Hebrews
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Book of Hebrews Explained
Title:
When the various New Testament books were formally brought together into
one collection shortly after A.D. 100, the titles were added for
convenience. This epistle's title bears the traditional Greek title, "To
the Hebrews," which was attested by at least in the second century A.D.
Within the epistle itself, however, there is no identification of the
recipients as either Hebrews (Jews), or Gentiles. Since the epistle is
filled with references to Hebrew history and religion and does not address
any particular Gentile or pagan practice, the traditional title has been
maintained.
Authorship - Date:
One of the great mysteries surrounding the Book of Hebrews concerns its
authorship. For some unknown reason the author remains anonymous to us,
though he was known to his original readers (13:23). Discussion of the
author's identity dates back to the second century, but convincing evidence
was lacking even then. Indeed, the great critical scholar of the third
century, Origen of Alexandria, had to concede that only God truly knows who
the author of this epistle is. The author, whether Jew or Gentile, had a
superb knowledge both of Jewish Levitical thought and also of Greek
literary style (which is often regarded as the finest in the New
Testament). Yet he does seem to be Jewish in that he apparently identifies
himself with his Jewish readers by writing: "Let us go forth therefore unto
him without the camp" (13:13; see the note on this verse). These and other
factors will help to show the strengths and weaknesses of the more common
views of authorship.
Paul, Barnabas, Silas, Apollos, Luke, Philip, Priscilla, Aquila, and
Clement of Rome have been suggested by different scholars, but the
epistle's vocabulary, style, and various literary characteristics do not
clearly support any particular claim. It is significant that the writer
includes himself among those people who had received confirmation of
Christ's message from others (2:3). That would seem to rule out someone
like Paul who claimed that he had received such confirmation directly from
God and not from men (Gal. 1:12). Whoever the author was, he preferred
citing Old Testament references from the Greek Old Testament (LXX), rather
than from the Hebrew text. Even the early church expressed various opinions
on authorship, and current scholarship admits the puzzle still has no
solution. Therefore, it seems best to accept the epistle's anonymity.
Ultimately, of course, the author was the Holy Spirit (2 Peter 1:21).
The use of the present tense (in 5:1-4; 7:21, 23, 27-28; 8:3-5, 13; 9:6-9,
13, 25; 10:1, 3-4, 8, 11; and 13:10-11), would suggest that the Levitical
priesthood and sacrificial system were still in operation when the epistle
was composed. Since the temple was destroyed by General (Later emperor),
Titus Vespasian (in A.D. 70), the epistle must have been written prior to
that date. In addition, it may be noted that Timothy had just been released
from prison (13:23), and the persecution was becoming severe (10:32-39;
2:4; 13:3). These details suggest a date for the epistle around (A.D.
67-69).
Background - Setting:
Emphases on the Levitical priesthood and on sacrifices, as well as the
absence of any reference to the Gentiles, support the conclusion that a
community of Hebrews was the recipient of the epistle. Although these
Hebrews were primarily converts to Christ, there were probably a number of
unbelievers in their midst, who were attracted by the message of salvation,
but who had not yet made a full commitment of faith in Christ. One thing is
clear from the contents of the epistle: the community of Hebrews was facing
the possibility of intensified persecution (10:32-39; 12:4). As they
confronted this possibility, the Hebrews were tempted to cast aside any
identification with Christ. They may have considered demoting Christ from
God's Son to a mere angel. Such a precedent had already been set in the
Qumran community of messianic Jews living near the Dead Sea. They had
dropped out of society, established a religious commune, and included the
worship of angels in their brand of reformed Judaism. The Qumran community
had even gone so far as to claim that the angel Michael was higher in
status than the coming Messiah. These kinds of doctrinal aberrations could
explain the emphasis in Hebrews chapter one on the superiority of Christ
over the angels.
Possible locations for the recipients of the epistle include Palestine,
Egypt, Italy Asia Minor, and Greece. The community that was the primary
recipient may have circulated the epistle among those of Hebrew background
in neighboring areas and churches. Those believers probably had not seen
Christ personally. Apparently, they had been evangelized by "those who
heard" Christ and whose ministries had been authenticated "by signs and
wonders and by various miracles" (2:3-4). Thus, the recipients could have
been in a church outside Judea and Galilee or in a church in those areas,
but established among people in the generation following those who had been
eyewitnesses of Christ. The congregation was not new or untaught ("by this
time you ought to be teachers"), yet some of them still needed "milk and
not solid food" (5:12).
The generation of Hebrews receiving this epistle had practiced the
Levitical sacrifices at the temple in Jerusalem. Jews living in exile had
substituted the synagogue for the temple but still felt a deep attraction
to the temple worship. Some had the means to make regular pilgrimages to
the temple in Jerusalem. The writer of the epistle emphasized the
superiority of Christianity over Judaism and the superiority of Christ's
once-for-all sacrifice over the repeated and imperfect Levitical sacrifices
observed in the temple.
Historical - Themes:
Since the book of Hebrews is grounded in the work of the Levitical
priesthood, an understanding of the book of Leviticus is essential for
properly interpreting Hebrews. Israel's sin had continually interrupted
God's fellowship with His chosen and covenant people, Israel. Therefore, He
graciously and sovereignly established a system of sacrifices that
symbolically represented the inner repentance of sinners and His divine
forgiveness. However, the need for sacrifices never ended because the
people and priests continued to sin. The need of all mankind was a perfect
priest and a perfect sacrifice that would once and for all actually remove
sin. God's provision for that perfect priest and sacrifice in Christ is the
central message of Hebrews.
The epistle to Hebrews is a study in contrast, between the imperfect and
incomplete provisions of the Old Covenant, given under Moses, and the
infinitely better provisions of the New Covenant offered by the perfect
High-Priest, God's only Son and the Messiah, Jesus Christ. Included in the
"better" provisions are: a better hope, testament, promise, sacrifice,
substance, country, and resurrection. Those who belong to the New Covenant
dwell in a completely new and heavenly atmosphere. They worship a heavenly
Savior, have a heavenly calling, receive a heavenly gift, are citizens of a
heavenly country, look forward to a heavenly Jerusalem, and have their very
names written in heaven.
