strong="G3588" virtually|strong="H3738" annulled|strong="H6565". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The New Revelation and the Old }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The New Revelation and the Old }
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\chapterNumber{9}It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" true|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" even|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" first|strong="G4413" covenant|strong="H1285" had|strong="G2192" its|strong="H3605" regulations|strong="G1345" for|strong="G2532" divine|strong="G2999" worship|strong="G2999", and|strong="G2532" its|strong="H3605" sanctuary|strong="H6944" – though|strong="G2532" only|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2192" material|strong="H8162" one|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{2}For|strong="G1063" a|strong="G2532" tent|strong="G4633" was|strong="G3588" constructed|strong="G2680", with|strong="G1722" an|strong="G2532" outer|strong="G4413" part|strong="G2532" which|strong="G3739" contained|strong="G3087" the|strong="G1722" stand|strong="H5975" for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G1722" lamps|strong="H5216", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" table|strong="G5132", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" consecrated|strong="G4286" bread|strong="H3899". This|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" called|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1722" sanctuary|strong="H6944". 
\verseNumber{3}The|strong="G1161" part|strong="G1161" of|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1161" tent|strong="G4633" behind|strong="G3326" the|strong="G1161" second|strong="G1208" curtain|strong="G2665" is|strong="G3588" called|strong="G3004" the|strong="G1161" inner|strong="H6442" sanctuary|strong="H6944". 
\verseNumber{4}In|strong="G1722" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" gold|strong="G5553" incense-altar, and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" ark|strong="G2787" containing|strong="H8033" the|strong="G1722" covenant|strong="G1242", completely|strong="H3617" covered|strong="G4028" with|strong="G1722" gold|strong="G5553". In|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" ark|strong="G2787" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2192" gold|strong="G5553" casket containing|strong="H8033" the|strong="G1722" manna|strong="G3131", Aaron’s|strong="H0175" rod|strong="G4464" that|strong="G3739" budded|strong="H6524", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" tablets|strong="G4109" on|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3739" the|strong="G1722" covenant|strong="G1242" was|strong="G3588" written|strong="G3588"; 
\verseNumber{5}while|strong="G1161" above|strong="G5231" it|strong="G1161", and|strong="G1161" overshadowing|strong="G2683" the|strong="G1161" cover|strong="H3680" on|strong="G2596" which|strong="G3739" atonement|strong="H3722" was|strong="G1510" made|strong="G3756", are|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1161" cherubim|strong="G5502" of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G1161" presence|strong="H6440". Now|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" the|strong="G1161" time|strong="G3568" to|strong="G2596" discuss|strong="H1696" these|strong="G3739" things|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2596" detail|strong="G3313". 
\verseNumber{6}Such|strong="G3779", then|strong="G1161", was|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1519" arrangement|strong="H4339" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1519" tent|strong="G4633". Into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" outer|strong="G4413" part|strong="G1161" priests|strong="G2409" are|strong="G3588" constantly|strong="G1223" going|strong="G3778", in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" discharge|strong="H2100" of|strong="G1223" their|strong="G3956" sacred|strong="H6944" duties|strong="H4931"; 
\verseNumber{7}but|strong="G1161" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" inner|strong="H6442" only|strong="G3441" the|strong="G2532" high|strong="G2532" priest|strong="G4374" goes|strong="H1980", and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" but|strong="G1161" once|strong="G3739" a|strong="G2532" year|strong="G1763", and|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3756" without|strong="G5565" taking|strong="H3947" the|strong="G2532" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" victim|strong="H4672", which|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" offers|strong="G4374" on|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1438" own|strong="G1438" behalf|strong="G5228", and|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1519" behalf|strong="G5228" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" errors|strong="H7691" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992". 
\verseNumber{8}By|strong="G4151" this|strong="G3778" the|strong="G3588" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151" is|strong="G3588" teaching|strong="H8451" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" way|strong="G3598" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="G3588" sanctuary|strong="H6944" was|strong="G3588" hidden|strong="H5641", as|strong="G3588" long|strong="H0753" as|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" outer|strong="G4413" part|strong="H7992" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G3588" tent|strong="G4633" still|strong="G2089" remained|strong="H3427". 
\verseNumber{9}For|strong="G1519" that|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3588" only|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" type|strong="G3850", to|strong="G1519" continue|strong="G2532" down|strong="G2596" to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" present|strong="G1764" time|strong="G2540"; and|strong="G2532", in|strong="G1519" keeping|strong="H8104" with|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532", both|strong="G2532" gifts|strong="G1435" and|strong="G2532" sacrifices|strong="G2378" are|strong="G3588" offered|strong="G4374", though|strong="G2532" incapable|strong="G3361" of|strong="G2532" satisfying|strong="H7648" the|strong="G2532" conscience|strong="G4893" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" worshiper|strong="G3000"; 
\verseNumber{10}the|strong="G2532" whole|strong="H3605" system being|strong="G2532" concerned|strong="H6485" only|strong="G3440" with|strong="G2532" food|strong="G1033" and|strong="G2532" drink|strong="G4188" and|strong="G2532" various|strong="G1313" ablutions – external ceremonials imposed|strong="G1945" until|strong="G3360" the|strong="G2532" coming|strong="H0935" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" new|strong="H2319" order|strong="H4616". 
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\verseNumber{11}But|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" Christ|strong="G5547" came|strong="G1096", he|strong="G2532" appeared|strong="G1096" as|strong="G1161" high|strong="G3173" priest|strong="H3548" of|strong="G1223" that|strong="G3588" better|strong="H2896" system which|strong="G3588" was|strong="G1510" established|strong="H3559"; and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" entered|strong="H0935" through|strong="G1223" that|strong="G3588" nobler and|strong="G2532" more|strong="G3173" perfect|strong="G5046" tent|strong="G4633", not|strong="G3756" made|strong="G1096" by|strong="G1223" human|strong="G5499" hands|strong="G5499" – that|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" to|strong="G2532" say|strong="G1223", not|strong="G3756" a|strong="G1096" part|strong="G1161" of|strong="G1223" this|strong="G3778" present|strong="G3854" creation|strong="G2937". 
\verseNumber{12}Nor|strong="G3761" was|strong="G3588" it|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="G1223" goats|strong="G5131" and|strong="G2532" calves|strong="G3448", but|strong="G1161" with|strong="G1223" his|strong="G1223" own|strong="G2398" blood|strong="H1818", that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" entered|strong="G1525", once|strong="G2178" and|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1519" all|strong="G2532", into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" sanctuary|strong="H6944", and|strong="G2532" obtained|strong="G2147" our|strong="G2532" eternal|strong="H5769" deliverance|strong="H8668". 
\verseNumber{13}For|strong="G1063", if|strong="G1487" the|strong="G2532" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="G2532" goats|strong="G5131" and|strong="G2532" bulls|strong="G5022", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" sprinkling|strong="G4472" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" ashes|strong="G4700" of|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" heifer|strong="G1151", purify|strong="H2398" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" defiled|strong="G2840" (as|strong="G2532" far|strong="G3588" as|strong="G2532" ceremonial|strong="H4612" purification|strong="H2893" goes|strong="H1980"), 
\verseNumber{14}how|strong="G4214" much|strong="G4214" more|strong="G3123" will|strong="G2316" the|strong="G1519" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G1519" Christ|strong="G5547", who|strong="G3739", through|strong="G1223" his|strong="G1438" eternal|strong="H5769" Spirit|strong="G4151", offered|strong="G4374" himself|strong="G1438" up|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" God|strong="G2316", as|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1519" victim|strong="H4672" without|strong="G1438" blemish|strong="H8549", purify|strong="G2511" our|strong="G2316" consciences|strong="G4893" from|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1519" lifeless formality, and|strong="G2316" fit|strong="H6257" us|strong="G1519" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" service|strong="G3000" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G1519" living|strong="G2198" God|strong="G2316"! 
\verseNumber{15}And|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" why|strong="G1223" he|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" intermediary|strong="G3316" of|strong="G1223" a|strong="G1096" new|strong="G2537" covenant|strong="G1242"; in|strong="G1519" order|strong="G3704" that|strong="G3588", as|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1096" death|strong="G2288" has|strong="G1096" taken|strong="G2983" place|strong="G1096" to|strong="G1519" effect|strong="H1697" a|strong="G1096" deliverance|strong="H8668" from|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" offences|strong="H2399" committed|strong="H6213" under|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" first|strong="G4413" covenant|strong="G1242", those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G2532" received|strong="G2983" the|strong="G2532" call|strong="G2564" may|strong="G2532" obtain|strong="G2983" the|strong="G2532" eternal|strong="H5769" inheritance|strong="G2817" promised|strong="G1860" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{16}Whenever|strong="G3699" such|strong="G3588" a|strong="G5342" covenant|strong="G1242" as|strong="G1063" a|strong="G5342" will|strong="H3068" is|strong="G3588" in|strong="G1063" question|strong="H1697", the|strong="G3588" death|strong="G2288" of|strong="G3588" the|strong="G3588" testator|strong="G1303" must|strong="G3588" of|strong="G3588" necessity be|strong="G3588" alleged. 
\verseNumber{17}For|strong="G1063" such|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1909" covenant|strong="G1242" takes|strong="H3947" effect|strong="H1697" only|strong="H0389" on|strong="G1909" death|strong="G3498", it|strong="G1063" does|strong="G2198" not|strong="G3379" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="G1909" force|strong="G2480" as|strong="G1063" long|strong="G1909" as|strong="G1063" the|strong="G1909" testator|strong="G1303" is|strong="G3588" alive|strong="G2198". 
\verseNumber{18}This|strong="G3588" explains|strong="H8034" why|strong="H4100" even|strong="G3761" the|strong="G3588" first|strong="G4413" covenant|strong="H1285" was|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3761" ratified without|strong="G5565" the|strong="G3588" shedding|strong="H8210" of|strong="G3588" blood|strong="H1818". 
\verseNumber{19}For|strong="G1063", when|strong="G2532" every|strong="G3956" command|strong="G1785" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G2532" announced|strong="H1696" to|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" by|strong="G5259" Moses|strong="G3475" in|strong="G2596" accordance|strong="G2596" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G2532" Law|strong="G3551", he|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2983" the|strong="G2532" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" calves|strong="G3448" and|strong="G2532" of|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" goats|strong="G5131", with|strong="G3326" water|strong="G5204", scarlet|strong="G2847" wool|strong="G2053", and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" bunch|strong="H0092" of|strong="G5259" hyssop|strong="G5301", and|strong="G2532" sprinkled|strong="G4472" even|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" book|strong="G3588" of|strong="G5259" the|strong="G2532" Law|strong="G3551", as|strong="G2596" well|strong="G2532" as|strong="G2596" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992", 
\verseNumber{20}saying|strong="G3004", as|strong="G3739" he|strong="G3739" did|strong="G1781" so|strong="G4314" – ‘This|strong="G3778" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G4314" blood|strong="H1818" that|strong="G3739" renders valid|strong="H1961" the|strong="G4314" covenant|strong="G1242" which|strong="G3739" God|strong="G2316" has|strong="G2316" commanded|strong="G1781" to|strong="G4314" be|strong="G2316" made|strong="G2316" with|strong="G4314" you|strong="G5210".’ 
