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The Epistle to the Hebrews

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Introduction to Hebrews:
Author: Apparently the apostle Paul, who alone was qualified to write the deep, high, and rich content of this book. The mention of Timothy and the tone of the fellowship also point to Paul as the author (see also note 1 in 1:1).Time of Writing: Perhaps A.D. 67, after Paul's release from his first Roman imprisonment, while he was in Miletus (2 Tim. 4:20).Place of Writing: Perhaps Miletus (see verse in the previous item). The mention of "those from Italy" in 13:24 indicates that the book was not written in Rome.Recipients: The Hebrew believers, as indicated by the book's content.

Subject of Hebrews:
Christ Being Superior
to Judaism and Everything Related to It,
and the New Covenant Which He Consummated
Being Better than the Old Covenant

Hebrews

Chapter 1 of 13

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I.  Introduction—God speaking in the Son — 1:1-3

Heb 1:1 - 1God, having aspoken of old in 2many portions and in many ways to the fathers in the prophets,
Heb 1:2 - Has at the 1last of these days spoken to us in the 2aSon, 3whom He appointed 4bHeir of all things, cthrough whom also He made the 5duniverse;
Heb 1:3 - Who, being the 1effulgence of His glory and the aimpress of His substance and bupholding and bearing all things by the 2word of His power, having made 3purification of sins, 4csat down on the right hand of the 5dMajesty on 6high;

II.  The superiority of Christ — 1:4-10:39

A.  Superior to the angels — 1:4-2:18
1.  As the Son of God—as God — 1:4-14
Heb 1:4 - Having become as much better than the angels as to have inherited a 1more distinguished name than they.
Heb 1:5 - For to which of the angels has He ever said, a“You are My Son; 1this day have I begotten You”? And again, b“I will be a Father to Him, and He will be a Son to Me”?
Heb 1:6 - And when He brings again the 1aFirstborn into the inhabited earth, He says, b“And let all the angels of God worship Him.”
Heb 1:7 - And of the angels He says, a“Who makes His angels 1winds and His ministers a flame of fire”;
Heb 1:8 - But of the Son, a“Your bthrone, 1O God, is forever and ever, and the scepter of uprightness is the scepter of Your ckingdom.
Heb 1:9 - You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, 1Your God, has aanointed You with the oil of exultant joy above Your 2bpartners”;
Heb 1:10 - And, a“You in the beginning, 1Lord, laid the foundation of the earth, and the heavens are the works of Your hands;
Heb 1:11 - They will perish, but You remain perpetually; and they all will become aold like a bgarment,
Heb 1:12 - And like a mantle You will roll them up; like a garment they will also be changed; but You are the asame, and Your years will not fail.”
Heb 1:13 - But to which of the angels has He ever said, a“Sit at My right hand 1until I set Your enemies as a bfootstool for Your feet”?
Heb 1:14 - Are they not all aministering spirits, sent forth for service for the sake of 1those who are to inherit salvation?

Hebrews

Chapter 2 of 13

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(The first warning—Give heed to what is spoken concerning the Son — 2:1-4)
Heb 2:1 - 1Therefore we ought to give heed more abundantly to the things which have been heard lest perhaps we 2drift away.
Heb 2:2 - For if the word spoken through aangels proved firm and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense,
Heb 2:3 - How shall we 1aescape if we have neglected so great a 2bsalvation, which, having had its beginning in being spoken by the Lord, has been confirmed to us by those who heard,
Heb 2:4 - God bearing awitness with them both by signs and wonders and by various works of power and by 1distributions of the Holy Spirit according to His will?
2.  As the Son of Man—as man — 2:5-18
Heb 2:5 - For it was not to angels that He subjected the coming 1inhabited earth, concerning which we speak.
Heb 2:6 - But one has solemnly testified somewhere, saying, 1a“What is man, that You bring him to mind? Or the son of man, that You care for him?
Heb 2:7 - You have made Him 1a little inferior to the angels; You have crowned Him with glory and honor and have set Him aover the works of Your hands;
Heb 2:8 - You have asubjected all things under His feet.” For in subjecting all things to Him, He left nothing unsubject to Him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to Him,
Heb 2:9 - But we see Jesus, who was made a little 1inferior to the angels because of the suffering of adeath, bcrowned with 2cglory and honor, so that by the grace of God He might taste death on behalf of 3deverything.
Heb 2:10 - For it was fitting for 1Him, afor whom are all things and through whom are all things, in leading 2bmany sons into 3cglory, to make the 4dAuthor of their esalvation 5fperfect through sufferings.
Heb 2:11 - For both 1He who asanctifies and those who are being bsanctified are all 2of One, for which cause He is not ashamed to call them cbrothers,
Heb 2:12 - Saying, a“I will 1declare Your name to My brothers; in the midst of the 2church 3I will sing hymns of praise to You.”
Heb 2:13 - And again, a“I will trust in Him.” And again, b“Behold, I and the children whom God has given to Me.”
Heb 2:14 - Since therefore the children have shared in ablood and flesh, He also Himself in like manner bpartook of the same, that through cdeath He might 1ddestroy him who has the might of edeath, that is, the fdevil,
Heb 2:15 - And might 1release those who because of the fear of death through all their life were held in slavery.
Heb 2:16 - For assuredly it is not to angels that He 1gives help, but He 1gives help to the seed of Abraham.
Heb 2:17 - Hence He should have been 1made alike His brothers in all things that He might become a merciful and faithful 2bHigh Priest in the 3things cpertaining to God, to make 4dpropitiation for the sins of the people.
Heb 2:18 - For being atempted in that which He Himself has suffered, He is able to help those who are being tempted.