One of the key theological themes in Hebrews is that all believers now have
direct access to God under the New Covenant and, therefore, may approach
the throne of God boldly (4:16; 10:22). One's hope is in the very presence
of God, into which he follows the Savior (6:19-20; 10:19-20). The primary
teaching symbolized by the tabernacle service was that believers under the
covenant of law did not have direct access to the presence of God (9:8),
but were shut out of the Holy of Holies. The book of Hebrews may briefly be
summarized in this way: Believers in Jesus Christ, as God's perfect
sacrifice for sin, have the perfect High-Priest through whose ministry
everything is new and better than under the covenant of law.
The epistle is more than a doctrinal treatise, however. It is intensely
practical in its application to everyday living (see chapter 13). The
writer himself even refers to his letter as a "word of exhortation" (13:22;
compare Acts 13:15). Exhortations designed to stir the readers into action
are found throughout the text.
First century Jewish Christians were confronted with the anguish of having
given up long held godly traditions only to experience increased
persecution and unfulfilled promises. Both family and foe now harassed
them. Further, Christ had not yet returned, and there were no apparent
indications that His return and the restoration of Israel would ever occur.
The first generations of Christians had passed, and Israel was still
unsaved. Outwardly, Christ remained unvindicated before many of them. The
Book of Hebrews is an exhortation to Jewish Christians to hold fast to
their faith in Christ.
Throughout the epistle, the author stresses the continuity and flow between
the Old Testament revelation and the new faith in Christ, while emphasizing
the superiority of both Christ and His New Covenant, using such words as
better, perfect and heavenly. By so doing, he assures the Jewish Christians
of the biblical heritage contained in the New Covenant. (Hebrews contains
29 direct quotations from and 53 clear allusions to the Old Testament"). He
challenges them to run with endurance the race that is set before them
(12:1), even as their Jewish ancestors had done (chapter 11). The style of
the epistle is one of encouragement, comfort, and warning. The book leads
one from superficial thinking to profound depths concerning the person and
work of Christ. Its argument is the superiority and finality of
Christianity. Its theme is the high priestly mi
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Hebrews 1
Hebrews Chapter 1
1:1 "God, who at
sundry times and in
divers manners
spake in time past
unto the fathers by
the prophets,"
Hebrews 1:2 "Hath
in these last days
spoken unto us by
[his] Son, whom he
hath appointed heir
of all things, by
whom also he made
the worlds;"
Hebrews 1:3 "Who
being the
brightness of [his]
glory, and the
express image of
his person, and
upholding all
things by the word
of his power, when
he had by himself
purged our sins,
sat down on the
right hand of the
Majesty on high;"
Hebrews 1:4 "Being
made so much better
than the angels, as
he hath by
inheritance
obtained a more
excellent name than
they."
Hebrews 1:5 "For
unto which of the
angels said he at
any time, Thou art
my Son, this day
have I begotten
thee? And again, I
will be to him a
Father, and he
shall be to me a
Son?"
Hebrews 1:6 "And again, when he bringeth in
the first begotten into the world, he
saith, And let all the angels of God
worship him."
Hebrews 1:7 "And of the angels he saith,
Who maketh his angels spirits, and his
ministers a flame of fire."
Hebrews 1:8 "But unto the Son [he saith],
Thy throne, O God, [is] for ever and ever:
a scepter of righteousness [is] the scepter
of thy kingdom."
Hebrews 1:9 "Thou hast loved righteousness,
and hated iniquity; therefore God, [even]
thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of
gladness above thy fellows."
Hebrews 1:10 "And, Thou, Lord, in the
beginning hast laid the foundation of the
earth; and the heavens are the works of
thine hands:"
Hebrews 1:11-12 "They shall perish; but
thou remainest; and they all shall wax old
as doth a garment;" "And as a vesture shalt
thou fold them up, and they shall be
changed: but thou art the same, and thy
years shall not fail."
Hebrews 1:13-14 "But to which of the angels
said he at any time, Sit on my right hand,
until I make thine enemies thy footstool?"
"Are they not all ministering spirits, sent
forth to minister for them who shall be
heirs of salvation?"
Hebrews 2
Hebrews Chapter 2
Hebrews 2:1
"Therefore we ought
to give the more
earnest heed to the
things which we
have heard, lest at
any time we should
let [them] slip."
Hebrews 2:2 "For if
the word spoken by
angels was
stedfast, and every
transgression and
disobedience
received a just
recompence of
reward;"
Hebrews 2:3 "How
shall we escape, if
we neglect so great
salvation; which at
the first began to
be spoken by the
Lord, and was
confirmed unto us
by them that heard
[him];"
Hebrews 2:4 "God
also bearing [them]
witness, both with
signs and wonders,
and with divers
miracles, and gifts
of the Holy Ghost,
according to his
own will?"
Hebrews 2:5 "For
unto the angels
hath he not put in
subjection the
world to come,
whereof we speak."
Hebrews 2:6 "But
one in a certain
place testified,
saying, What is
man, that thou art
mindful of him? or
the son of man,
that thou visitest
him?"
Hebrews 2:7 "Thou
madest him a little
lower than the
angels; thou
crownedst him with
glory and honor,
and didst set him
over the works of
thy hands:"
Hebrews 2:8 "Thou
hast put all things
in subjection under
his feet. For in
that he put all in
subjection under
him, he left
nothing [that is]
not put under him.
But now we see not
yet all things put
under him."
Hebrews 2:9 "But we see Jesus, who was made
a little lower than the angels for the
suffering of death, crowned with glory and
honor; that he by the grace of God should
taste death for every man."
Hebrews 2:10 "For it became him, for whom
[are] all things, and by whom [are] all
things, in bringing many sons unto glory,
to make the captain of their salvation
perfect through sufferings."
Hebrews 2:11 "For both he that sanctifieth
and they who are sanctified [are] all of
one: for which cause he is not ashamed to
call them brethren,"
Hebrews 2:12 "Saying, I will declare thy
name unto my brethren, in the midst of the
church will I sing praise unto thee."