\verseNumber{21}And|strong="G2532" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G3668" way|strong="G3668" he|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" sprinkled|strong="G4472" with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" blood|strong="H1818" the|strong="G2532" tent|strong="G4633" and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" the|strong="G2532" things|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" used|strong="H6213" in|strong="G2532" public|strong="H1121" worship|strong="H7812". 
\verseNumber{22}Indeed|strong="G2532", under|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" Law|strong="G3551", almost|strong="G4975" everything|strong="G3956" is|strong="G3588" purified|strong="G2511" with|strong="G1722" blood|strong="H1818"; and|strong="G2532", unless|strong="G3756" blood|strong="H1818" is|strong="G3588" shed|strong="H8210", no|strong="G3756" forgiveness|strong="H5547" is|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" obtained|strong="G3756". 
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\verseNumber{23}While|strong="G1722", then|strong="G3767", it|strong="G1161" was|strong="G3588" necessary|strong="G3767" for|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1722" copies|strong="G5262" of|strong="G3844" the|strong="G1722" heavenly|strong="G2032" realities to|strong="G1722" be|strong="G3588" purified|strong="G2511" by|strong="G1722" such|strong="G3778" means|strong="G1722" as|strong="G1722" these|strong="G3778", the|strong="G1722" heavenly|strong="G2032" realities themselves|strong="G3778" required|strong="G2909" better|strong="G2909" sacrifices|strong="G2378". 
\verseNumber{24}For|strong="G1063" it|strong="G1063" was|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" into|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1519" sanctuary|strong="H6944" made|strong="G5499" by|strong="G1519" human|strong="G5499" hands|strong="G5499", which|strong="G3588" merely|strong="H6680" foreshadowed the|strong="G1519" true|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3588", that|strong="G3588" Christ|strong="G5547" entered|strong="G1525", but|strong="G1063" into|strong="G1519" heaven|strong="G3772" itself|strong="H0905", so|strong="G1519" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G3588" might|strong="G2316" now|strong="G3568" appear|strong="G1718" in|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" presence|strong="G4383" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" on|strong="G1519" our|strong="G2316" behalf|strong="G5228". 
\verseNumber{25}Nor|strong="G3761" yet|strong="G3761" was|strong="G3588" it|strong="G2443" to|strong="G1519" offer|strong="G4374" himself|strong="G1438" may|strong="G2443" times|strong="G4178", as|strong="G5618" year|strong="G1763" after|strong="G2596" year|strong="G1763" the|strong="G1722" high|strong="H1116" priest|strong="G4374" entered|strong="G1525" the|strong="G1722" sanctuary|strong="H6944" with|strong="G1722" an|strong="G1519" offering|strong="G4374" of|strong="G1722" blood|strong="H1818" – but|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3761" his|strong="G1438" own|strong="G1438" blood|strong="H1818"; 
\verseNumber{26}for|strong="G1519" then|strong="G1161" Christ would|strong="G1893" have|strong="G1163" had|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" undergo|strong="H7845" death|strong="H4194" many|strong="G3958" times|strong="G4178" since|strong="G1893" the|strong="G1519" creation|strong="H1254" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1519" world|strong="G2889". But|strong="G1161" now|strong="G1161", once|strong="H6471" and|strong="G1161" for|strong="G1519" all|strong="G1161", at|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1519" close|strong="H5980" of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1519" age|strong="G2889", he|strong="G1161" has|strong="G2889" appeared|strong="G5319", in|strong="G1519" order|strong="H4616" to|strong="G1519" abolish|strong="H7665" sin|strong="H2403" by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1519" sacrifice|strong="G2378" of|strong="G1223" himself|strong="G1519". 
\verseNumber{27}And|strong="G2532", as|strong="G3745" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" ordained|strong="H4390" for|strong="G1161" people|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2532" die|strong="H4191" but|strong="G1161" once|strong="H6471" (death|strong="H4194" being|strong="G2532" followed|strong="H0310" by|strong="G2596" judgment|strong="G2920"), 
\verseNumber{28}so|strong="G3779" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" with|strong="G1537" the|strong="G2532" Christ|strong="G5547". He|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" offered|strong="G4374" up|strong="G1519" once|strong="H6471" and|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1519" all|strong="G2532", to|strong="G1519" bear|strong="G2532" away|strong="H5493" the|strong="G2532" sins|strong="H2403" of|strong="G1537" many|strong="G4183"; and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" second|strong="G1208" time|strong="G1208" he|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" appear|strong="G3708" – but|strong="G2532" without|strong="G5565" any|strong="G5565" burden|strong="H4853" of|strong="G1537" sin|strong="H2403" – to|strong="G1519" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" waiting|strong="H8104" for|strong="G1519" him|strong="G3588", to|strong="G1519" bring|strong="G2532" salvation|strong="G4991". 
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\chapterNumber{10}The|strong="G1519" Law|strong="G3551", though|strong="G1063" able|strong="G1410" to|strong="G1519" foreshadow the|strong="G1519" better|strong="H2896" system which|strong="G3739" was|strong="G3588" coming|strong="G4334", never|strong="G3756" had|strong="G2192" its|strong="H3605" actual substance|strong="H7399". Its|strong="H3605" priests|strong="H3548", with|strong="G2596" those|strong="G3588" sacrifices|strong="G2378" which|strong="G3739" they|strong="G3588" offer|strong="G4374" continuously|strong="H8548" year|strong="G1763" after|strong="G2596" year|strong="G1763", can|strong="G1410" never|strong="G3756" make|strong="G5048" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" come|strong="G3195" to|strong="G1519" worship|strong="H7812" perfect|strong="G5048". 
\verseNumber{2}Otherwise|strong="G1893", would|strong="G1893" not|strong="G3756" the|strong="G1223" offering|strong="G4374" of|strong="G1223" these|strong="G3588" sacrifices|strong="H2077" have|strong="G2192" been|strong="G2192" abandoned|strong="H5800", as|strong="G3756" the|strong="G1223" worshipers|strong="G3000", having|strong="G2192" been|strong="G2192" once|strong="H6471" purified|strong="G2511", would|strong="G1893" have|strong="G2192" had|strong="G2192" their|strong="G3588" consciences|strong="G4893" clear|strong="H5352" from|strong="G3756" sins|strong="H2403"? 
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H3588", on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" contrary|strong="G2596", these|strong="G1722" sacrifices|strong="H2077" recall|strong="H2142" their|strong="G2596" sins|strong="H2403" to|strong="G2596" mind|strong="H3820" year|strong="G1763" after|strong="G2596" year|strong="G1763". 
\verseNumber{4}For|strong="G1063" the|strong="G2532" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="G2532" bulls|strong="G5022" and|strong="G2532" goats|strong="G5131" is|strong="G2532" powerless|strong="H0369" to|strong="G2532" remove|strong="H5493" sins|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{5}That|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" why|strong="G1519", when|strong="G1161" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" coming|strong="G1525" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" world|strong="G2889", the|strong="G2532" Christ declared|strong="H5046" – 
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“Sacrifice|strong="G2378" and|strong="G2532" offering|strong="G4376" you|strong="G3004" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" desire|strong="G2309", but|strong="G1161" you|strong="G3004" provide|strong="H6213" for|strong="G1519" me|strong="G1473" a|strong="G2532" body|strong="G4983"; 
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\verseNumber{6}You|strong="G2532" take|strong="G2106" no|strong="G3756" pleasure|strong="G2106" in|strong="G2532" burnt|strong="G3646" offerings|strong="G3646" and|strong="G2532" sacrifices|strong="H2077" for|strong="G4012" sin|strong="H2403". 
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\verseNumber{7}So|strong="G4160" I|strong="G1473" said|strong="G3004", ‘See|strong="G3708", I|strong="G1473" have|strong="G1473" come’ (as|strong="G1722" is|strong="G3588" written|strong="G1125" of|strong="G4012" me|strong="G1473" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" pages of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G1722" book|strong="G3588"), 
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‘To|strong="G3004" do|strong="G4160" your|strong="G3708" will|strong="G2307", God|strong="G2316".’” 
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\verseNumber{8}First|strong="H7223" come|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" words|strong="G2532" – “You|strong="G3754" do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" desire|strong="G2309", nor|strong="G3761" do|strong="G2532" you|strong="G3754" take|strong="G2106" pleasure|strong="G2106" in|strong="G2596", sacrifices|strong="G2378", offerings|strong="G3646", burnt|strong="G3646" offerings|strong="G3646", and|strong="G2532" sacrifices|strong="G2378" for|strong="G3754" sin|strong="H2403"” (offerings|strong="G3646" regularly|strong="H8548" made|strong="G3756" under|strong="G3756" the|strong="G2532" Law|strong="G3551"), 
\verseNumber{9}and|strong="G2476" then|strong="G5119" there|strong="G3004" is|strong="G3588" added|strong="H3254" – “See|strong="G3708", I|strong="G2443" have|strong="G4160" come|strong="G2240" to|strong="G2443" do|strong="G4160" your|strong="G3708" will|strong="G2307".” The|strong="G3588" former|strong="G4413" sacrifices|strong="H2077" are|strong="G3588" set|strong="G2476" aside|strong="H5493" to|strong="G2443" be|strong="G2443" replaced|strong="H8478" by|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" latter|strong="H0319". 
\verseNumber{10}And|strong="G2424" it|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" fulfilment of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" will|strong="G2307" of|strong="G1223" God|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3739" we|strong="G3739" have|strong="G1510" been|strong="G1510" purified|strong="H2891" by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" sacrifice|strong="G4376", once|strong="G2178" and|strong="G2424" for|strong="G1223" all|strong="G1722", of|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1722" body|strong="G4983" of|strong="G1223" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547". 
\verseNumber{11}Every|strong="G3956" other|strong="G3588" priest|strong="G2409" stands|strong="G2476" day|strong="G2250" after|strong="G2596" day|strong="G2250" at|strong="G2596" his|strong="G3956" ministrations, and|strong="G2532" offers|strong="G4374" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G2532" sacrifices|strong="G2378" over|strong="G2596" and|strong="G2532" over|strong="G2596" again|strong="G2532" – sacrifices|strong="G2378" that|strong="G3588" can|strong="G1410" never|strong="G3763" take|strong="G1410" sins|strong="H2403" away|strong="G4014". 