Hebrews

Chapter 3 of 13

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B.  Superior to Moses—as an Apostle worthy of more glory and honor — 3:1-6
Heb 3:1 - Therefore, 1holy brothers, 2apartakers of a 3heavenly bcalling, consider the 4cApostle and dHigh Priest of our confession, Jesus,
Heb 3:2 - Who was faithful to Him who constituted Him, as also aMoses was in all His bhouse.
Heb 3:3 - For He has been counted worthy of more 1aglory than Moses, by as much as He who 2bbuilt the house has more 1honor than 3the house.
Heb 3:4 - For every house is built by someone, but He who built all things is God.
Heb 3:5 - And aMoses was faithful in all His house as a 1servant, for a 2testimony of the things to be spoken later;
Heb 3:6 - But Christ was faithful as a Son over His house, whose 1ahouse we are if indeed we hold fast the boldness and the boast of bhope cfirm to the end.
(The second warning—Do not come short of the promised rest — 3:7-4:13)
Heb 3:7 - 1Therefore, even as the Holy aSpirit says, b“Today if you hear His voice,
Heb 3:8 - Do not harden your hearts as in the provocation, in the day of trial in the wilderness,
Heb 3:9 - Where your fathers atried Me by testing Me and saw My works for forty years.
Heb 3:10 - Therefore I was adispleased with this bgeneration, and I said, They always 1go astray in their heart, and they have not known My 2ways;
Heb 3:11 - As I swore in My wrath, 1aThey shall not enter into My rest!”
Heb 3:12 - Beware, brothers, lest perhaps there be in any one of you an evil heart of unbelief in 1falling away from the aliving God.
Heb 3:13 - But aexhort one another each day, as long as it is called “today,” lest any one of you be hardened by the bdeceitfulness of sin—
Heb 3:14 - For we have become 1apartners of Christ, if indeed we hold fast the beginning of the assurance bfirm to the end—
Heb 3:15 - While it is said, a“Today if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the provocation.”
Heb 3:16 - For who aprovoked Him when they heard? Indeed was it bnot all who came out of Egypt by 1Moses?
Heb 3:17 - And with whom was He adispleased for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose carcasses bfell in the wilderness?
Heb 3:18 - And to whom did He swear that they should anot enter into His rest, except to the 1bdisobedient?
Heb 3:19 - And we see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.

Hebrews

Chapter 4 of 13

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Heb 4:1 - Let us fear therefore, lest, a promise being left of entering into His 1rest, any one of you may 2seem to have 3come short of it.
Heb 4:2 - For indeed we have had the good news announced to us, even as they also; but the word heard did not profit them, 1not being mixed together with faith in those who heard.
Heb 4:3 - For we who have believed enter into the rest, even as He has said, a“As I swore in My wrath, They shall not enter into My rest!” although the works of creation were completed from the bfoundation of the world.
Heb 4:4 - For He has spoken somewhere concerning the seventh day thus, a“And God rested on the seventh day from all His works.”
Heb 4:5 - And in this place again, a“They shall not enter into My rest!”
Heb 4:6 - Since therefore it remains that some should enter into it and those who formerly had the good news announced to them did not enter because of 1adisobedience,
Heb 4:7 - He again designates a certain day, today, saying in David after so long a time, even as He has said before, a“Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts.”
Heb 4:8 - For if 1Joshua had brought them into rest, He would not have spoken concerning 2another day after these things.
Heb 4:9 - So then there remains a 1Sabbath rest for the people of God.
Heb 4:10 - For he who has entered into His rest has himself also rested from his works, as aGod did from His own.
Heb 4:11 - Let us therefore be diligent to enter into that rest lest anyone 1fall 2after the same example of 3adisobedience.
Heb 4:12 - For the 1aword of God is bliving and operative and sharper than any two-edged csword, and piercing even to the dividing of 2dsoul and espirit and of joints and marrow, and able to discern the 3thoughts and intentions of the heart.
Heb 4:13 - And there is no creature that is not manifest before Him, but all things are naked and laid bare to the eyes of Him to whom we are to give our account.
C.  Superior to Aaron — 4:14-7:28
1.  A High Priest according to the order of Melchisedec — 4:14-5:10
Heb 4:14 - Having therefore a 1great 2aHigh Priest who has 3passed through the bheavens, Jesus, the cSon of God, let us hold fast the 4dconfession.
Heb 4:15 - For we do not have a High Priest who cannot be touched with the feeling of our weaknesses, but One who has been atempted in all respects like us, yet bwithout sin.
Heb 4:16 - Let us therefore acome forward with boldness to the 1throne of grace that we may receive 2bmercy and find cgrace for timely help.