Hebrews 2:13 "And again, I will put my
trust in him. And again, Behold I and the
children which God hath given me."
Hebrews 2:14 "Forasmuch then as the
children are partakers of flesh and blood,
he also himself likewise took part of the
same; that through death he might destroy
him that had the power of death, that is,
the devil;"
Hebrews 2:15 "And deliver them who through
fear of death were all their lifetime
subject to bondage."
Hebrews 2:16 "For verily he took not on
[him the nature of] angels; but he took on
[him] the seed of Abraham."
Hebrews 2:17 "Wherefore in all things it
behooved him to be made like unto [his]
brethren, that he might be a merciful and
faithful high priest in things [pertaining]
to God, to make reconciliation for the sins
of the people."
Hebrews 2:18 "For in that he himself hath
suffered being tempted, he is able to
succor them that are tempted."
Hebrews 3
Hebrews Chapter 3
Hebrews 3:1
"Wherefore, holy
brethren, partakers
of the heavenly
calling, consider
the Apostle and
High Priest of our
profession, Christ
Jesus;"
Hebrews 3:2 "Who
was faithful to him
that appointed him,
as also Moses [was
faithful] in all
his house."
Hebrews 3:3 "For
this [man] was
counted worthy of
more glory than
Moses, inasmuch as
he who hath builded
the house hath more
honor than the
house."
Hebrews 3:4 "For
every house is
builded by some
[man]; but he that
built all things
[is] God."
Hebrews 3:5-6 "And
Moses verily [was]
faithful in all his
house, as a
servant, for a
testimony of those
things which were
to be spoken
after;" "But Christ
as a son over his
own house; whose
house are we, if we
hold fast the
confidence and the
rejoicing of the
hope firm unto the
end."
Hebrews 3:7
"Wherefore as the
Holy Ghost saith,
Today if ye will
hear his voice,"
Hebrews 3:8 "Harden
not your hearts, as
in the provocation,
in the day of
temptation in the
wilderness:"
Hebrews 3:9 "When
your fathers
tempted me, proved
me, and saw my
works forty years."
Hebrews 3:10
"Wherefore I was
grieved with that
generation, and
said, They do
always err in
[their] heart; and
they have not known
my ways."
Hebrews 3:11 "So I sware in my wrath, They
shall not enter into my rest."
Hebrews 3:12 "Take heed, brethren, lest
there be in any of you an evil heart of
unbelief, in departing from the living
God."
Hebrews 3:13 "But exhort one another daily,
while it is called Today; lest any of you
be hardened through the deceitfulness of
sin."
Hebrews 3:14 "For we are made partakers of
Christ, if we hold the beginning of our
confidence stedfast unto the end;"
Hebrews 3:15 "While it is said, Today if ye
will hear his voice, harden not your
hearts, as in the provocation."
Hebrews 3:16-17 "For some, when they had
heard, did provoke: howbeit not all that
came out of Egypt by Moses." "But with whom
was he grieved forty years? [was it] not
with them that had sinned, whose carcases
fell in the wilderness?"
Hebrews 3:18 "And to whom sware he that
they should not enter into his rest, but to
them that believed not?"
Hebrews 3:19 "So we see that they could not
enter in because of unbelief."
Hebrews 4
Hebrews Chapter 4
Hebrews 4:1 "Let us
therefore fear,
lest, a promise
being left [us] of
entering into his
rest, any of you
should seem to come
short of it."
Hebrews 4:2 "For
unto us was the
gospel preached, as
well as unto them:
but the word
preached did not
profit them, not
being mixed with
faith in them that
heard [it]."
Hebrews 4:3 "For we
which have believed
do enter into rest,
as he said, As I
have sworn in my
wrath, if they
shall enter into my
rest: although the
works were finished
from the foundation
of the world."
Hebrews 4:4-5 "For
he spake in a
certain place of
the seventh [day]
on this wise, And
God did rest the
seventh day from
all his works."
"And in this
[place] again, If
they shall enter
into my rest."
Hebrews 4:6 "Seeing
therefore it
remaineth that some
must enter therein,
and they to whom it
was first preached
entered not in
because of
unbelief:"
Hebrews 4:7 "Again, he limiteth a certain
day, saying in David, To day, after so long
a time; as it is said, Today if ye will
hear his voice, harden not your hearts."
Hebrews 4:8 "For if Jesus had given them
rest, then would he not afterward have
spoken of another day."
Hebrews 4:9 "There remaineth therefore a
rest to the people of God."
Hebrews 4:10 "For he that is entered into
his rest, he also hath ceased from his own
works, as God [did] from his."
Hebrews 4:11 "Let us labor therefore to
enter into that rest, lest any man fall
after the same example of unbelief."
Hebrews 4:12 "For the word of God [is]
quick, and powerful, and sharper than any
twoedged sword, piercing even to the
dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of
the joints and marrow, and [is] a discerner
of the thoughts and intents of the heart."
Hebrews 4:13 "Neither is there any creature
that is not manifest in his sight: but all
things [are] naked and opened unto the eyes
of him with whom we have to do."
Hebrews 4:14 "Seeing then that we have a
great high priest, that is passed into the
heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold
fast [our] profession."
Hebrews 4:15 "For we have not a high priest
which cannot be touched with the feeling of
our infirmities; but was in all points
tempted like as [we are, yet] without sin."
Hebrews 4:16 "Let us therefore come boldly
unto the throne of grace, that we may
obtain mercy, and find grace to help in
time of need."
Hebrews 5
Hebrews Chapter 5
Hebrews 5:1 "For
every high priest
taken from among
men is ordained for
men in things
[pertaining] to
God, that he may
offer both gifts
and sacrifices for
sins:"
Hebrews 5:2 "Who
can have compassion
on the ignorant,
and on them that
are out of the way;
for that he himself
also is compassed
with infirmity."
Hebrews 5:3 "And by
reason hereof he
ought, as for the
people, so also for
himself, to offer
for sins."
Hebrews 5:4 "And no
man taketh this
honor unto himself,
but he that is
called of God, as
[was] Aaron."