\verseNumber{12}But|strong="G1161", this|strong="G3778" priest|strong="G4374", after|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" had|strong="G2316" offered|strong="G4374" one|strong="G1520" sacrifice|strong="G2378" for|strong="G1519" sins|strong="H2403", which|strong="G3588" should|strong="G2316" serve|strong="H5647" for|strong="G1519" all|strong="G1722" time|strong="G1336", “took|strong="G2523" his|strong="G1519" seat|strong="G2523" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" right|strong="G1188" hand|strong="G1188" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316",” 
\verseNumber{13}and|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2190" since|strong="G2193" then|strong="G3063" been|strong="H1961" waiting|strong="G1551" “for|strong="G1551" his|strong="G5087" enemies|strong="G2190" to|strong="G2193" be|strong="G3588" put|strong="G5087" as|strong="G2193" a|strong="G5087" stool|strong="G5286" for|strong="G1551" his|strong="G5087" feet|strong="G4228".” 
\verseNumber{14}By|strong="G1519" a|strong="G1519" single|strong="G1520" offering|strong="G4376" he|strong="G3588" has|strong="G1519" made|strong="G5048" perfect|strong="G5048" for|strong="G1063" all|strong="G3588" time|strong="G1336" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" being|strong="H1961" purified|strong="H2891". 
\verseNumber{15}We|strong="G2249" have|strong="G2532" also|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" testimony|strong="G3140" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G2532" Holy|strong="G4151" Spirit|strong="G4151". For|strong="G1063", after|strong="G3326" saying|strong="G3004" – 
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\verseNumber{16}“‘This|strong="G3778" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" covenant|strong="G1242" that|strong="G3739" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" make|strong="G1303" with|strong="G3326" them|strong="G3588" 
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after|strong="G3326" those|strong="G3588" days|strong="G2250",’ says|strong="G3004" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962"; 
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‘I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" impress|strong="H7760" my|strong="G1325" laws|strong="G3551" on|strong="G1909" their|strong="G1438" hearts|strong="G2588", 
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and|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" inscribe|strong="H2710" them|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1909" their|strong="G1438" minds|strong="G1271",’” 
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\verseNumber{17}then|strong="G2532" we|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" – 
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“And|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" sins|strong="H2403" and|strong="G2532" their|strong="G2532" iniquities|strong="H5771" I|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" no|strong="G3756" longer|strong="G2089" remember|strong="G3403".” 
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\verseNumber{18}And|strong="G1161", when|strong="G1161" these|strong="G3778" are|strong="G3778" forgiven|strong="H5545", there|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3778" no|strong="G3765" further|strong="G3765" need|strong="H4270" of|strong="G4012" an|strong="G1161" offering|strong="G4376" for|strong="G4012" sin|strong="H2403". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Encouragement|strong="H2388" and|strong="G1161" Warning|strong="H2094" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Encouragement|strong="H2388" and|strong="G1161" Warning|strong="H2094" }
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\verseNumber{19}Therefore|strong="G3767", friends|strong="H7453", since|strong="G2192" we|strong="G2192" may|strong="G2192" enter|strong="G1529" the|strong="G1722" sanctuary|strong="H6944" with|strong="G1722" confidence|strong="G3954", in|strong="G1722" virtue of|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G2424", 
\verseNumber{20}by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" way|strong="G3598" which|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" inaugurated|strong="G1457" for|strong="G1223" us|strong="G2249" – a|strong="G2532" new|strong="G4372" and|strong="G2532" living|strong="G2198" way|strong="G3598", a|strong="G2532" way|strong="G3598" through|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" sanctuary|strong="H6944" curtain|strong="G2665" (that|strong="G3739" is|strong="G1510", his|strong="G1223" human|strong="G4561" nature); 
\verseNumber{21}and|strong="G2532", since|strong="H3588" we|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1909" him|strong="G3588" “a|strong="G2532" great|strong="G3173" priest|strong="G2409" set|strong="G2532" over|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" house|strong="G3624" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316",” 
\verseNumber{22}let|strong="G2532" us|strong="G4334" draw|strong="G4334" near|strong="G4334" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" all|strong="G2532" sincerity|strong="H8549" of|strong="G2532" heart|strong="G2588" and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" perfect|strong="H8549" faith|strong="G4102", with|strong="G3326" our|strong="G2532" hearts|strong="G2588" purified|strong="H2891" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" sprinkled|strong="G4472" blood|strong="H1818" from|strong="G2532" all|strong="G2532" consciousness|strong="G4893" of|strong="G2532" wrong|strong="H7451", and|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3326" our|strong="G2532" bodies|strong="G4983" washed|strong="G3068" with|strong="G3326" pure|strong="G2513" water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{23}Let|strong="G1063" us|strong="H5414" maintain|strong="G2722" the|strong="G2532" confession|strong="G3671" of|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" hope|strong="G1680" unshaken, for|strong="G1063" he|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2532" given|strong="H5414" us|strong="H5414" his|strong="G2532" promise|strong="G1861" will|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" fail|strong="H3615" us|strong="H5414". 
\verseNumber{24}Let|strong="G2532" us|strong="G1519" vie with|strong="G2532" one|strong="G2657" another|strong="H0312" in|strong="G1519" a|strong="G2532" rivalry|strong="H7068" of|strong="G2532" love|strong="H0157" and|strong="G2532" noble|strong="H5081" actions|strong="G2041". 
\verseNumber{25}And|strong="G2532" let|strong="G2532" us|strong="H5414" not|strong="G3361", as|strong="G2531" some|strong="G5100" do|strong="G2532", cease|strong="H7673" to|strong="G2532" meet|strong="G3588" together|strong="G1997"; but|strong="G2532", on|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" contrary|strong="H7147", let|strong="G2532" us|strong="H5414" encourage|strong="G3870" one|strong="G5100" another|strong="G1438", and|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3745" the|strong="G2532" more|strong="G3123", now|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G1438" see|strong="H7200" the|strong="G2532" day|strong="G2250" drawing|strong="G1448" near|strong="G1448". 
\verseNumber{26}Remember|strong="H2142", if|strong="H0518" we|strong="G2249" sin|strong="H2403" wilfully|strong="G1596" after|strong="G3326" we|strong="G2249" have|strong="G1473" gained|strong="H1214" a|strong="G2983" full|strong="H4392" knowledge|strong="G1922" of|strong="G4012" the|strong="G3588" truth|strong="H0571", there|strong="G1063" can|strong="G1063" be|strong="G3588" no|strong="G3765" further|strong="G3765" sacrifice|strong="G2378" for|strong="G1063" sin|strong="H2403"; 
\verseNumber{27}there|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" only|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" fearful|strong="G5398" anticipation of|strong="G2532" judgment|strong="G2920", and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" burning|strong="G4442" indignation|strong="G2205" which|strong="G3588" will|strong="G3195" destroy|strong="H7843" all|strong="G2532" opponents|strong="H3401". 
\verseNumber{28}When|strong="G5100" someone|strong="G5100" disregarded|strong="H2498" the|strong="G1909" Law|strong="G3551" of|strong="G3551" Moses|strong="G3475", they|strong="G5100" were|strong="G5100", on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G1909" evidence|strong="H5612" of|strong="G3551" two|strong="G1417" or|strong="G2228" three|strong="G5140" witnesses|strong="G3144", put|strong="H5414" to|strong="G1909" death|strong="H4194" without|strong="G5565" pity|strong="H2347". 
\verseNumber{29}How|strong="G4214" much|strong="G4214" worse|strong="G5501" then|strong="G2532", think|strong="G1380" you|strong="G3739", will|strong="G2316" be|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" punishment|strong="G5098" deserved|strong="H1576" by|strong="G1722" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" trampled|strong="G2662" underfoot|strong="H7272" the|strong="G1722" Son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" God|strong="G2316", who|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" treated|strong="H3190" the|strong="G1722" blood|strong="H1818" that|strong="G3739" rendered|strong="H7725" the|strong="G1722" covenant|strong="G1242" valid|strong="H1961" – the|strong="G1722" blood|strong="H1818" by|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" purified|strong="H2891" – as|strong="G1722" if|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" were|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3739" holy|strong="G4151", and|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2532" outraged the|strong="G1722" Spirit|strong="G4151" of|strong="G5207" love|strong="H0157"? 
\verseNumber{30}We|strong="G1063" know|strong="G1492" who|strong="G3588" it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" that|strong="G3588" said|strong="G3004" – 
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“It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1063" me|strong="G1473" to|strong="G2532" avenge|strong="G1557", I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" requite|strong="H5414"”; 
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and|strong="G2532" again|strong="G3825" – 
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“The|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962" will|strong="G2532" judge|strong="G2919" his|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992".” 
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\verseNumber{31}It|strong="G1519" is|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1519" fearful|strong="G5398" thing|strong="G5398" to|strong="G1519" fall|strong="G1706" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" hands|strong="G5495" of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G1519" living|strong="G2198" God|strong="G2316". 
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\verseNumber{32}Call|strong="H7121" to|strong="G1722" mind|strong="H3820" those|strong="G3588" early|strong="H7925" days|strong="G2250" in|strong="G1722" which|strong="G3739", after|strong="G1161" you|strong="G3739" had|strong="G3739" received|strong="H3947" the|strong="G1722" light|strong="G5461", you|strong="G3739" patiently|strong="G5278" underwent a|strong="G1722" long|strong="G4183" and|strong="G1161" painful|strong="G1722" conflict|strong="H7379". 
\verseNumber{33}Sometimes|strong="H3426", in|strong="G2532" consequence of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" taunts|strong="H2778" and|strong="G2532" injuries heaped on|strong="G1161" you|strong="G3779", you|strong="G3779" became|strong="G1096" a|strong="G1096" public|strong="G2301" spectacle|strong="G2301"; and|strong="G2532" sometimes|strong="H3426" you|strong="G3779" suffered|strong="H5414" through|strong="G2301" having|strong="G2532" shown|strong="H7200" yourselves|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" the|strong="G2532" friends|strong="H7453" of|strong="G2532" people|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G3778" position|strong="H3678" in|strong="G2532" which|strong="G3588" you|strong="G3779" had|strong="G2532" been|strong="G1096". 
\verseNumber{34}For|strong="G1063" you|strong="G5210" not|strong="G2532" only|strong="G2532" sympathised with|strong="G3326" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" in|strong="G2532" prison|strong="H1004", but|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" even|strong="G2532" took|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" confiscation|strong="H6065" of|strong="G2532" your|strong="G2192" possessions|strong="G5225" joyfully|strong="G5479", knowing|strong="G1097", as|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" did|strong="G2532", that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" had|strong="G2192" in|strong="G2532" yourselves|strong="G1438" a|strong="G2192" greater|strong="G4771" possession|strong="G5223" and|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2192" lasting|strong="G3306" one|strong="G1438". 