Hebrews

Chapter 5 of 13

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Heb 5:1 - For every high priest, being taken from among men, is aestablished on behalf of men in the things bpertaining to God that he may coffer both 1gifts and 1sacrifices for sins.
Heb 5:2 - He is aable to exercise 1compassion toward the bignorant and cerring since he also is encompassed with dweakness;
Heb 5:3 - And because of it, he ought, even as afor the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.
Heb 5:4 - And ano one takes the honor upon himself, but only as he is called by God, just as bAaron also was.
Heb 5:5 - So also Christ did not 1glorify Himself in becoming a aHigh Priest, but it was He who said to Him, b“You are My Son; this day have I 2begotten You”;
Heb 5:6 - Even as also in another place He says, 1a“You are a Priest forever according to the 2border of Melchizedek.”
Heb 5:7 - This One, in the days of His aflesh, having offered up both bpetitions and supplications with strong crying and tears to Him who was able to save Him 1out of death and having been heard because of His piety,
Heb 5:8 - Even though He was a Son, learned 1aobedience from the things which He bsuffered.
Heb 5:9 - And having been 1aperfected, He became to all those who obey Him the 2source of 3eternal bsalvation,
Heb 5:10 - Being 1addressed by God as a aHigh Priest according to the border of Melchizedek;
(The third warning—Be brought on to maturity — 5:11-6:20)
Heb 5:11 - Concerning whom we have much to say that is also difficult to interpret since you have become dull of hearing.
Heb 5:12 - For when because of the time you ought to be teachers, you have need again for someone to teach you what the 1rudiments of the abeginning of the 2oracles of God are and have become those who have need of 3bmilk and not of solid cfood.
Heb 5:13 - For everyone who partakes of 1milk is inexperienced in the 1aword of righteousness, for he is an binfant;
Heb 5:14 - But solid food is for the afull-grown, who because of practice have their 1faculties exercised for discriminating between both 2good and evil.

Hebrews

Chapter 6 of 13

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15 • • • • 20

Heb 6:1 - Therefore leaving the 1word of the 2abeginning of Christ, let us 3be brought on to 4bmaturity, not laying again a foundation of crepentance from ddead works and of efaith in God,
Heb 6:2 - Of the teaching of 1abaptisms and of the blaying on of hands, of the cresurrection of the dead and of eternal djudgment.
Heb 6:3 - And 1this we will do if God permits.
Heb 6:4 - For it is 1impossible for those who have once been aenlightened and have tasted of the 2heavenly bgift and have become 3cpartakers of the Holy dSpirit
Heb 6:5 - And have atasted the bgood 1word of God and the 2powers of the age cto come,
Heb 6:6 - And yet have 1fallen away, to renew themselves again unto repentance, 2acrucifying again for themselves the Son of God and 2putting Him to open shame.
Heb 6:7 - For the earth, which drinks the 1rain which often comes upon it and 2produces vegetation suitable to those for whose sake also it is cultivated, partakes of blessing from God.
Heb 6:8 - But if it brings forth 1athorns and thistles, it is 2disapproved and 3near a curse, whose end is to be 4bburned.
Heb 6:9 - But we are persuaded of better things concerning you, beloved, and 1things which belong to 2salvation, though we speak thus.
Heb 6:10 - For God is not unrighteous, so as to forget your awork and the love which you have shown toward His bname in having 1cministered to the saints and in ministering still.
Heb 6:11 - But we desire earnestly that each of you show the same diligence unto the full aassurance of our bhope cuntil the end,
Heb 6:12 - That you may not be 1sluggish, but aimitators of those who through bfaith and long-suffering are cinheriting the promises.
Heb 6:13 - For God, when He made the promise to Abraham, since He could swear by no one greater, aswore by Himself,
Heb 6:14 - Saying, a“Surely blessing, I will bless you; and multiplying, I will multiply you.”
Heb 6:15 - And thus when Abraham had patiently aendured, he obtained the bpromise.
Heb 6:16 - For men swear by the greater, and for all disputes among them an oath is final for confirmation.
Heb 6:17 - Therefore God, intending to show more abundantly to the aheirs of the promise the bunchangeableness of His counsel, interposed with an oath,
Heb 6:18 - In order that by 1two unchangeable things, in which it was impossible for God to alie, we may have strong encouragement, we who have 2fled for 3refuge to lay hold of the bhope set before us,
Heb 6:19 - Which we have as an 1anchor of the soul, both secure and firm and which 2enters within the veil,
Heb 6:20 - Where the 1aForerunner, Jesus, has entered for us, having become forever a High Priest according to the border of Melchizedek.