Hebrews 5:5 "So
also Christ
glorified not
himself to be made
a high priest; but
he that said unto
him, Thou art my
Son, today have I
begotten thee."
Hebrews 5:6 "As he
saith also in
another [place],
Thou [art] a priest
for ever after the
order of
Melchizedec."
Hebrews 5:7 "Who in the days of his flesh,
when he had offered up prayers and
supplications with strong crying and tears
unto him that was able to save him from
death, and was heard in that he feared;"
Hebrews 5:8 "Though he were a Son, yet
learned he obedience by the things which he
suffered;"
Hebrews 5:9 "And being made perfect, he
became the author of eternal salvation unto
all them that obey him;"
Hebrews 5:10 "Called of God a high priest
after the order of Melchizedec."
Hebrews 5:11 "Of whom we have many things
to say, and hard to be uttered, seeing ye
are dull of hearing."
Hebrews 5:12 "For when for the time ye
ought to be teachers, ye have need that one
teach you again which [be] the first
principles of the oracles of God; and are
become such as have need of milk, and not
of strong meat."
Hebrews 5:13 "For every one that useth milk
[is] unskillful in the word of
righteousness: for he is a babe."
Hebrews 5:14 "But strong meat belongeth to
them that are of full age, [even] those who
by reason of use have their senses
exercised to discern both good and evil."
Hebrews 6
Hebrews Chapter 6
Hebrews 6:1
"Therefore leaving
the principles of
the doctrine of
Christ, let us go
on unto perfection;
not laying again
the foundation of
repentance from
dead works, and of
faith toward God,"
Hebrews 6:2 "Of the
doctrine of
baptisms, and of
laying on of hands,
and of resurrection
of the dead, and of
eternal judgment."
Hebrews 6:3 "And
this will we do, if
God permit."
Hebrews 6:4 "For
[it is] impossible
for those who were
once enlightened,
and have tasted of
the heavenly gift,
and were made
partakers of the
Holy Ghost,"
Hebrews 6:5 "And
have tasted the
good word of God,
and the powers of
the world to come,"
Hebrews 6:6 "If
they shall fall
away, to renew them
again unto
repentance; seeing
they crucify to
themselves the Son
of God afresh, and
put [him] to an
open shame."
Hebrews 6:7 "For
the earth which
drinketh in the
rain that cometh
oft upon it, and
bringeth forth
herbs meet for them
by whom it is
dressed, receiveth
blessing from God:"
Hebrews 6:8 "But
that which beareth
thorns and briers
[is] rejected, and
[is] nigh unto
cursing; whose end
[is] to be burned."
Hebrews 6:9 "But,
beloved, we are
persuaded better
things of you, and
things that
accompany
salvation, though
we thus speak."
Hebrews 6:10 "For
God [is] not
unrighteous to
forget your work
and labor of love,
which ye have
shewed toward his
name, in that ye
have ministered to
the saints, and do
minister."
Hebrews 6:11 "And we desire that every one
of you do show the same diligence to the
full assurance of hope unto the end:"
Hebrews 6:12 "That ye be not slothful, but
followers of them who through faith and
patience inherit the promises."
Hebrews 6:13 "For when God made promise to
Abraham, because he could swear by no
greater, he sware by himself,"
Hebrews 6:14 "Saying, Surely blessing I
will bless thee, and multiplying I will
multiply thee."
Hebrews 6:15 "And so, after he had
patiently endured, he obtained the
promise."
Hebrews 6:16 "For men verily swear by the
greater: and an oath for confirmation [is]
to them an end of all strife."
Hebrews 6:17 "Wherein God, willing more
abundantly to shew unto the heirs of
promise the immutability of his counsel,
confirmed [it] by an oath:"
Hebrews 6:18 "That by two immutable things,
in which [it was] impossible for God to
lie, we might have a strong consolation,
who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon
the hope set before us:"
Hebrews 6:19 "Which [hope] we have as an
anchor of the soul, both sure and stedfast,
and which entereth into that within the
veil;"
Hebrews 6:20 "Whither the forerunner is for
us entered, [even] Jesus, made a high
priest for ever after the order of
Melchizedek."
Hebrews 7
Hebrews Chapter 7
Hebrews 7:1 "For
this Melchizedek,
king of Salem,
priest of the most
high God, who met
Abraham returning
from the slaughter
of the kings, and
blessed him;
Hebrews 7:2-3 "To
whom also Abraham
gave a tenth part
of all; first being
by interpretation
King of
righteousness, and
after that also
King of Salem,
which is, King of
peace;" "Without
father, without
mother, without
descent, having
neither beginning
of days, nor end of
life; but made like
unto the Son of
God; abideth a
priest
continually."
Hebrews 7:4 "Now
consider how great
this man [was],
unto whom even the
patriarch Abraham
gave the tenth of
the spoils."
Hebrews 7:5 "And
verily they that
are of the sons of
Levi, who receive
the office of the
priesthood, have a
commandment to take
tithes of the
people according to
the law, that is,
of their brethren,
though they come
out of the loins of
Abraham:"
Hebrews 7:6 "But he
whose descent is
not counted from
them received
tithes of Abraham,
and blessed him
that had the
promises."
Hebrews 7:7 "And
without all
contradiction the
less is blessed of
the better."
Hebrews 7:8 "And
here men that die
receive tithes; but
there he [receiveth
them], of whom it
is witnessed that
he liveth."
Hebrews 7:9-10 "And
as I may so say,
Levi also, who
receiveth tithes,
payed tithes in
Abraham." "For he
was yet in the
loins of his
father, when
Melchizedek met
him."
Hebrews 7:11 "If
therefore
perfection were by
the Levitical
priesthood, (for
under it the people
received the law,)
what further need
[was there] that
another priest
should rise after
the order of
Melchizedek, and
not be called after
the order of
Aaron?"
Hebrews 7:12 "For
the priesthood
being changed,
there is made of
necessity a change
also of the law."
Hebrews 7:13 "For he of whom these things
are spoken pertaineth to another tribe, of
which no man gave attendance at the altar."