\verseNumber{35}Do|strong="G2192" not|strong="G3361", therefore|strong="G3767", abandon|strong="H5800" the|strong="G3588" confidence|strong="G3954" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G5210" have|strong="G2192" gained|strong="H1214", for|strong="G3361" it|strong="G3588" has|strong="G2192" a|strong="G2192" great|strong="G3173" reward|strong="G3405" awaiting it|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{36}You|strong="G4160" still|strong="H5750" have|strong="G2192" need|strong="G5532" of|strong="G2316" patient|strong="G5281" endurance|strong="G5281", in|strong="G2316" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443", when|strong="G4160" you|strong="G4160" have|strong="G2192" done|strong="G4160" God’s|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2307", you|strong="G4160" may|strong="G2443" obtain|strong="G2192" the|strong="G3588" fulfilment of|strong="G2316" his|strong="G4160" promise|strong="G1860". 
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\verseNumber{37}“For|strong="G1063" there|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" indeed|strong="G2532" but|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" very|strong="G2532" little|strong="G3398" while|strong="G3398" 
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before|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" coming|strong="G2064" will|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" come|strong="G2064", without|strong="G2532" delay|strong="G5549"; 
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\verseNumber{38}and|strong="G2532" through|strong="G1722" faith|strong="G4102" the|strong="G1722" righteous|strong="G1342" will|strong="G2532" find|strong="H4672" life|strong="G5590", 
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but|strong="G1161", if|strong="G1437" anyone|strong="G1437" draws|strong="H7138" back|strong="G5288", my|strong="G1722" heart|strong="G5590" can|strong="H4310" find|strong="H4672" no|strong="G3756" pleasure|strong="G2106" in|strong="G1722" them|strong="G3588".” 
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\verseNumber{39}But|strong="G1161" we|strong="G2249" do|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" belong|strong="G1510" to|strong="G1519" those|strong="G1161" who|strong="G3756" draw|strong="H7579" back|strong="G1519", to|strong="G1519" their|strong="G1519" ruin|strong="H2723", but|strong="G1161" to|strong="G1519" those|strong="G1161" who|strong="G3756" have|strong="G1473" faith|strong="G4102", to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" saving|strong="G4047" of|strong="G4102" their|strong="G1519" souls|strong="G5590". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Heroes of Faith }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Heroes of Faith }
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\chapterNumber{11}Faith|strong="G4102" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G1161" realisation of|strong="G4102" things|strong="G4229" hoped|strong="G1679" for|strong="G1161" – the|strong="G1161" proof|strong="G4102" of|strong="G4102" things|strong="G4229" not|strong="G3756" seen|strong="H7200". 
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="G3588" it|strong="G1063" was|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1063" faith|strong="H0539" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" people|strong="G3588" of|strong="G1722" old|strong="G4245" were|strong="G3588" renowned|strong="H7121". 
\verseNumber{3}Faith|strong="G4102" enables us|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" perceive|strong="G3539" that|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1519" universe was|strong="G1096" created|strong="H1254" at|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" bidding|strong="H1697" of|strong="G1537" God|strong="G2316" – so|strong="G1519" that|strong="G3588" we|strong="G4102" know|strong="G1537" that|strong="G3588" what|strong="G3588" we|strong="G4102" see|strong="G3539" was|strong="G1096" not|strong="G3361" made|strong="G1096" out|strong="G1537" of|strong="G1537" visible|strong="G5316" things|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{4}Faith|strong="G4102" made|strong="G2316" the|strong="G2532" sacrifice|strong="G2378" which|strong="G3739" Abel|strong="H1893" offered|strong="G4374" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" a|strong="G2532" better|strong="G4183" sacrifice|strong="G2378" than|strong="G3844" Cain’s|strong="G2535", and|strong="G2532" won|strong="H1589" him|strong="G3588" renown|strong="H8034" as|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" righteous|strong="G1342" man|strong="G1342", God|strong="G2316" himself|strong="H5315" establishing|strong="H5975" his|strong="G1223" renown|strong="H8034" by|strong="G1223" accepting his|strong="G1223" gifts|strong="G1435"; and|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G2532" example|strong="H7045" of|strong="G1223" his|strong="G1223" faith|strong="G4102" that|strong="G3739" Abel|strong="H1893", though|strong="G2532" dead|strong="H4191", still|strong="G2089" speaks|strong="G2980". 
\verseNumber{5}Faith|strong="G4102" led|strong="H1980" to|strong="G2532" Enoch’s removal from|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G2532", so|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" experience|strong="H7200" death|strong="G2288". “He|strong="G2532" could|strong="G2147" not|strong="G3756" be|strong="G2532" found|strong="G2147" because|strong="G1063" God|strong="G2316" had|strong="G2532" removed|strong="G3346" him|strong="G3588".” For|strong="G1063", before|strong="G4253" his|strong="G3708" removal, he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" renowned|strong="H7121" as|strong="G2532" having|strong="G2532" pleased|strong="G2100" God|strong="G2316"; 
\verseNumber{6}but|strong="G1161" without|strong="G5565" faith|strong="G4102" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G1510" impossible|strong="H1219" to|strong="G2532" please|strong="G2100" him|strong="G3588", for|strong="G1063" he|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" comes|strong="G1096" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" must|strong="G1163" believe|strong="G4100" that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" exists|strong="H1961", and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" rewards|strong="H5023" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" seek|strong="G1567" for|strong="G1063" him|strong="G3588". 
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\verseNumber{7}It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G1096" faith|strong="G4102" that|strong="G3739" enabled|strong="H5414" Noah|strong="G3575", after|strong="G2596" he|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2532" received|strong="H3947" the|strong="G2532" divine|strong="H7080" warning|strong="H2094" about|strong="G4012" what|strong="G3739" could|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3739" then|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1096" foreseen, to|strong="G1519" build|strong="H1129", in|strong="G1519" reverent obedience|strong="H3584", an|strong="G2532" ark|strong="G2787" in|strong="G1519" which|strong="G3739" to|strong="G1519" save|strong="H3467" his|strong="G1223" family|strong="G3624". By|strong="G1223" his|strong="G1223" faith|strong="G4102" he|strong="G2532" condemned|strong="G2632" the|strong="G2532" world|strong="G2889", and|strong="G2532" became|strong="G1096" possessed|strong="H3423" of|strong="G4012" that|strong="G3739" righteousness|strong="G1343" which|strong="G3739" follows|strong="H3652" on|strong="G1519" faith|strong="G4102". 
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\verseNumber{8}It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3739" faith|strong="G4102" that|strong="G3739" enabled|strong="H5414" Abraham|strong="H0085" to|strong="G1519" obey|strong="G5219" the|strong="G2532" call|strong="G2564" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" received|strong="G2983", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G1519" set|strong="G2532" out|strong="G1831" for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" place|strong="G5117" which|strong="G3739" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3739" afterwards|strong="G3195" to|strong="G1519" obtain|strong="G2983" as|strong="G1519" his|strong="G1519" own|strong="H1961"; and|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" set|strong="G2532" out|strong="G1831" not|strong="G3361" knowing|strong="G1987" where|strong="G4226" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3739" going|strong="G3195". 
\verseNumber{9}It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" faith|strong="G4102" that|strong="G3588" made|strong="G4102" him|strong="G3588" go|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" live|strong="G2730" as|strong="G5613" an|strong="G2532" emigrant in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" promised|strong="G1860" land|strong="G1093" – as|strong="G5613" in|strong="G1722" a|strong="G5613" strange|strong="H2114" country|strong="G1093" – living|strong="G2730" there|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1722" tents|strong="G4633" with|strong="G3326" Isaac|strong="G2464" and|strong="G2532" Jacob|strong="G2384", who|strong="G3588" shared|strong="H2267" the|strong="G1722" promise|strong="G1860" with|strong="G3326" him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{10}For|strong="G1063" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" looking|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172" with|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" sure|strong="H0539" foundations|strong="G2310", whose|strong="G3739" architect|strong="G5079" and|strong="G2532" builder|strong="G1217" is|strong="G3588" God|strong="G2316". 
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\verseNumber{11}Again|strong="G1519", it|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" faith|strong="G4102" that|strong="G3588" enabled|strong="H5414" Sarah|strong="G4564" to|strong="G1519" conceive|strong="G2602" (though|strong="G2532" she|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" past|strong="G3844" the|strong="G2532" age|strong="G2244" for|strong="G1519" childbearing|strong="H0734"), because|strong="G1893" she|strong="G2532" felt|strong="H4959" sure|strong="G4103" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" given|strong="H5414" her|strong="G1519" the|strong="G2532" promise|strong="G1861" would|strong="G2532" not|strong="G2532" fail|strong="H3615" her|strong="G1519". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" from|strong="G3844" one|strong="G1520" man|strong="G3778" – and|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3588" when|strong="G5613" his|strong="G2532" powers were|strong="G3588" dead|strong="G3499" – there|strong="G2532" sprang|strong="G1352" a|strong="G5613" people|strong="G4128" as|strong="G5613" numerous|strong="H7227" “as|strong="G5613" the|strong="G2532" stars|strong="H3556" in|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" heavens|strong="G3772" or|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" countless|strong="H0369" grains|strong="H4579" of|strong="G2532" sand|strong="H2344" on|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" shore|strong="G5491".” 
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\verseNumber{13}All|strong="G3956" these|strong="G3778" died|strong="G3588" sustained|strong="H5564" by|strong="G2596" faith|strong="G4102". They|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" obtain|strong="G2983" the|strong="G2532" promised|strong="G1860" blessings|strong="H1293", but|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" them|strong="G3588" from|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" distance|strong="G4207" and|strong="G2532" welcomed|strong="H8085" the|strong="G2532" sight|strong="G3588", and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" acknowledged|strong="G3670" themselves|strong="G1438" to|strong="G2532" be|strong="G1510" only|strong="G2532" foreigners|strong="G3581" and|strong="G2532" strangers|strong="G3581" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093". 
\verseNumber{14}Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" speak|strong="G3004" like|strong="G5108" this|strong="G3588" show|strong="H7200" plainly|strong="G1718" that|strong="G3754" they|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" seeking|strong="G1934" their|strong="G3588" homeland. 