Hebrews

Chapter 7 of 13

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2.  A High Priest, perpetual, great, living, and able to save to the uttermost — 7:1-28
Heb 7:1 - 1For this 2aMelchizedek, 2king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham returning from the bslaughter of the kings and blessed him,
Heb 7:2 - To whom also Abraham apportioned a atenth part of all; first being interpreted 1bking of righteousness, and then also king of Salem, which is 1cking of peace;
Heb 7:3 - Being 1without father, without mother, without genealogy; having neither abeginning of days nor bend of life, but likened to the Son of God, abides a priest cperpetually.
Heb 7:4 - And consider how 1agreat this one was, to whom the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the choice spoils.
Heb 7:5 - And they of the sons of Levi, who received the priestly service, have a commandment to take atithes from the people according to the law, that is, from their brothers, though they have come forth from the loins of Abraham.
Heb 7:6 - But he whose genealogy is not counted from them has taken tithes from Abraham and has 1ablessed him who has the promises.
Heb 7:7 - But without any dispute the 1lesser is blessed by the 2greater.
Heb 7:8 - And here men, who die, receive tithes; but there, one aof whom it is testified that he blives.
Heb 7:9 - And, so to speak, through Abraham, 1Levi also, he who receives tithes, has been made to pay tithes,
Heb 7:10 - For he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.
Heb 7:11 - If indeed then perfection were through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people have received the law), what need was there still that a different 1Priest should arise according to the order of aMelchizedek and that He should not be said to be according to the order of Aaron?
Heb 7:12 - For since the apriesthood is 1transferred, of necessity there comes into being a 2btransfer of law also.
Heb 7:13 - For He of whom these things are said 1belongs to a different tribe, from which ano one has attended to the altar.
Heb 7:14 - For it is evident that our Lord has 1risen out of 2aJudah, concerning which tribe Moses spoke nothing about priests.
Heb 7:15 - And it is still more abundantly evident since it is according to the alikeness of Melchizedek that a different Priest arises,
Heb 7:16 - Who has been appointed not according to the law of a afleshy commandment but according to the bpower of an 1indestructible clife.
Heb 7:17 - For it is testified, “You are a Priest forever according to the aorder of Melchizedek.”
Heb 7:18 - For there is, on the one hand, the 1asetting aside of the preceding commandment because of its bweakness and unprofitableness
Heb 7:19 - (For the alaw 1bperfected nothing), and, on the other hand, the bringing in 2thereupon of a 3better chope, through which we ddraw near to God.
Heb 7:20 - And inasmuch as He was not made a Priest without the taking of an oath
Heb 7:21 - (For they are appointed priests without the taking of an oath, but He, with the taking of an oath by Him who said to Him, a“The Lord has sworn and will not regret it, You are a Priest forever”),
Heb 7:22 - By so much Jesus has also become the 1surety of a abetter bcovenant.
Heb 7:23 - And they are appointed priests many in number because death prevents them from continuing;
Heb 7:24 - But He, because He aabides forever, has His priesthood unalterable.
Heb 7:25 - Hence also He is aable to save 1to the uttermost those who bcome forward to God through Him, since He clives always to 2dintercede for them.
Heb 7:26 - For such a aHigh Priest was also fitting to us, holy, bguileless, undefiled, separated from sinners and having become 1higher than the cheavens,
Heb 7:27 - Who does not have daily need, as the high priests do, to aoffer up sacrifices first for his bown sins and then for those of the people; for this He did conce for all when He doffered up Himself.
Heb 7:28 - For the law establishes men as high priests who have aweakness, but the word of the oath, which was after the law, establishes the bSon, 1cperfected forever.

Hebrews

Chapter 8 of 13

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D.  Christ's new covenant superior to the old — 8:1-10:18
1.  A better covenant of better promises with a more excellent ministry — 8:1-13
Heb 8:1 - Now in the things which are being said the chief point is this: We have such a aHigh Priest, who sat down on the bright hand of the cthrone of the dMajesty in the 1heavens,
Heb 8:2 - A 1aMinister of the 2bholy places, even of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.
Heb 8:3 - For every high priest is established for the aoffering of both 1gifts and sacrifices; hence it is necessary that this One also have something which He may boffer.
Heb 8:4 - Now then if He were on earth, He would not be a Priest at all, there being those who offer the gifts according to the law,
Heb 8:5 - Who serve the 1aexample and bshadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to complete the tabernacle; for, c“See,” He said, “that you make all things according to the pattern that was shown to you in the mountain.”
Heb 8:6 - But now He has obtained a more excellent 1ministry inasmuch as He is also the 2aMediator of a 3bbetter ccovenant, which has been 4enacted upon 5better dpromises.
Heb 8:7 - For if that 1afirst covenant had been faultless, no 2place would have been bsought for a 1second.
Heb 8:8 - For finding fault with them He says, a“Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, and I will consummate a bnew covenant upon the house of Israel and upon the house of Judah,
Heb 8:9 - Not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by their hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not continue in My covenant, and I disregarded them, says the Lord.
Heb 8:10 - For athis is the covenant which I will covenant with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will impart My 1laws into their 2mind, and on their hearts I will 3inscribe them; and 4I will be God to them, and 5they will be a people to Me.
Heb 8:11 - And they shall by no means each ateach his fellow citizen and each his brother, saying, 1Know the Lord; for all will 1know Me from the little one to the great one among them.
Heb 8:12 - For aI will be 1propitious to their unrighteousnesses, and their sins I shall by no means remember anymore.”
Heb 8:13 - In saying, A anew covenant, He has made the 1first old. But that which is becoming old and growing decrepit is near to bdisappearing.