Hebrews 7:14 "For [it is] evident that our
Lord sprang out of Judah; of which tribe
Moses spake nothing concerning priesthood."
Hebrews 7:15 "And it is yet far more
evident: for that after the similitude of
Melchizedek there ariseth another priest,"
"Who is made, not after the law of a carnal
commandment, but after the power of an
endless life."
Hebrews 7:17 "For he testifieth, Thou [art]
a priest for ever after the order of
Melchizedek."
Hebrews 7:18 "For there is verily a
disannulling of the commandment going
before for the weakness and
unprofitableness thereof."
Hebrews 7:19 "For the law made nothing
perfect, but the bringing in of a better
hope [did]; by the which we draw nigh unto
God."
Hebrews 7:20-21 "And inasmuch as not
without an oath [he was made priest]:"
"(For those priests were made without an
oath; but this with an oath by him that
said unto him, The Lord sware and will not
repent, Thou [art] a priest for ever after
the order of Melchizedek:)"
Hebrews 7:22 "By so much was Jesus made a
surety of a better testament."
Hebrews 7:23 "And they truly were many
priests, because they were not suffered to
continue by reason of death:"
Hebrews 7:24 "But this [man], because he
continueth ever, hath an unchangeable
priesthood."
Hebrews 7:25 "Wherefore he is able also to
save them to the uttermost that come unto
God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make
intercession for them."
Hebrews 7:26 "For such a high priest became
us, [who is] holy, harmless, undefiled,
separate from sinners, and made higher than
the heavens;"
Hebrews 7:27 "Who needeth not daily, as
those high priests, to offer up sacrifice,
first for his own sins, and then for the
people's: for this he did once, when he
offered up himself."
Hebrews 7:28 "For the law maketh men high
priests which have infirmity; but the word
of the oath, which was since the law,
[maketh] the Son, who is consecrated for
evermore."
Hebrews 8
Hebrews Chapter 8
Hebrews 8:1 "Now of
the things which we
have spoken [this
is] the sum: We
have such a high
priest, who is set
on the right hand
of the throne of
the Majesty in the
heavens;"
Hebrews 8:2 "A
minister of the
sanctuary, and of
the true
tabernacle, which
the Lord pitched,
and not man."
Hebrews 8:3 "For
every high priest
is ordained to
offer gifts and
sacrifices:
wherefore [it is]
of necessity that
this man have
somewhat also to
offer."
Hebrews 8:4 "For if
he were on earth,
he should not be a
priest, seeing that
there are priests
that offer gifts
according to the
law:"
Hebrews 8:5 "Who
serve unto the
example and shadow
of heavenly things,
as Moses was
admonished of God
when he was about
to make the
tabernacle: for,
See, saith he,
[that] thou make
all things
according to the
pattern showed to
thee in the mount."
Hebrews 8:6 "But
now hath he
obtained a more
excellent ministry,
by how much also he
is the mediator of
a better covenant,
which was
established upon
better promises."
Hebrews 8:7 "For if
that first
[covenant] had been
faultless, then
should no place
have been sought
for the second."
Hebrews 8:8 "For finding fault with them,
he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the
Lord, when I will make a new covenant with
the house of Israel and with the house of
Judah:"
Hebrews 8:9 "Not according to the covenant
that I made with their fathers in the day
when I took them by the hand to lead them
out of the land of Egypt; because they
continued not in my covenant, and I
regarded them not, saith the Lord."
Hebrews 8:10 "For this [is] the covenant
that I will make with the house of Israel
after those days, saith the Lord; I will
put my laws into their mind, and write them
in their hearts: and I will be to them a
God, and they shall be to me a people:"
Hebrews 8:11 "And they shall not teach
every man his neighbor, and every man his
brother, saying, Know the Lord: for all
shall know me, from the least to the
greatest."
Hebrews 8:12 "For I will be merciful to
their unrighteousness, and their sins and
their iniquities will I remember no more."
Hebrews 8:13 "In that he saith, A new
[covenant], he hath made the first old. Now
that which decayeth and waxeth old [is]
ready to vanish away."
Hebrews 9
Hebrews Chapter 9
Hebrews 9:1 "Then
verily the first
[covenant] had also
ordinances of
divine service, and
a worldly
sanctuary."
Hebrews 9:2 "For
there was a
tabernacle made;
the first, wherein
[was] the
candlestick, and
the table, and the
shewbread; which is
called the
sanctuary."
Hebrews 9:3 "And
after the second
veil, the
tabernacle which is
called the Holiest
of all;"
Hebrews 9:4 "Which
had the golden
censer, and the ark
of the covenant
overlaid round
about with gold,
wherein [was] the
golden pot that had
manna, and Aaron's
rod that budded,
and the tables of
the covenant;"
Hebrews 9:5 "And
over it the
cherubims of glory
shadowing the mercy
seat; of which we
cannot now speak
particularly."
Hebrews 9:6 "Now
when these things
were thus ordained,
the priests went
always into the
first tabernacle,
accomplishing the
service [of God]."
Hebrews 9:7 "But
into the second
[went] the high
priest alone once
every year, not
without blood,
which he offered
for himself, and
[for] the errors of
the people:"
Hebrews 9:8 "The
Holy Ghost this
signifying, that
the way into the
holiest of all was
not yet made
manifest, while as
the first
tabernacle was yet
standing:"
Hebrews 9:9 "Which [was] a figure for the
time then present, in which were offered
both gifts and sacrifices, that could not
make him that did the service perfect, as
pertaining to the conscience;"
Hebrews 9:10 "[Which stood] only in meats
and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal
ordinances, imposed [on them] until the
time of reformation."
Hebrews 9:11 "But Christ being come a high
priest of good things to come, by a greater
and more perfect tabernacle, not made with
hands, that is to say, not of this
building;"
Hebrews 9:12 "Neither by the blood of goats
and calves, but by his own blood he entered
in once into the holy place, having
obtained eternal redemption [for us]."
Hebrews 9:13 "For if the blood of bulls and
of goats, and the ashes of a heifer
sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the
purifying of the flesh:"
Hebrews 9:14 "How much more shall the blood
of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit
offered himself without spot to God, purge
your conscience from dead works to serve
the living God?"