\verseNumber{15}If|strong="G1487" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2192" been|strong="G2192" thinking|strong="G3421" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" land|strong="H0776" that|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" had|strong="G2192" left|strong="H7604", they|strong="G2532" could|strong="G2192" have|strong="G2192" found|strong="G3303" opportunities to|strong="G2532" return|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{16}But|strong="G1161" no|strong="G3756", they|strong="G1161" were|strong="G1510" longing|strong="G3713" for|strong="G1063" a|strong="G1510" better|strong="G2909", a|strong="G1510" heavenly|strong="G2032", land|strong="H0776"! And|strong="G1161" therefore|strong="G1352" God|strong="G2316" was|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" ashamed|strong="G1870" to|strong="G3756" be|strong="G1510" called|strong="G1941" their|strong="G1438" God|strong="G2316"; indeed|strong="G1063" he|strong="G1161" had|strong="G2316" already|strong="H3528" prepared|strong="G2090" them|strong="G3588" a|strong="G1510" city|strong="G4172". 
\verseNumber{17}It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" faith|strong="G4102" that|strong="G3588" enabled|strong="H5414" Abraham|strong="H0085", when|strong="G2532" put|strong="G3985" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" test|strong="G3985", to|strong="G2532" offer|strong="G4374" Isaac|strong="G2464" as|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" sacrifice|strong="H2077" – he|strong="G2532" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G2532" received|strong="H3947" the|strong="G2532" promises|strong="G1860" offering|strong="G4374" up|strong="G4374" his|strong="G2532" only|strong="G3439" son|strong="H1121", 
\verseNumber{18}of|strong="G1722" whom|strong="G3739" it|strong="G3754" had|strong="G3739" been|strong="H1961" said|strong="G2980" – 
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“It|strong="G3754" is|strong="G3739" through|strong="G1722" Isaac|strong="G2464" that|strong="G3754" there|strong="G3754" will|strong="G3739" be|strong="G4690" descendants|strong="G4690" to|strong="G4314" bear|strong="H5375" your|strong="G1722" name|strong="G2564".” 
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\verseNumber{19}For|strong="G3754" he|strong="G2532" argued that|strong="G3754" God|strong="G2316" was|strong="G3588" even|strong="G2532" able|strong="G1415" to|strong="G2532" raise|strong="G1453" a|strong="G2532" man|strong="G3498" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" dead|strong="G3498" – and|strong="G2532" indeed|strong="G2532", figuratively speaking|strong="H1696", Abraham|strong="H0085" did|strong="G2532" receive|strong="G2865" Isaac|strong="H3327" back|strong="G2865" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" dead|strong="G3498". 
\verseNumber{20}It|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" faith|strong="G4102" that|strong="G3588" enabled|strong="H5414" Isaac|strong="G2464" to|strong="G2532" bless|strong="G2127" Jacob|strong="G2384" and|strong="G2532" Esau|strong="G2269", even|strong="G2532" with|strong="G2532" regard|strong="G4012" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" future|strong="G3195". 
\verseNumber{21}Faith|strong="G4102" enabled|strong="H5414" Jacob|strong="G2384", when|strong="G2532" dying|strong="H0006", to|strong="G2532" give|strong="H5414" his|strong="G1909" blessing|strong="G2127" to|strong="G2532" each|strong="G1538" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G2532" sons|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" Joseph|strong="G2501", and|strong="G2532" “to|strong="G2532" bow|strong="G4352" himself|strong="G4352" in|strong="G1909" worship|strong="G4352" as|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" leant on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" top|strong="H7218" of|strong="G5207" his|strong="G1909" staff|strong="G4464".” 
\verseNumber{22}Faith|strong="G4102" caused|strong="H5414" Joseph|strong="G2501", when|strong="G2532" his|strong="G4012" end|strong="H7093" was|strong="G3588" near|strong="H7126", to|strong="G2532" speak|strong="G4012" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G2532" future|strong="H0319" migration|strong="H0935" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G2532" Israelites|strong="H3478", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" give|strong="G1781" instructions|strong="H1697" with|strong="G2532" regard|strong="G4012" to|strong="G2532" his|strong="G4012" bones|strong="G3747". 
\verseNumber{23}Faith|strong="G4102" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="G2532" parents|strong="G3962" of|strong="G5259" Moses|strong="G3475" to|strong="G2532" hide|strong="G2928" the|strong="G2532" child|strong="G3813" for|strong="G1360" three|strong="G5150" months|strong="G5150" after|strong="G2532" his|strong="G3708" birth|strong="G1080", for|strong="G1360" they|strong="G2532" saw|strong="G3708" that|strong="G3588" he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" a|strong="G2532" beautiful|strong="H3303" child|strong="G3813"; and|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" would|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" respect|strong="G5399" the|strong="G2532" king’s|strong="H4428" order|strong="H4616". 
\verseNumber{24}It|strong="G1096" was|strong="G1096" faith|strong="G4102" that|strong="G3004" caused|strong="H5414" Moses|strong="G3475", when|strong="G1096" he|strong="G3004" was|strong="G1096" grown|strong="G3173" up|strong="H5927", to|strong="G3004" refuse|strong="H3985" the|strong="G3004" title|strong="H3655" of|strong="G5207" “son|strong="G5207" of|strong="G5207" a|strong="G1096" daughter|strong="G2364" of|strong="G5207" Pharaoh|strong="G5328".” 
\verseNumber{25}He|strong="G3588" preferred|strong="H5330" sharing|strong="H2161" the|strong="G3588" hardships of|strong="G2316" God’s|strong="G2316" people|strong="G2992" to|strong="G2228" enjoying the|strong="G3588" short-lived|strong="H7116" pleasures|strong="H5273" of|strong="G2316" sin|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{26}For|strong="G1063" he|strong="G3588" counted|strong="G2233" “the|strong="G1519" reproaches|strong="G3680" that|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" heaped on|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" Christ|strong="G5547"” of|strong="G3588" greater|strong="G3173" value|strong="H6186" than|strong="G3173" the|strong="G1519" treasures|strong="G2344" of|strong="G3588" Egypt|strong="H4714", looking|strong="H2370" forward|strong="G1519", as|strong="G1519" he|strong="G3588" did|strong="G3588", to|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" reward|strong="G3405" awaiting him|strong="G3588". 
\verseNumber{27}Faith|strong="G4102" caused|strong="H5414" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3361" leave|strong="G2641" Egypt|strong="H4714", though|strong="G5613" undaunted by|strong="G1063" the|strong="G3588" king’s|strong="H4428" anger|strong="G2372", for|strong="G1063" he|strong="G3588" was|strong="G3588" strengthened|strong="H2388" in|strong="G4102" his|strong="G3708" endurance by|strong="G1063" the|strong="G3588" vision|strong="H2377" of|strong="G4102" the|strong="G3588" invisible God|strong="G3361". 
\verseNumber{28}Faith|strong="G4102" led|strong="H1980" him|strong="G3588" to|strong="G2443" institute the|strong="G2532" Passover|strong="G3957" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" sprinkling|strong="G4378" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" blood|strong="H1818", so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" the|strong="G2532" Destroyer|strong="H7703" might|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" touch|strong="G2345" the|strong="G2532" eldest|strong="H1419" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Israelites|strong="H3478". 
\verseNumber{29}Faith|strong="G4102" enabled|strong="H5414" the|strong="G1223" people|strong="G2983" to|strong="G1093" cross|strong="H5674" the|strong="G1223" Red|strong="G2063" Sea|strong="G2281", as|strong="G5613" if|strong="G5613" it|strong="G3739" had|strong="G3739" been|strong="G5613" dry|strong="G3584" land|strong="G1093", while|strong="G5613" the|strong="G1223" Egyptians|strong="H4714", when|strong="G5613" they|strong="G3588" attempted|strong="G3984" to|strong="G1093" do|strong="G2983" so|strong="G1223", were|strong="G3588" drowned|strong="G2666". 
\verseNumber{30}Faith|strong="G4102" caused|strong="H5414" the|strong="G1909" walls|strong="G5038" of|strong="G2250" Jericho|strong="G2410" to|strong="G1909" fall|strong="G4098" after|strong="G1909" being|strong="G1909" encircled|strong="G2944" for|strong="G1909" seven|strong="G2033" days|strong="G2250". 
\verseNumber{31}Faith|strong="G4102" saved|strong="H3467" Rahab|strong="G4460", the|strong="G3588" prostitute|strong="G4204", from|strong="G1515" perishing|strong="H0006" with|strong="G3326" the|strong="G3588" unbelievers, after|strong="G3326" she|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3588" entertained|strong="H6711" the|strong="G3588" spies|strong="G2685" with|strong="G3326" friendliness. 
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\verseNumber{32}Need|strong="H4270" I|strong="G1473" add|strong="H3254" anything|strong="G5101" more|strong="G2089"? Time|strong="G5550" would|strong="G2532" fail|strong="G1952" me|strong="G1473" if|strong="G2532" I|strong="G1473" attempted|strong="H3909" to|strong="G2532" relate|strong="G1334" the|strong="G2532" stories|strong="H3330" of|strong="G4012" Gideon|strong="G1066", Barak|strong="H1301", Samson|strong="G4546", and|strong="G2532" Jephthah|strong="G2422", and|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" of|strong="G4012" David|strong="G1138", Samuel|strong="G4545", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" prophets|strong="G4396". 
\verseNumber{33}By|strong="G1223" their|strong="G1223" faith|strong="G4102" they|strong="G3739" subdued|strong="G2610" kingdoms|strong="H4467", ruled|strong="H4427" righteously|strong="G1343", gained|strong="G2013" the|strong="G1223" fulfilment of|strong="G1223" God’s|strong="H0430" promises|strong="G1860", shut|strong="G5420" the|strong="G1223" mouths|strong="G4750" of|strong="G1223" lions|strong="G3023", 
\verseNumber{34}quelled the|strong="G1722" fury|strong="H2534" of|strong="G1411" the|strong="G1722" flames|strong="H3852", escaped|strong="G5343" the|strong="G1722" edge|strong="G4750" of|strong="G1411" the|strong="G1722" sword|strong="G3162", found|strong="G1096" strength|strong="G1411" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" hour|strong="H8160" of|strong="G1411" weakness|strong="H4816", displayed|strong="H5127" their|strong="G1722" prowess in|strong="G1722" war|strong="G4171", and|strong="G1411" routed|strong="H2000" hostile|strong="H7489" armies|strong="G3925". 
\verseNumber{35}Women|strong="G1135" received|strong="G2983" back|strong="G2983" their|strong="G3588" dead|strong="G3498" raised|strong="G3498" to|strong="G2443" life|strong="H5315". Some|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" tortured|strong="G5178" on|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" wheel|strong="H0212", and|strong="G1161" refused|strong="G3756" release|strong="H7971" in|strong="G1537" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G1161" might|strong="H1369" rise|strong="H6965" to|strong="G2443" a|strong="G2983" better|strong="G2909" life|strong="H5315". 
\verseNumber{36}Others|strong="G2087" had|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" face|strong="H6440" taunts|strong="H2778" and|strong="G2532" blows|strong="H4112", and|strong="G2532" even|strong="G2532" chains|strong="G1199" and|strong="G2532" imprisonment|strong="G1199". 