Hebrews

Chapter 9 of 13

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2.  Better sacrifices and better blood with the greater and more perfect tabernacle — 9:1-10:18
Heb 9:1 - Now then the afirst covenant also had bordinances of service, and its 1csanctuary was of dthis world.
Heb 9:2 - For a atabernacle was prepared, the first, in which were the blampstand and the ctable and the dloaves that were set forth, which is called the eHoly Place;
Heb 9:3 - And after the second aveil, a btabernacle, which is called the cHoly of Holies,
Heb 9:4 - 1Having a agolden 2altar and the bArk of the Covenant covered about everywhere with gold, in which were the golden 3cpot that had the manna and Aaron’s drod that budded and the etablets of the covenant,
Heb 9:5 - And above it acherubim of glory overshadowing the 1bexpiation cover, concerning which it is not now the time to speak in detail.
Heb 9:6 - Now these things having been thus prepared, ainto the bfirst tabernacle the priests enter ccontinually, accomplishing their worship;
Heb 9:7 - But into the asecond, only the bhigh priest enters, conce a year and not without dblood, which he offers for ehimself and for the 1sins of ignorance of the fpeople,
Heb 9:8 - The aHoly Spirit thus making this clear, that the 1bway of the cHoly of Holies has not yet been manifested while the dfirst tabernacle still has its standing,
Heb 9:9 - Which is a 1afigure for the present time. According to this tabernacle both 2bgifts and sacrifices are offered, which are cunable to perfect, according to dconscience, him who worships,
Heb 9:10 - Consisting only of afoods and drinks and various 1bwashings, being ordinances of the flesh, imposed until the time of 2setting things right.
Heb 9:11 - But Christ, having come as a aHigh Priest of 1the bgood things that have come into being, through the greater and more perfect ctabernacle not dmade by hands, that is, not of ethis creation,
Heb 9:12 - And not through the ablood of goats and calves but through His bown blood, centered donce for all into the eHoly of Holies, 1obtaining an feternal 2redemption.
Heb 9:13 - For if the ablood of goats and bulls and the bashes of a heifer csprinkling those who are 1defiled sanctify to the purity of the flesh,
Heb 9:14 - How much more will the 1ablood of Christ, who through the 2eternal Spirit boffered Himself cwithout blemish to God, purify our 3dconscience from 4edead works to fserve the 5gliving God?
Heb 9:15 - And because of this He is the aMediator of a bnew covenant, so that, death having taken place for redemption of the 1transgressions under the cfirst covenant, those who have been dcalled might receive the 2promise of the 3eternal einheritance.
Heb 9:16 - For where there is a 1testament, the death of him who made the testament must of necessity be established.
Heb 9:17 - For a 1testament is confirmed 2in the case of the dead, since it never has force when he who made the testament is living.
Heb 9:18 - Hence neither was the afirst covenant 1initiated without bblood;
Heb 9:19 - For when every commandment according to the law had been spoken by Moses to all the people, he atook the blood of the calves and the goats, with water and bscarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the scroll of the covenant itself and all the people,
Heb 9:20 - Saying, “This is the blood of the covenant which God has commanded to you.”
Heb 9:21 - And both the atabernacle and all the vessels of the service he sprinkled in like manner with the blood.
Heb 9:22 - And almost all things are purified by blood according to the law, and 1without shedding of ablood there is no forgiveness.
Heb 9:23 - It was necessary therefore for the aexamples of the things in the heavens to be purified by these, but the 1heavenly things themselves, by 2bbetter sacrifices than these.
Heb 9:24 - For Christ did not aenter into a 1holy place made by hands, a 2bfigure of the ctrue, but into dheaven itself, to appear now before the face of God for us;
Heb 9:25 - Nor in order that He might offer Himself often, just as the ahigh priest enters into the bHoly of Holies year by year by the blood of other creatures;
Heb 9:26 - Since then He would have had to suffer often asince the foundation of the world. But now bonce at the 1cconsummation of the ages He has been dmanifested for the eputting away of sin through the fsacrifice of Himself.
Heb 9:27 - And inasmuch as it is 1reserved for men to adie 2once, and after this comes bjudgment,
Heb 9:28 - So Christ also, having been offered aonce to bbear the sins of many, will cappear a second time to those who deagerly await Him, 1apart from sin, unto 2esalvation.