Hebrews 9:15 "And for this cause he is the
mediator of the new testament, that by
means of death, for the redemption of the
transgressions [that were] under the first
testament, they which are called might
receive the promise of eternal
inheritance."
Hebrews 9:16-17 "For where a testament
[is], there must also of necessity be the
death of the testator." "For a testament
[is] of force after men are dead: otherwise
it is of no strength at all while the
testator liveth."
Hebrews 9:18 "Whereupon neither the first
[testament] was dedicated without blood."
Hebrews 9:19 "For when Moses had spoken
every precept to all the people according
to the law, he took the blood of calves and
of goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and
hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and
all the people,"
Hebrews 9:20 "Saying, This [is] the blood
of the testament which God hath enjoined
unto you."
Hebrews 9:21 "Moreover he sprinkled with
blood both the tabernacle, and all the
vessels of the ministry."
Hebrews 9:22 "And almost all things are by
the law purged with blood; and without
shedding of blood is no remission."
Hebrews 9:23 "It was] therefore necessary
that the patterns of things in the heavens
should be purified with these; but the
heavenly things themselves with better
sacrifices than these."
Hebrews 9:24 "For Christ is not entered
into the holy places made with hands,
[which are] the figures of the true; but
into heaven itself, now to appear in the
presence of God for us:"
Hebrews 9:25-26 "Nor yet that he should
offer himself often, as the high priest
entereth into the holy place every year
with blood of others;" "For then must he
often have suffered since the foundation of
the world: but now once in the end of the
world hath he appeared to put away sin by
the sacrifice of himself."
Hebrews 9:27 "And as it is appointed unto
men once to die, but after this the
judgment:"
Hebrews 9:28 "So Christ was once offered to
bear the sins of many; and unto them that
look for him shall he appear the second
time without sin unto salvation."
Hebrews 10
Hebrews Chapter 10
Hebrews 10:1 "For
the law having a
shadow of good
things to come,
[and] not the very
image of the
things, can never
with those
sacrifices which
they offered year
by year continually
make the comers
thereunto perfect."
Hebrews 10:2 "For
then would they not
have ceased to be
offered? because
that the
worshippers once
purged should have
had no more
conscience of
sins."
Hebrews 10:3 "But
in those
[sacrifices there
is] a remembrance
again [made] of
sins every year."
Hebrews 10:4 "For
[it is] not
possible that the
blood of bulls and
of goats should
take away sins."
Hebrews 10:5
"Wherefore when he
cometh into the
world, he saith,
Sacrifice and
offering thou
wouldest not, but a
body hast thou
prepared me:"
Hebrews 10:6 "In
burnt offerings and
[sacrifices] for
sin thou hast had
no pleasure."
Hebrews 10:7 "Then
said I, Lo, I come
(in the volume of
the book it is
written of me,) to
do thy will, O
God."
Hebrews 10:8 "Above
when he said,
Sacrifice and
offering and burnt
offerings and
[offering] for sin
thou wouldest not,
neither hadst
pleasure [therein];
which are offered
by the law;"
Hebrews 10:9 "Then
said he, Lo, I come
to do thy will, O
God. He taketh away
the first, that he
may establish the
second."
Hebrews 10:10 "By
the which will we
are sanctified
through the
offering of the
body of Jesus
Christ once [for
all]."
Hebrews 10:11 "And
every priest
standeth daily
ministering and
offering oftentimes
the same
sacrifices, which
can never take away
sins:"
Hebrews 10:12 "But
this man, after he
had offered one
sacrifice for sins
for ever, sat down
on the right hand
of God;"
Hebrews 10:13 "From
henceforth
expecting till his
enemies be made his
footstool."
Hebrews 10:14 "For
by one offering he
hath perfected for
ever them that are
sanctified."
Hebrews 10:15-17
"[Whereof] the Holy
Ghost also is a
witness to us: for
after that he had
said before," "This
[is] the covenant
that I will make
with them after
those days, saith
the Lord, I will
put my laws into
their hearts, and
in their minds will
I write them;" "And
their sins and
iniquities will I
remember no more."
Hebrews 10:18 "Now where remission of these
[is, there is] no more offering for sin."
Hebrews 10:19 "Having therefore, brethren,
boldness to enter into the holiest by the
blood of Jesus,"
Hebrews 10:20 "By a new and living way,
which he hath consecrated for us, through
the veil, that is to say, his flesh;"
Hebrews 10:21 "And [having] a high priest
over the house of God;"
Hebrews 10:22 "Let us draw near with a true
heart in full assurance of faith, having
our hearts sprinkled from an evil
conscience, and our bodies washed with pure
water."
Hebrews 10:23 "Let us hold fast the
profession of [our] faith without wavering;
(for he [is] faithful that promised;)"
Hebrews 10:24 "And let us consider one
another to provoke unto love and to good
works:"
Hebrews 10:25 "Not forsaking the assembling
of ourselves together, as the manner of
some [is]; but exhorting [one another]: and
so much the more, as ye see the day
approaching."
Hebrews 10:26 "For if we sin willfully
after that we have received the knowledge
of the truth, there remaineth no more
sacrifice for sins,"
Hebrews 10:27 "But a certain fearful
looking for of judgment and fiery
indignation, which shall devour the
adversaries."
Hebrews 10:28 "He that despised Moses' law
died without mercy under two or three
witnesses:"
Hebrews 10:29 "Of how much sorer
punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought
worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son
of God, and hath counted the blood of the
covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an
unholy thing, and hath done despite unto
the Spirit of grace?"
Hebrews 10:30 "For we know him that hath
said, Vengeance [belongeth] unto me, I will
recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The
Lord shall judge his people."
Hebrews 10:31 "[It is] a fearful thing to
fall into the hands of the living God."
Hebrews 10:32 "But call to remembrance the
former days, in which, after ye were
illuminated, ye endured a great fight of
afflictions;"
Hebrews 10:33 "Partly, whilst ye were made
a gazingstock both by reproaches and
afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became
companions of them that were so used."