\verseNumber{37}They|strong="G1722" were|strong="H0834" stoned|strong="G3034" to|strong="G1722" death|strong="H4194", they|strong="G1722" were|strong="H0834" tortured, they|strong="G1722" were|strong="H0834" swan|strong="H8580" asunder|strong="G4249", they|strong="G1722" were|strong="H0834" put|strong="G3985" to|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" sword|strong="G3162"; they|strong="G1722" wandered|strong="H8582" about|strong="G1722" clothed|strong="H3847" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" skins|strong="G1192" of|strong="G1722" sheep|strong="H6629" or|strong="H0176" goats|strong="H5795", destitute|strong="G5302", persecuted|strong="H7291", ill-used – 
\verseNumber{38}people|strong="G1510" of|strong="G2532" whom|strong="G3739" the|strong="G2532" world|strong="G2889" was|strong="G1510" not|strong="G3756" worthy|strong="H4941" – roaming|strong="H7751" in|strong="G1909" lonely|strong="H3173" places|strong="H1116", and|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" mountains|strong="G3735", and|strong="G2532" in|strong="G1909" caves|strong="G4693" and|strong="G2532" holes|strong="G3692" in|strong="G1909" the|strong="G2532" ground|strong="G1093". 
\verseNumber{39}Yet|strong="G2532", though|strong="G2532" they|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" won|strong="H1589" renown|strong="H8034" by|strong="G1223" their|strong="G2532" faith|strong="G4102", they|strong="G2532" did|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" obtain|strong="H5381" the|strong="G2532" final|strong="H0319" fulfilment of|strong="G1223" God’s|strong="H0430" promise|strong="G1860"; 
\verseNumber{40}since|strong="H3588" God|strong="G2316" had|strong="G2316" in|strong="G2316" view|strong="H7200" some|strong="G5100" better|strong="G2909" thing|strong="G5100" for|strong="G4012" us|strong="G2249", so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G3588" would|strong="G2316" only|strong="H0389" reach|strong="G5048" perfection|strong="H8502" together|strong="H3162" with|strong="G2316" us|strong="G2249". 
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\chapterNumber{12}Seeing|strong="G1223", therefore|strong="G1223", that|strong="G3588" there|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" on|strong="G3588" every|strong="G3956" side|strong="G3956" of|strong="G1223" us|strong="G2249" such|strong="G5118" a|strong="G2192" throng|strong="H1980" of|strong="G1223" witnesses|strong="G3144", let|strong="G2192" us|strong="G2249" also|strong="G2532" lay|strong="H7901" aside|strong="H5493" everything|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3588" hinders us|strong="G2249", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" sin|strong="H2403" that|strong="G3588" clings|strong="H1692" about|strong="G3588" us|strong="G2249", and|strong="G2532" run|strong="G5143" with|strong="G1223" patient|strong="G5281" endurance|strong="G5281" the|strong="G2532" race|strong="H4793" that|strong="G3588" lies|strong="H3577" before|strong="G4295" us|strong="G2249", 
\verseNumber{2}our|strong="G2316" eyes|strong="H5869" fixed|strong="H3559" on|strong="G1722" Jesus|strong="G2424", the|strong="G1722" leader|strong="H5387" and|strong="G2532" perfect|strong="H8549" example|strong="H7045" of|strong="G2316" our|strong="G2316" faith|strong="G4102", who|strong="G3739", for|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1722" joy|strong="G5479" that|strong="G3739" lay|strong="H7901" before|strong="G1722" him|strong="G3588", endured|strong="G5278" the|strong="G1722" cross|strong="G4716", heedless of|strong="G2316" its|strong="H3605" shame|strong="H0954", and|strong="G2532" now|strong="G2532" “has|strong="G2316" taken|strong="G2523" his|strong="G1519" seat|strong="G2523" at|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" right|strong="G1188" hand|strong="G1188"” of|strong="G2316" the|strong="G1722" throne|strong="G2362" of|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{3}Weigh|strong="H8254" well|strong="G1063" the|strong="G1519" example|strong="H7045" of|strong="G5259" him|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" had|strong="G3588" to|strong="G1519" endure|strong="G5278" such|strong="G5108" opposition|strong="H8569" from|strong="G5259" “people|strong="G5590" who|strong="G3588" were|strong="G3588" sinning|strong="H2398" against|strong="G1519" themselves|strong="G1438",” so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" you|strong="G5210" should|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3361" grow|strong="G2577" weary|strong="G1590" or|strong="G3361" faint-hearted. 
\verseNumber{4}You|strong="H0859" have|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3768" yet|strong="G3768", in|strong="G4314" your|strong="G3588" struggle|strong="H5327" with|strong="G4314" sin|strong="H2403", resisted to|strong="G4314" the|strong="G4314" death|strong="H4194"; 
\verseNumber{5}and|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" have|strong="G2532" forgotten|strong="G1585" the|strong="G2532" encouraging words|strong="G2532" which|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" addressed|strong="G1256" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210" as|strong="G5613" God’s|strong="H0430" children|strong="G5207" – 
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“My|strong="G1473" child|strong="G5207", think|strong="H2803" not|strong="G3361" lightly|strong="G3643" of|strong="G5207" the|strong="G2532" Lord’s|strong="G2962" discipline|strong="G3809", 
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do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" despond when|strong="G5613" he|strong="G2532" rebukes|strong="H8433" you|strong="G5210"; 
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\verseNumber{6}For|strong="G1063" it|strong="G1161" is|strong="G3739" him|strong="G3739" whom|strong="G3739" he|strong="G1161" loves|strong="H0157" that|strong="G3739" he|strong="G1161" disciplines|strong="G3811", 
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and|strong="G1161" he|strong="G1161" chastises|strong="G3146" every|strong="G3956" child|strong="G5207" whom|strong="G3739" he|strong="G1161" acknowledges|strong="H5234".” 
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\verseNumber{7}It|strong="G1063" is|strong="G3588" for|strong="G1063" your|strong="G3588" discipline|strong="G3809" that|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" have|strong="G5210" to|strong="G1519" endure|strong="G5278" all|strong="G3588" this|strong="G3588". God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G3588" dealing with|strong="G2316" you|strong="G5210" as|strong="G5613" his|strong="G1519" children|strong="G5207". For|strong="G1063" where|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" there|strong="G1063" a|strong="G5613" child|strong="G5207" whom|strong="G3739" his|strong="G1519" father|strong="G3962" does|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3756" discipline|strong="G3809"? 
\verseNumber{8}If|strong="G1487" you|strong="G3739" are|strong="G1510" left|strong="H7604" without|strong="G5565" that|strong="G3739" discipline|strong="G3809", in|strong="G2532" which|strong="G3739" all|strong="G3956" children|strong="G5207" share|strong="H2506", it|strong="G2532" shows|strong="H6213" that|strong="G3739" you|strong="G3739" are|strong="G1510" bastards|strong="G3541", and|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" true|strong="H0571" children|strong="G5207". 
\verseNumber{9}Further|strong="G4183", when|strong="G2532" our|strong="G2532" earthly|strong="G4561" fathers|strong="G3962" disciplined|strong="H3256" us|strong="G2249", we|strong="G2249" respected|strong="G1788" them|strong="G3588". Should|strong="G3588" we|strong="G2249" not|strong="G3756", then|strong="G2532", much|strong="G4183" rather|strong="G3123" yield|strong="H5414" submission|strong="H1844" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" Father|strong="G3962" of|strong="G4151" souls|strong="H5315", and|strong="G2532" live|strong="G2198"? 
\verseNumber{10}Our|strong="G2596" fathers|strong="H0001" disciplined|strong="G3811" us|strong="G1519" for|strong="G1063" only|strong="G3303" a|strong="G1519" short|strong="G3641" time|strong="G2250" and|strong="G1161" as|strong="G1519" seemed|strong="G1380" best|strong="G1380" to|strong="G1519" them|strong="G3588"; but|strong="G1161" God|strong="G4314" disciplines|strong="G3811" us|strong="G1519" for|strong="G1063" our|strong="G2596" true|strong="G3588" good|strong="G1380", to|strong="G1519" enable|strong="H7980" us|strong="G1519" to|strong="G1519" share|strong="G3335" his|strong="G1519" holiness|strong="H6944". 
\verseNumber{11}No|strong="G3756" discipline|strong="G3809" is|strong="G1510" pleasant|strong="H2532" at|strong="G4314" the|strong="G3956" time|strong="H6256"; on|strong="G1161" the|strong="G3956" contrary|strong="G3303", it|strong="G1161" is|strong="G1510" painful|strong="G3077". But|strong="G1161" afterwards|strong="G5305" its|strong="G3956" fruit|strong="G2590" is|strong="G1510" seen|strong="H7200" in|strong="G3956" the|strong="G3956" peacefulness of|strong="G1223" a|strong="G1510" righteous|strong="H6662" life|strong="H5315" which|strong="G3588" is|strong="G1510" the|strong="G3956" lot|strong="H1486" of|strong="G1223" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" have|strong="G1510" been|strong="G1510" trained|strong="G1128" under|strong="G1223" it|strong="G1161". 
\verseNumber{12}Therefore|strong="G1352" “lift|strong="G1352" again|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" down-dropped hands|strong="G5495" and|strong="G2532" straighten|strong="H8626" the|strong="G2532" weakened|strong="H7503" knees|strong="G1119"; 
\verseNumber{13}make|strong="G4160" straight|strong="G3717" paths|strong="G5163" for|strong="G1161" your|strong="G2532" feet|strong="G4228",” so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" the|strong="G2532" lame|strong="G5560" limb|strong="H1917" may|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" be|strong="G2532" put|strong="G4160" out|strong="G2532" of|strong="G2532" joint|strong="G1624", but|strong="G1161" rather|strong="G3123" be|strong="G2532" cured|strong="G2390". 

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\verseNumber{14}Try|strong="H0974" earnestly|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" live|strong="G2532" at|strong="G3588" peace|strong="G1515" with|strong="G3326" everyone|strong="G3956", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" attain|strong="H0935" to|strong="G2532" that|strong="G3739" purity|strong="H2893" without|strong="G5565" which|strong="G3739" no|strong="G3762" one|strong="G3762" will|strong="G2532" see|strong="G3708" the|strong="G2532" Lord|strong="G2962". 