Hebrews

Chapter 10 of 13

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Heb 10:1 - For the law, having a ashadow of the bgood things to come, not the image itself of the things, can cnever by the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, dperfect those who draw near.
Heb 10:2 - Otherwise would they not have aceased to be offered, because those worshipping, having once been purified, would have no longer had the bconsciousness of sins?
Heb 10:3 - But in those sacrifices there is a bringing to mind of sins ayear by year;
Heb 10:4 - For it is aimpossible for the bblood of bulls and goats to ctake away sins.
Heb 10:5 - Therefore, coming into the world, He says, a“Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a bbody You have prepared for Me.
Heb 10:6 - In aburnt offerings and bsacrifices for sin You did not delight.
Heb 10:7 - Then I said, Behold, I have come a(in the 1roll of the book it is written concerning Me) to do Your 2bwill, O God.”
Heb 10:8 - Saying above, “Sacrifices and offerings and burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin You did not desire nor delight in” (which are offered according to the law),
Heb 10:9 - He then has said, “Behold, I have come to do Your will.” He takes away the 1first that He may establish the 1second,
Heb 10:10 - By which awill we have been bsanctified through the coffering of the dbody of Jesus Christ 1eonce for all.
Heb 10:11 - And every priest 1stands daily, ministering and offering often the same sacrifices, which can anever bremove sins;
Heb 10:12 - But this One, having aoffered one bsacrifice for sins, 1csat down 2forever on the right hand of God,
Heb 10:13 - Henceforth waiting until His aenemies are made the footstool for His feet.
Heb 10:14 - For by aone offering He has 1bperfected forever those who are being csanctified.
Heb 10:15 - And the aHoly Spirit also testifies to us, for after having said,
Heb 10:16 - a“This is the covenant which I will covenant with them after those days, says the Lord: I will impart My laws upon their hearts, and upon their mind I will inscribe them,”
Heb 10:17 - He then says, “And atheir sins and their lawlessnesses I shall by no means remember anymore.”
Heb 10:18 - Now where forgiveness of these is, there is ano longer an offering for sin.
(The fourth warning—Come forward to the Holy of Holies and do not shrink back to Judaism — 10:19-39)
Heb 10:19 - Having therefore, brothers, aboldness for 1bentering the cHoly of Holies in the dblood of Jesus,
Heb 10:20 - Which entrance He initiated for us as a 1new and living away through the 2bveil, that is, His cflesh,
Heb 10:21 - And having a agreat bPriest over the chouse of God,
Heb 10:22 - Let us 1acome forward to the bHoly of Holies with a true heart in full cassurance of faith, having our hearts dsprinkled from an evil conscience and having our 2bodies ewashed with 2pure water.
Heb 10:23 - Let us ahold fast the bconfession of our chope unwavering, for He who has promised is dfaithful;
Heb 10:24 - And let us consider one another so as to incite one another to love and good works,
Heb 10:25 - Not 1abandoning our own 2assembling together, as the custom with some is, but aexhorting one another; and so much the more as you see the bday drawing cnear.
Heb 10:26 - For when we 1sin willfully after receiving the knowledge of the 2truth, there 3ano longer remains a bsacrifice of bulls and goats for sins,
Heb 10:27 - But a certain afearful expectation of bjudgment and cfervor of fire, which is to dconsume the adversaries.
Heb 10:28 - aAnyone who has set aside the law of Moses dies without compassion on the testimony of btwo or three witnesses.
Heb 10:29 - aBy bhow much do you think he will be thought worthy of 1worse punishment who has 2ctrampled underfoot the Son of God and has 3considered dthe blood of the covenant by which he was esanctified a common thing and has 4insulted the fSpirit of grace?
Heb 10:30 - For we know Him who said, 1a“Vengeance is Mine; I will repay”; and again, b“The Lord will cjudge His people.”
Heb 10:31 - It is a afearful thing to fall into the hands of the bliving God.
Heb 10:32 - But call to mind the former days, in which, having been aenlightened, you endured a great bconflict of csufferings;
Heb 10:33 - On one hand, being made a 1aspectacle both in breproaches and in afflictions, and on the other, having become cpartakers with those who are treated the same.
Heb 10:34 - For you both sympathized with those in abonds and accepted with bjoy the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you yourselves have a 1better cpossession and one that abides.
Heb 10:35 - Do not cast away therefore your aboldness, which has great 1breward.
Heb 10:36 - For you have need of aendurance in order that, having done the 1will of God, you may obtain the 2bpromise.
Heb 10:37 - “For in yet a very little while the Coming One will acome and will not delay.
Heb 10:38 - But My arighteous one shall live bby 1faith; and if he shrinks back, My soul does not delight in him.”
Heb 10:39 - But we are not of those who 1shrink back to 2ruin but of them who have faith to the 3againing of the soul.

Hebrews

Chapter 11 of 13

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III.  The unique way of faith — 11:1-40