Hebrews 10:34 "For ye had compassion of me
in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling
of your goods, knowing in yourselves that
ye have in heaven a better and an enduring
substance."
Hebrews 10:35 "Cast not away therefore your
confidence, which hath great recompence of
reward."
Hebrews 10:36 "For ye have need of
patience, that, after ye have done the will
of God, ye might receive the promise."
Hebrews 10:37 "For yet a little while, and
he that shall come will come, and will not
tarry."
Hebrews 10:38 "Now the just shall live by
faith: but if [any man] draw back, my soul
shall have no pleasure in him."
Hebrews 10:39 "But we are not of them who
draw back unto perdition; but of them that
believe to the saving of the soul."
Hebrews 11
Hebrews Chapter 11
Hebrews 11:1 "Now
faith is the
substance of things
hoped for, the
evidence of things
not seen."
Hebrews 11:2 "For
by it the elders
obtained a good
report."
Hebrews 11:3
"Through faith we
understand that the
worlds were framed
by the word of God,
so that things
which are seen were
not made of things
which do appear."
Hebrews 11:4 "By
faith Abel offered
unto God a more
excellent sacrifice
than Cain, by which
he obtained witness
that he was
righteous, God
testifying of his
gifts: and by it he
being dead yet
speaketh."
Hebrews 11:5 "By
faith Enoch was
translated that he
should not see
death; and was not
found, because God
had translated him:
for before his
translation he had
this testimony,
that he pleased
God."
Hebrews 11:6 "But
without faith [it
is] impossible to
please [him]: for
he that cometh to
God must believe
that he is, and
[that] he is a
rewarder of them
that diligently
seek him."
Hebrews 11:7 "By
faith Noah, being
warned of God of
things not seen as
yet, moved with
fear, prepared an
ark to the saving
of his house; by
the which he
condemned the
world, and became
heir of the
righteousness which
is by faith."
Hebrews 11:8 "By
faith Abraham, when
he was called to go
out into a place
which he should
after receive for
an inheritance,
obeyed; and he went
out, not knowing
whither he went."
Hebrews 11:9 "By
faith he sojourned
in the land of
promise, as [in] a
strange country,
dwelling in
tabernacles with
Isaac and Jacob,
the heirs with him
of the same
promise:"
Hebrews 11:10 "For
he looked for a
city which hath
foundations, whose
builder and maker
[is] God."
Hebrews 11:11
"Through faith also
Sarah herself
received strength
to conceive seed,
and was delivered
of a child when she
was past age,
because she judged
him faithful who
had promised."
Hebrews 11:12
"Therefore sprang
there even of one,
and him as good as
dead, [so many] as
the stars of the
sky in multitude,
and as the sand
which is by the sea
shore innumerable."
Hebrews 11:13
"These all died in
faith, not having
received the
promises, but
having seen them
afar off, and were
persuaded of
[them], and
embraced [them],
and confessed that
they were strangers
and pilgrims on the
earth."
Hebrews 11:14 "For
they that say such
things declare
plainly that they
seek a country."
Hebrews 11:13-15
"These all died in
faith, not having
received the
promises, but
having seen them
afar off, and were
persuaded of
[them], and
embraced [them],
and confessed that
they were strangers
and pilgrims on the
earth." "For they
that say such
things declare
plainly that they
seek a country."
"And truly, if they
had been mindful of
that [country] from
whence they came
out, they might
have had
opportunity to have
returned."
Hebrews 11:16 "But
now they desire a
better [country],
that is, a
heavenly: wherefore
God is not ashamed
to be called their
God: for he hath
prepared for them a
city."
Hebrews 11:17 "By
faith Abraham, when
he was tried,
offered up Isaac:
and he that had
received the
promises offered up
his only begotten
[son],"
Hebrews 11:18 "Of
whom it was said,
That in Isaac shall
thy seed be
called:"
Hebrews 11:19
"Accounting that
God [was] able to
raise [him] up,
even from the dead;
from whence also he
received him in a
figure."
Hebrews 11:20 "By
faith Isaac blessed
Jacob and Esau
concerning things
to come."
Hebrews 11:21 "By
faith Jacob, when
he was a dying,
blessed both the
sons of Joseph; and
worshipped,
[leaning] upon the
top of his staff."
Hebrews 11:22 "By
faith Joseph, when
he died, made
mention of the
departing of the
children of Israel;
and gave
commandment
concerning his
bones."
Hebrews 11:23 "By
faith Moses, when
he was born, was
hid three months of
his parents,
because they saw
[he was] a proper
child; and they
were not afraid of
the king's
commandment."
Hebrews 11:24 "By
faith Moses, when
he was come to
years, refused to
be called the son
of Pharaoh's
daughter;"
Hebrews 11:25
"Choosing rather to
suffer affliction
with the people of
God, than to enjoy
the pleasures of
sin for a season;"
Hebrews 11:26
"Esteeming the
reproach of Christ
greater riches than
the treasures in
Egypt: for he had
respect unto the
recompence of the
reward."
Hebrews 11:27 "By
faith he forsook
Egypt, not fearing
the wrath of the
king: for he
endured, as seeing
him who is
invisible."
Hebrews 11:28
"Through faith he
kept the passover,
and the sprinkling
of blood, lest he
that destroyed the
firstborn should
touch them."
Hebrews 11:29 "By
faith they passed
through the Red sea
as by dry [land]:
which the Egyptians
assaying to do were
drowned."
Hebrews 11:30 "By faith the walls of
Jericho fell down, after they were
compassed about seven days."
Hebrews 11:31 "By faith the harlot Rahab
perished not with them that believed not,
when she had received the spies with
peace."
Hebrews 11:32 "And what shall I more say?
for the time would fail me to tell of
Gideon, and [of] Barak, and [of] Samson,
and [of] Jephthah; [of] David also, and
Samuel, and [of] the prophets:"
Hebrews 11:33 "Who through faith subdued
kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained
promises, stopped the mouths of lions,"
Hebrews 11:34 "Quenched the violence of
fire, escaped the edge of the sword, out of
weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in
fight, turned to flight the armies of the
aliens."