\verseNumber{15}Take|strong="G2316" care|strong="H3027" that|strong="G3588" no|strong="G3361" one|strong="G5100" fails|strong="H3615" to|strong="G2532" use|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" loving|strong="H0157" help|strong="H5826" of|strong="G1223" God|strong="G2316", “that|strong="G3588" no|strong="G3361" bitterness|strong="G4088" is|strong="G3588" allowed|strong="H5414" to|strong="G2532" take|strong="G2316" root|strong="G4491" and|strong="G2532" spring|strong="H6779" up|strong="G3361", and|strong="G2532" cause|strong="G1223" trouble|strong="G1776",” and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" poison|strong="H2534" the|strong="G2532" whole|strong="H3605" community|strong="H5712". 
\verseNumber{16}Take|strong="H3947" care|strong="H3027" that|strong="G3739" no|strong="G3361" one|strong="G1520" becomes|strong="G4205" immoral|strong="G4205", or|strong="G2228" irreligious like|strong="G5613" Esau|strong="G2269", who|strong="G3739" sold|strong="H4376" his|strong="G1438" birthright|strong="G4415" for|strong="G1520" a|strong="G5613" single|strong="G1520" meal|strong="G1035". 
\verseNumber{17}For|strong="G1063" you|strong="G3754" know|strong="G1492" that|strong="G3754" even|strong="G2532" afterwards|strong="G3347", when|strong="G2532" he|strong="G2532" wished|strong="G2309" to|strong="G2532" claim|strong="H0589" his|strong="G1438" father’s|strong="H0001" blessing|strong="G2129", he|strong="G2532" was|strong="G3588" rejected|strong="H3988" – for|strong="G1063" he|strong="G2532" never|strong="G3756" found|strong="G2147" an|strong="G2532" opportunity|strong="G5117" to|strong="G2532" repair|strong="H2388" his|strong="G1438" error|strong="H7684" – though|strong="G2539" he|strong="G2532" begged|strong="H2603" for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G2532" blessing|strong="G2129" with|strong="G3326" tears|strong="G1144". 
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\verseNumber{18}It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" to|strong="G2532" tangible “flaming|strong="G4442" fire|strong="G4442"” that|strong="G2532" you|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" drawn|strong="H8025" near|strong="G4334", nor|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" “gloom|strong="G2217", and|strong="G2532" darkness|strong="G2217", and|strong="G2532" storm|strong="H2230", 
\verseNumber{19}and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" blast|strong="G2279" of|strong="G3056" a|strong="G2532" trumpet|strong="G4536", and|strong="G2532" an|strong="G2532" audible voice|strong="G5456".” Those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" heard|strong="H8085" that|strong="G3739" voice|strong="G5456" entreated|strong="H2470" that|strong="G3739" they|strong="G2532" might|strong="G2532" hear|strong="G5456" no|strong="G3361" more|strong="G2532", 
\verseNumber{20}for|strong="G1063" they|strong="G3588" could|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" bear|strong="G5342" to|strong="G3756" think|strong="H2803" of|strong="G3735" the|strong="G3588" command|strong="G1291" – “If|strong="G2579" even|strong="G2579" an|strong="G3735" animal|strong="H0929" touches|strong="G2345" the|strong="G3588" mountain|strong="G3735", it|strong="G1063" is|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3756" be|strong="G3756" stoned|strong="G3036" to|strong="G3756" death|strong="H4194";” 
\verseNumber{21}and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G3779" fearful|strong="G5398" was|strong="G1510" the|strong="G2532" sight|strong="G5324" that|strong="G3588" Moses|strong="G3475" said|strong="G3004" – “I|strong="G2532" tremble|strong="H7264" with|strong="G2532" fear|strong="G1630".” 
\verseNumber{22}No|strong="G2532", but|strong="G2532" it|strong="G2532" is|strong="G2316" to|strong="G2532" Mount|strong="G3735" Zion|strong="G4622" that|strong="G2532" you|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" drawn|strong="H8025" near|strong="G4334", the|strong="G2532" city|strong="G4172" of|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" living|strong="G2198" God|strong="G2316", the|strong="G2532" heavenly|strong="G2032" Jerusalem|strong="G2419", to|strong="G2532" countless|strong="H0369" hosts|strong="H6635" of|strong="G2532" angels|strong="H4397", 
\verseNumber{23}to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" festal|strong="H4254" gathering|strong="H4723" and|strong="G2532" assemblage of|strong="G4151" God’s|strong="G2316" firstborn|strong="G4416" whose|strong="G2532" names|strong="H8034" are|strong="G3956" enrolled|strong="H3187" in|strong="G1722" heaven|strong="G3772", to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316" the|strong="G1722" judge|strong="G2923" of|strong="G4151" all|strong="G3956" people|strong="G3956", to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" spirits|strong="G4151" of|strong="G4151" the|strong="G1722" righteous|strong="G1342" who|strong="G3956" have|strong="G2532" attained|strong="H0935" perfection|strong="H8502", 
\verseNumber{24}to|strong="G2532" Jesus|strong="G2424", the|strong="G2532" intermediary|strong="G3316" of|strong="G2532" a|strong="G2532" new|strong="G3501" covenant|strong="G1242", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" sprinkled|strong="G4473" blood|strong="H1818" that|strong="G3588" tells|strong="H1696" of|strong="G2532" better|strong="G2909" things|strong="G3588" than|strong="G3844" the|strong="G2532" blood|strong="H1818" of|strong="G2532" Abel|strong="H1893". 
\verseNumber{25}Beware|strong="H8104" how|strong="H4100" you|strong="G1487" refuse|strong="G3868" to|strong="G1909" hear|strong="H8085" him|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" speaking|strong="G2980". For|strong="G1063", if|strong="G1487" the|strong="G1909" Israelites|strong="H3478" did|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3756" escape|strong="G1628" punishment|strong="H5771", when|strong="G2980" they|strong="G3588" refused|strong="G3756" to|strong="G1909" listen|strong="H8085" to|strong="G1909" him|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" taught|strong="H3925" them|strong="G3588" on|strong="G1909" earth|strong="G1093" the|strong="G1909" divine|strong="H7080" will|strong="G1473", far|strong="G3123" worse|strong="H7489" will|strong="G1473" it|strong="G1063" be|strong="G3756" for|strong="G1063" us|strong="G2249", if|strong="G1487" we|strong="G2249" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="G3756" him|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" teaching|strong="G2980" us|strong="G2249" from|strong="G3756" heaven|strong="G3772". 
\verseNumber{26}Then|strong="G2532" his|strong="G2532" voice|strong="G5456" shook|strong="G4531" the|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093", but|strong="G1161" now|strong="G1161" his|strong="G2532" declaration|strong="H0262" is|strong="G3588" – 
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“Still|strong="G2089" once|strong="G3739" more|strong="G2089" I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G2532" cause|strong="G3739" not|strong="G3756" only|strong="G3440" the|strong="G2532" earth|strong="G1093" to|strong="G2532" tremble|strong="H7264", but|strong="G1161" also|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" heavens|strong="G3772".” 
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\verseNumber{27}And|strong="G1161" those|strong="G3588" words|strong="H1697" “still|strong="G2089" once|strong="H6471" more|strong="G2089"” indicate the|strong="G1161" passing|strong="H5674" away|strong="H5493" of|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3361" that|strong="G2443" is|strong="G3588" shaken|strong="G4531" – that|strong="G2443" is|strong="G3588", of|strong="G3588" all|strong="G3361" created|strong="G4160" things|strong="G3588" – in|strong="G3306" order|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" only|strong="H0389" what|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" unshaken may|strong="G2443" remain|strong="G3306". 
\verseNumber{28}Therefore|strong="G1352", let|strong="G2192" us|strong="H5414", who|strong="G3739" have|strong="G2192" received|strong="G3880" a|strong="G2192" kingdom|strong="H4467" that|strong="G3739" cannot|strong="H3808" be|strong="G2532" shaken|strong="H4131", be|strong="G2532" thankful|strong="G5485", and|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2532" offer|strong="G3000" acceptable|strong="G2102" worship|strong="G3000" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316", with|strong="G3326" awe|strong="H1481" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G2532" deepest respect|strong="G3739". 
\verseNumber{29}For|strong="G1063" our|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" is|strong="G3588" “a|strong="G2532" consuming|strong="G2654" fire|strong="G4442".” 
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\chapterNumber{13}Let|strong="G3306" your|strong="G3588" love|strong="G5360" for|strong="G3306" the|strong="G3588" Lord’s|strong="H3068" followers|strong="G3588" continue|strong="G3306". 
\verseNumber{2}Do|strong="G3361" not|strong="G3361" neglect|strong="G1950" to|strong="G5100" show|strong="H7200" hospitality|strong="G5381"; for|strong="G1063", through|strong="G1223" being|strong="G3361" hospitable, people|strong="G3361" have|strong="G5100" all|strong="G3361" unawares|strong="G2990" entertained|strong="G3579" angels|strong="H4397". 
\verseNumber{3}Remember|strong="G3403" the|strong="G1722" prisoners|strong="G1198", as|strong="G5613" if|strong="G5613" you|strong="G1722" were|strong="G1510" their|strong="G2532" fellow|strong="H7453" prisoners|strong="G1198", and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" oppressed|strong="H6231", not|strong="G1510" forgetting|strong="H7911" that|strong="G3588" you|strong="G1722" also|strong="G2532" are|strong="G1510" still|strong="H5750" in|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" body|strong="G4983". 
\verseNumber{4}Let|strong="G2919" marriage|strong="G1062" be|strong="G2532" honoured|strong="H3513" by|strong="G1722" all|strong="G3956" and|strong="G2532" the|strong="G1722" married|strong="H3947" life|strong="H5315" be|strong="G2532" pure|strong="H2889"; for|strong="G1063" God|strong="G2316" will|strong="G2316" judge|strong="G2919" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" are|strong="G3588" immoral|strong="G4205" and|strong="G2532" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588" commit|strong="H6213" adultery|strong="H5003". 
\verseNumber{5}Do|strong="G3004" not|strong="G3756" let|strong="G1063" your|strong="G3588" conduct|strong="H1870" be|strong="G3756" ruled|strong="H4427" by|strong="G3004" the|strong="G3588" love|strong="H0157" of|strong="G3588" money|strong="H3701". Be|strong="G3756" content|strong="H2974" with|strong="G3756" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G4771" have|strong="G3588", for|strong="G1063" God|strong="G3004" himself|strong="H5315" has|strong="G3761" said|strong="G3004" – 
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“I|strong="G1063" will|strong="G3004" never|strong="G3756" forsake|strong="G1459" you|strong="G4771", nor|strong="G3761" will|strong="G3004" I|strong="G1063" ever|strong="G3756" abandon|strong="G1459" you|strong="G4771".” 
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\verseNumber{6}Therefore|strong="G5620" we|strong="G2249" may|strong="G3004" say|strong="G3004" with|strong="G2962" confidence|strong="G2292" – 
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“The|strong="G3004" Lord|strong="G2962" is|strong="G5101" my|strong="G1473" helper|strong="H5826", I|strong="G1473" will|strong="G5101" not|strong="G3756" be|strong="G3756" afraid|strong="G5399". 