A.  The definition of faith — v. 1
Heb 11:1 - Now 1afaith is the 2substantiation of things 3bhoped for, the 4conviction of things 5cnot seen.
B.  The witnesses of faith — vv. 2-40
Heb 11:2 - For in this the elders have obtained a good atestimony.
Heb 11:3 - 1By faith we understand that the 2auniverse has been framed by the 3bword of God, so that what is seen has not come into cbeing out of things which appear.
Heb 11:4 - By faith aAbel offered to God a 1more excellent sacrifice than bCain, through which he obtained the ctestimony that he was righteous, God dtestifying to his gifts; and through 2faith, though he has died, he still espeaks.
Heb 11:5 - By faith aEnoch was translated so that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God had translated him. For before his translation he obtained the btestimony that he had been well pleasing to God.
Heb 11:6 - But without faith it is impossible to 1be well pleasing to Him, for he who acomes forward to God must believe that He is and that He is a rewarder of those who 2bdiligently seek Him.
Heb 11:7 - By faith aNoah, having been divinely instructed concerning things not yet seen and being moved by pious fear, bprepared an ark for the salvation of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became cheir of the righteousness which is according to faith.
Heb 11:8 - By faith aAbraham, being called, obeyed to bgo out unto a place which he was to creceive as an inheritance; and he went out, 1not knowing where he was going.
Heb 11:9 - By faith he dwelt as a foreigner in the aland of promise as in a foreign land, making his home in btents with Isaac and Jacob, the fellow cheirs of the same promise;
Heb 11:10 - For he eagerly waited for the 1acity which has the bfoundations, whose Architect and Builder is cGod.
Heb 11:11 - By faith also aSarah herself received power to conceive seed, even beyond the season of age, since she considered Him bfaithful who promised.
Heb 11:12 - Therefore also there were born of one, and that of him who had become adead, as many as even the 1bstars of heaven in multitude and as the 1csand by the 2seashore innumerable.
Heb 11:13 - All athese died 1in faith, bnot receiving the promises but cseeing them from afar and joyfully greeting them and confessing that they were dstrangers and 2sojourners on the earth.
Heb 11:14 - For those who say such things make it manifest that they seek after a acountry of their own.
Heb 11:15 - And if indeed they continued to remember that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return;
Heb 11:16 - But as it is, they long after a better acountry, that is, a bheavenly one. Therefore God is cnot ashamed of them, to be called dtheir God, for He has prepared a ecity for them.
Heb 11:17 - By faith Abraham, being tested, aoffered up Isaac; indeed he who gladly received the bpromises was offering up his only begotten,
Heb 11:18 - Of whom it was said, a“In Isaac shall your seed be called”;
Heb 11:19 - Counting that God was aable to braise men even from the dead, from which he also received him back in 1figure.
Heb 11:20 - By faith aIsaac blessed Jacob and Esau, even concerning things to come.
Heb 11:21 - By faith aJacob, while he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and bworshipped God, while 1leaning on the top of his staff.
Heb 11:22 - By faith aJoseph, nearing his end, made mention of the exodus of the sons of Israel and bgave orders concerning his bones.
Heb 11:23 - By faith aMoses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents because they saw that the child was blovely, and they did not fear the cking’s decree.
Heb 11:24 - By faith Moses, when he had agrown up, refused to be called the bson of Pharaoh’s daughter,
Heb 11:25 - Choosing rather to be aill-treated with the people of God than to have the 1temporary 2enjoyment of sin,
Heb 11:26 - 1aConsidering the 2breproach of the Christ greater riches than the ctreasures of Egypt; for he dlooked away to the 3ereward.
Heb 11:27 - By faith he aleft Egypt, not fearing the bwrath of the king, for he 1persevered as one cseeing the dunseen One.
Heb 11:28 - By faith he instituted the aPassover and the pouring out of the blood so that the bone destroying the firstborn would not touch them.
Heb 11:29 - By faith they apassed through the Red Sea as through dry land, in which the Egyptians, while making the attempt, were swallowed up.
Heb 11:30 - 1By faith the awalls of Jericho fell, having been bencircled for a period of seven days.
Heb 11:31 - By faith aRahab the harlot did not perish with those who were disobedient, since she had breceived the spies with peace.
Heb 11:32 - And what more shall I say? For time will fail me if I tell of aGideon, bBarak, cSamson, dJephthah, of eDavid and fSamuel and the prophets,
Heb 11:33 - Who through faith aovercame kingdoms, bworked righteousness, cobtained promises, dstopped the mouths of lions,
Heb 11:34 - aQuenched the power of fire, bescaped the edge of the sword, were made strong in weakness, became cmighty in war, routed the armies of foreigners.
Heb 11:35 - Women areceived their dead by resurrection; and others were tortured to death, not accepting 1deliverance, in order that they might obtain a 2bbetter resurrection.
Heb 11:36 - And still others underwent the trial of amockings and scourgings, even, moreover, of bonds and bimprisonment.
Heb 11:37 - They were astoned, they were sawn in two, they were tempted, they died by the bmurder of the sword, they wandered about in sheepskins, in goatskins, destitute, afflicted, cill-treated
Heb 11:38 - (Of 1whom the world was not worthy), wandering over adeserts and bmountains and in ccaves and holes of the earth.
Heb 11:39 - And these all, having obtained a good atestimony through their faith, did bnot obtain the promise,
Heb 11:40 - Because God has 1provided something 2abetter for us, so that 3apart from us they would not be made perfect.

Hebrews

Chapter 12 of 13

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(The fifth warning—Run the race and do not fall away from grace — 12:1-29)
Heb 12:1 - Therefore let us also, having so great a 1acloud of 2witnesses surrounding us, put away every 3encumbrance and the 4bsin which so easily entangles us and crun with dendurance the 5race which is set before us,
Heb 12:2 - 1Looking away aunto 2Jesus, the 3bAuthor and 4Perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the ccross, despising the dshame, and has 5esat down on the right hand of the fthrone of God.
Heb 12:3 - For acompare Him who has endured such bcontradiction by sinners against Himself, so that you may not grow weary, 1fainting in your souls.
Heb 12:4 - You have not yet resisted unto blood, struggling against 1sin,
Heb 12:5 - And you have completely forgotten the exhortation which reasons with you as with sons, a“My son, do not regard lightly the 1discipline of the Lord, nor faint when reproved by Him;
Heb 12:6 - For whom the Lord loves He 1adisciplines, and He bscourges every son whom He receives.”
Heb 12:7 - It is for 1discipline that you endure; God deals with you as with asons. For what son is there whom the father does not discipline?
Heb 12:8 - But if you are without discipline, of which all sons have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.
Heb 12:9 - Furthermore we have had the fathers of our flesh as 1discipliners and we arespected them; shall we not much more be in subjection to the 2bFather of spirits and clive?
Heb 12:10 - For they disciplined for a few days as it seemed good to them; but He, for what is profitable that we might partake of His 1aholiness.
Heb 12:11 - Now no discipline at the present time seems to be a matter of joy, but of grief; but afterward it yields the 1apeaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised by it.
Heb 12:12 - Therefore 1set straight the ahands which hang down and the paralyzed knees,
Heb 12:13 - And make astraight 1paths for your feet, that what is lame may not be 2put out of joint but rather may be bhealed.
Heb 12:14 - aPursue peace with all men and 1bsanctification, without which no one will see the Lord;
Heb 12:15 - Looking carefully lest anyone 1afall away from the bgrace of God; lest any 2croot of bitterness springing up trouble you, and through this many be ddefiled;
Heb 12:16 - Lest there be any afornicator or profane person like bEsau, who for one meal gave up his own 1birthright.
Heb 12:17 - For you know that also afterward, when he adesired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found 1no place for repentance, even though he sought it with tears.
Heb 12:18 - For you have not come forward to a 1amountain which could be btouched and which was set on cfire, and to ddarkness and egloom and whirlwind,
Heb 12:19 - And to the asound of a trumpet and to the bvoice of words, because of which those who heard centreated that no further word be spoken to them;
Heb 12:20 - For they could not bear that which was being commanded: a“If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned.”
Heb 12:21 - And so fearful was the sight, Moses said, “I am afull of fear and trembling.”
Heb 12:22 - But you have come forward to 1Mount aZion and to the 2bcity of the cliving God, the dheavenly Jerusalem; and to emyriads of angels, to the 3universal gathering;
Heb 12:23 - And to the achurch of the 1bfirstborn, who have been 2cenrolled in the heavens; and to God, the dJudge of all; and to the spirits of righteous men who have been made perfect;
Heb 12:24 - And to Jesus, the aMediator of a 1bnew covenant; and to the 2cblood of dsprinkling, which 3speaks something better than that of eAbel.
Heb 12:25 - See that you do not refuse Him who aspeaks, for if those did not bescape who refused Him who warned them upon the earth, much more we shall not cescape who turn away from Him who warns from heaven,
Heb 12:26 - Whose voice at that time ashook the earth but now has promised, saying, b“Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also heaven.”
Heb 12:27 - And this word, “Yet once more,” shows clearly the aremoval of the things being shaken as being of things having been made, that the things which are not shaken may bremain.
Heb 12:28 - Therefore receiving an unshakable 1akingdom, let us 2have bgrace, through which we may cserve God dwell-pleasingly with piety and efear;
Heb 12:29 - For our God is also a 1consuming afire.

Hebrews

Chapter 13 of 13

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IV.  Virtues for the church life — 13:1-19

A.  Six practical items — vv. 1-7
Heb 13:1 - Let 1abrotherly love 2continue.
Heb 13:2 - Do not forget ahospitality, for through this some, without knowing it, have bentertained angels.
Heb 13:3 - 1Remember those who are imprisoned as bound with them, those who are aill-treated as being yourselves also likewise treated in body.
Heb 13:4 - Let 1marriage be held in honor 2among all, and the bed undefiled; for afornicators and adulterers God will 3bjudge.
Heb 13:5 - Let your way of life be without the 1alove of money, being bsatisfied with the things which are at hand; for He Himself has said, c“I shall by no means give you up, neither by any means shall I abandon you”;
Heb 13:6 - So that being of good courage, we say, a“The Lord is my Helper, and I will not fear. What shall man do to me?”
Heb 13:7 - 1Remember the ones aleading you, who have bspoken to you the word of God; and considering the issue of their cmanner of life, dimitate their faith.
B.  Experiences of Christ — vv. 8-15
Heb 13:8 - 1Jesus Christ is the asame yesterday and today, yes, even forever.
Heb 13:9 - Do not be acarried away by 1bvarious strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be 2confirmed by cgrace, not by the 3dfood of sacrifices, by which those who walk were not profited.
Heb 13:10 - We have an 1altar from which they who are serving the tabernacle have no right to aeat.
Heb 13:11 - For the 1abodies of those animals whose bblood is brought into the Holy of Holies for sin by the high priest are burned up outside the camp.
Heb 13:12 - Therefore also Jesus, that He might 1asanctify the people through His own 2bblood, suffered coutside the 3gate.
Heb 13:13 - Let us therefore go forth aunto Him 1boutside the 2camp, bearing His creproach.
Heb 13:14 - For we do not have here a 1aremaining city, but 2we bseek after the cone to come.
Heb 13:15 - 1Through Him then let us aoffer up a sacrifice of bpraise continually to God, that is, the cfruit of lips dconfessing His name.
C.  Another four items needed — vv. 16-19
Heb 13:16 - But do not forget doing good and 1asharing with others, for with such bsacrifices God is well pleased.
Heb 13:17 - 1Obey the ones aleading you and bsubmit to them, for they cwatch over your souls as those who will render an account, that they may do this with joy and not groaning; for this would be unprofitable to you.
Heb 13:18 - 1aPray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a bgood conscience, desiring in all things to conduct ourselves honorably.
Heb 13:19 - And I exhort you much more to do this that I may be restored to you more quickly.

V.  Conclusion — 13:20-25

Heb 13:20 - Now the aGod of peace, He who bbrought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great cShepherd of the 1dsheep, in the eblood of an 2eternal fcovenant,
Heb 13:21 - aPerfect you in every bgood work for the doing of His cwill, 1doing din us that which is well epleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ; to Him be the fglory forever and ever. Amen.
Heb 13:22 - Now I beseech you, brothers, 1bear with the word of this aexhortation, for indeed I have written to you in few words.
Heb 13:23 - Know that our brother 1aTimothy has been released, with whom, if he comes soon, I will see you.
Heb 13:24 - 1Greet all the ones aleading you and all the saints. Those from Italy greet you.
Heb 13:25 - 1aGrace be with you all. Amen.
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