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What|strong="G5101" can|strong="G3004" mere|strong="H1892" people|strong="G4160" do|strong="G4160" to|strong="G3004" me|strong="G1473"?” 
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\verseNumber{7}Do|strong="G3056" not|strong="G3739" forget|strong="H7911" your|strong="G3588" leaders|strong="G2233", who|strong="G3739" told|strong="G2980" you|strong="G5210" God’s|strong="G2316" message|strong="G3056". Recall|strong="G3421" the|strong="G3588" close|strong="H5980" of|strong="G3056" their|strong="G3588" lives|strong="H5315", and|strong="G2316" imitate|strong="G3401" their|strong="G3588" faith|strong="G4102". 
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\verseNumber{8}Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547" is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G2532" same|strong="G2532" yesterday|strong="G5504" and|strong="G2532" today|strong="G4594" – yes|strong="H3588", and|strong="G2532" for|strong="G1519" ever|strong="G1519"! 
\verseNumber{9}Do|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" let|strong="G1063" yourselves|strong="G1722" be|strong="G2532" carried|strong="G3911" away|strong="G3911" by|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" various|strong="G4164" novel forms|strong="H3335" of|strong="G2532" teaching|strong="G1322". It|strong="G2532" is|strong="G3588" better|strong="G2570" to|strong="G2532" rely|strong="H8172" for|strong="G1063" spiritual|strong="H7307" strength|strong="H5797" on|strong="G1722" the|strong="G1722" divine|strong="H7080" help|strong="G5623", than|strong="G2532" on|strong="G1722" regulations|strong="H4941" regarding|strong="H7760" food|strong="G1033"; for|strong="G1063" those|strong="G3588" whose|strong="G3739" lives|strong="H5315" are|strong="G3588" guided|strong="H5148" by|strong="G1722" such|strong="G3588" regulations|strong="H4941" have|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3756" found|strong="G2532" them|strong="G3588" of|strong="G2532" service|strong="H5656". 
\verseNumber{10}We|strong="G3739" are|strong="G3588" not|strong="G3756" without|strong="G3756" an|strong="G2192" altar|strong="G2379"; but|strong="G3588" it|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" one|strong="G3739" at|strong="G1537" which|strong="G3739" those|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3739" still|strong="H5750" worship|strong="G3000" in|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1537" tent|strong="G4633" have|strong="G2192" no|strong="G3756" right|strong="G1849" to|strong="G1849" eat|strong="G2068". 
\verseNumber{11}The|strong="G1519" bodies|strong="G4983" of|strong="G4012" those|strong="G3588" animals|strong="G2226" whose|strong="G3739" blood|strong="H1818" is|strong="G3588" brought|strong="G1533" by|strong="G1223" the|strong="G1519" high|strong="H1116" priest|strong="H3548" into|strong="G1519" the|strong="G1519" sanctuary|strong="H6944", as|strong="G1519" an|strong="G1519" offering|strong="H4503" for|strong="G1063" sin|strong="H2403", are|strong="G3588" burnt|strong="H5930" outside|strong="G1854" the|strong="G1519" camp|strong="G3925". 
\verseNumber{12}And|strong="G2532" so|strong="G2443" Jesus|strong="G2424", also|strong="G2532", to|strong="G2443" purify|strong="H2398" the|strong="G2532" people|strong="G2992" by|strong="G1223" his|strong="G1223" own|strong="G2398" blood|strong="H1818", suffered|strong="G3958" outside|strong="G1854" the|strong="G2532" gate|strong="G4439". 
\verseNumber{13}Therefore|strong="G5106" let|strong="H7971" us|strong="H5414" go|strong="G1831" out|strong="G1831" to|strong="G4314" him|strong="G3588" “outside|strong="G1854" the|strong="G4314" camp|strong="G3925",” bearing|strong="G5342" the|strong="G4314" same|strong="H1931" reproaches|strong="G3680" as|strong="G1831" he|strong="G3588"; 
\verseNumber{14}for|strong="G1063" here|strong="G5602" we|strong="G1063" have|strong="G2192" no|strong="G3756" permanent|strong="H5769" city|strong="G4172", but|strong="G1063" are|strong="G3588" looking|strong="H2370" for|strong="G1063" the|strong="G3588" city|strong="G4172" that|strong="G3588" is|strong="G3588" to|strong="G3195" be|strong="G3756". 
\verseNumber{15}Through|strong="G1223" him|strong="G3588" let|strong="G1510" us|strong="H5414" offer|strong="H7126", as|strong="G2316" our|strong="G2316" sacrifice|strong="G2378", continual|strong="H8548" praise|strong="H1984" to|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316" – an|strong="G1510" offering|strong="H4503" from|strong="G3588" lips|strong="G5491" that|strong="G3588" glorify|strong="H3513" his|strong="G3956" name|strong="G3686". 
\verseNumber{16}Never|strong="G3361" forget|strong="G1950" to|strong="G2532" do|strong="G2532" kindly|strong="H3820" acts|strong="H1697" and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" share|strong="G2842" what|strong="G3588" you|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" with|strong="G2532" others|strong="G3588", for|strong="G1063" such|strong="G5108" sacrifices|strong="G2378" are|strong="G3588" acceptable|strong="H7522" to|strong="G2532" God|strong="G2316". 
\verseNumber{17}Obey|strong="G3982" your|strong="G2532" leaders|strong="G2233", and|strong="G2532" submit|strong="G5226" to|strong="G2443" their|strong="G2532" control|strong="H3027", for|strong="G1063" they|strong="G2532" are|strong="G3588" watching|strong="H8245" over|strong="G5228" your|strong="G2532" souls|strong="G5590", since|strong="G5613" they|strong="G2532" will|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2443" render|strong="H7725" an|strong="G2532" account|strong="G3056", so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" they|strong="G2532" may|strong="G2532" do|strong="G4160" it|strong="G2532" with|strong="G3326" joy|strong="G5479", and|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" in|strong="G2532" sorrow|strong="H3015". That|strong="G2443" would|strong="G2532" not|strong="G3361" be|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2443" your|strong="G2532" advantage|strong="H3504". 
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\verseNumber{18}Pray|strong="G4336" for|strong="G1063" us|strong="G2249", for|strong="G1063" we|strong="G2249" are|strong="G3956" sure|strong="G3982" that|strong="G3754" our|strong="G3956" consciences|strong="G4893" are|strong="G3956" clear|strong="H5352", since|strong="G3754" our|strong="G3956" wish|strong="G2309" is|strong="G3956" to|strong="G2309" be|strong="G3956" occupied|strong="H5414" with|strong="G1722" what|strong="G1063" is|strong="G3956" good|strong="G2570". 
\verseNumber{19}And|strong="G1161" I|strong="G1161" the|strong="G1161" more|strong="G4056" earnestly|strong="H7592" ask|strong="G3870" for|strong="G1161" your|strong="G4160" prayers|strong="H8605", so|strong="G2443" that|strong="G2443" I|strong="G1161" may|strong="G2443" be|strong="G2443" restored|strong="H7725" to|strong="G2443" you|strong="G5210" the|strong="G1161" sooner|strong="G5032". 
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\verseNumber{20}May|strong="G2316" God|strong="G2316", the|strong="G1722" source|strong="H4725" of|strong="G1537" all|strong="G1722" peace|strong="G1515", who|strong="G3588" brought|strong="G1161" back|strong="H7725" from|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" dead|strong="G3498" him|strong="G3588" who|strong="G3588", “by|strong="G1722" virtue of|strong="G1537" the|strong="G1722" blood|strong="H1818" that|strong="G3588" rendered|strong="H7725" valid|strong="H1961" the|strong="G1722" unchangeable|strong="H0259" covenant|strong="G1242", is|strong="G3588" the|strong="G1722" great|strong="G3173" shepherd|strong="G4166" of|strong="G1537" God’s|strong="G2316" Sheep|strong="G4263",” Jesus|strong="G2424", our|strong="G2316" Lord|strong="G2962" – 
\verseNumber{21}may|strong="G5547" God|strong="G1519" make|strong="G4160" you|strong="G5210" perfect|strong="G2675" in|strong="G1722" everything|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" good|strong="G3956", so|strong="G1519" that|strong="G3739" you|strong="G5210" may|strong="G5547" be|strong="G3956" able|strong="G4160" to|strong="G1519" do|strong="G4160" his|strong="G3956" will|strong="G2307". May|strong="G5547" he|strong="G3739" bring|strong="G4160" out|strong="G1519" in|strong="G1722" us|strong="G4160" all|strong="G3956" that|strong="G3739" is|strong="G3588" pleasing|strong="G2101" in|strong="G1722" his|strong="G3956" sight|strong="G1799", through|strong="G1223" Jesus|strong="G2424" Christ|strong="G5547", to|strong="G1519" whom|strong="G3739" be|strong="G3956" all|strong="G3956" glory|strong="G1391" for|strong="G1519" ever|strong="G1519" and|strong="G1391" ever|strong="G1519". Amen|strong="H0543". 
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\verseNumber{22}I|strong="G2532" beg|strong="G3870" you|strong="G5210", friends|strong="H7453", to|strong="G2532" bear|strong="G2532" with|strong="G1223" these|strong="G3588" words|strong="G3056" of|strong="G3056" advice|strong="H6098". For|strong="G1063" I|strong="G2532" have|strong="G2532" written|strong="G1989" only|strong="G2532" very|strong="G2532" briefly|strong="G1223" to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210". 
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\verseNumber{23}You|strong="G5210" will|strong="G3739" be|strong="G3588" glad|strong="H8055" to|strong="G2064" hear|strong="H8085" that|strong="G3739" our|strong="G3326" friend|strong="H7453", Timothy|strong="G5095", has|strong="G3739" been|strong="H1961" set|strong="G2064" free|strong="H2670". If|strong="G1437" he|strong="G3739" comes|strong="G2064" here|strong="H6311" soon|strong="G5032", we|strong="G2249" will|strong="G3739" visit|strong="G2064" you|strong="G5210" together|strong="G3326". 
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\verseNumber{24}Give|strong="G3956" our|strong="G2532" greeting to|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" your|strong="G2532" leaders|strong="G2233", and|strong="G2532" to|strong="G2532" all|strong="G3956" Christ’s people|strong="G3956". Our|strong="G2532" friends|strong="H7453" from|strong="G2532" Italy|strong="G2482" send|strong="H7971" their|strong="G2532" greetings to|strong="G2532" you|strong="G5210". 
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\verseNumber{25}May|strong="G3956" God|strong="G3588" bless|strong="H1288" you|strong="G5210" all|strong="G3956".
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