Hebrews 11:35 Women received their dead
raised to life again: and others were
tortured, not accepting deliverance; that
they might obtain a better resurrection:
Hebrews 11:36 "And others had trial of
[cruel] mockings and scourgings, yea,
moreover of bonds and imprisonment:"
Hebrew 11:37 "They were stoned, they were
sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with
the sword: they wandered about in
sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute,
afflicted, tormented;"
Hebrews 11:38 "(Of whom the world was not
worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and [in]
mountains, and [in] dens and caves of the
earth."
Hebrews 11:39 "And these all, having
obtained a good report through faith,
received not the promise:"
Hebrews 11:40 "God having provided some
better thing for us, that they without us
should not be made perfect."
Hebrews 12
Hebrews Chapter 12
Hebrews 12:1
"Wherefore seeing
we also are
compassed about
with so great a
cloud of witnesses,
let us lay aside
every weight, and
the sin which doth
so easily beset
[us], and let us
run with patience
the race that is
set before us,"
Hebrews 12:2
"Looking unto Jesus
the author and
finisher of [our]
faith; who for the
joy that was set
before him endured
the cross,
despising the
shame, and is set
down at the right
hand of the throne
of God."
Hebrews 12:3 "For
consider him that
endured such
contradiction of
sinners against
himself, lest ye be
wearied and faint
in your minds."
Hebrews 12:4 "Ye
have not yet
resisted unto
blood, striving
against sin."
Hebrews 12:5-6 "And
ye have forgotten
the exhortation
which speaketh unto
you as unto
children, My son,
despise not thou
the chastening of
the Lord, nor faint
when thou art
rebuked of him:"
"For whom the Lord
loveth he
chasteneth, and
scourgeth every son
whom he receiveth."
Hebrews 12:7 "If ye
endure chastening,
God dealeth with
you as with sons;
for what son is he
whom the father
chasteneth not?"
Hebrews 12:8 "But
if ye be without
chastisement,
whereof all are
partakers, then are
ye bastards, and
not sons."
Hebrews 12:9
"Furthermore we
have had fathers of
our flesh which
corrected [us], and
we gave [them]
reverence: shall we
not much rather be
in subjection unto
the Father of
spirits, and live?"
Hebrews 12:10 For
they verily for a
few days chastened
[us] after their
own pleasure; but
he for [our]
profit, that [we]
might be partakers
of his holiness.
Hebrews 12:11 "Now
no chastening for
the present seemeth
to be joyous, but
grievous:
nevertheless
afterward it
yieldeth the
peaceable fruit of
righteousness unto
them which are
exercised thereby."
Hebrews 12:12-13
"Wherefore lift up
the hands which
hang down, and the
feeble knees;" "And
make straight paths
for your feet, lest
that which is lame
be turned out of
the way; but let it
rather be healed."
Hebrews 12:14
"Follow peace with
all [men], and
holiness, without
which no man shall
see the Lord:"
Hebrews 12:15
"Looking diligently
lest any man fail
of the grace of
God; lest any root
of bitterness
springing up
trouble [you], and
thereby many be
defiled;"
Hebrews 12:16 "Lest
there [be] any
fornicator, or
profane person, as
Esau, who for one
morsel of meat sold
his birthright."
Hebrews 12:17 "For
ye know how that
afterward, when he
would have
inherited the
blessing, he was
rejected: for he
found no place of
repentance, though
he sought it
carefully with
tears."
Hebrews 12:18 "For
ye are not come
unto the mount that
might be touched,
and that burned
with fire, nor unto
blackness, and
darkness, and
tempest,"
Hebrews 12:19 "And
the sound of a
trumpet, and the
voice of words;
which [voice] they
that heard
entreated that the
word should not be
spoken to them any
more:"
Hebrews 12:20 "(For
they could not
endure that which
was commanded, And
if so much as a
beast touch the
mountain, it shall
be stoned, or
thrust through with
a dart:"
Hebrews 12:21 "And so terrible was the
sight, [that] Moses said, I exceedingly
fear and quake:"
Hebrews 12:22 "But ye are come unto mount
Zion, and unto the city of the living God,
the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an
innumerable company of angels,"
Hebrews 12:23 "To the general assembly and
church of the firstborn, which are written
in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and
to the spirits of just men made perfect,"
Hebrews 12:24 "And to Jesus the mediator of
the new covenant, and to the blood of
sprinkling, that speaketh better things
than [that of] Abel."
Hebrews 12:25 "See that ye refuse not him
that speaketh. For if they escaped not who
refused him that spake on earth, much more
[shall not] we [escape], if we turn away
from him that [speaketh] from heaven:"
Hebrews 12:26 "Whose voice then shook the
earth: but now he hath promised, saying,
Yet once more I shake not the earth only,
but also heaven."
Hebrews 12:27 "And this [word], Yet once
more, signifieth the removing of those
things that are shaken, as of things that
are made, that those things which cannot be
shaken may remain."
Hebrews 12:28 "Wherefore we receiving a
kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have
grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably
with reverence and godly fear:"
Hebrews 12:29 "For our God [is] a consuming
fire."
Hebrews 13
Hebrews Chapter 13
Hebrews 13:1 "Let
brotherly love
continue."
Hebrews 13:2 "Be
not forgetful to
entertain
strangers: for
thereby some have
entertained angels
unawares."
Hebrews 13:3
"Remember them that
are in bonds, as
bound with them;
[and] them which
suffer adversity,
as being yourselves
also in the body."
Hebrews 13:4
"Marriage [is]
honorable in all,
and the bed
undefiled: but
whoremongers and
adulterers God will
judge."
Hebrews 13:5 "[Let
your] conversation
[be] without
covetousness; [and
be] content with
such things as ye
have: for he hath
said, I will never
leave thee, nor
forsake thee."
Hebrews 13:6 "So
that we may boldly
say, The Lord [is]
my helper, and I
will not fear what
man shall do unto
me."
Hebrews 13:7
"Remember them
which have the rule
over you, who have
spoken unto you the
word of God: whose
faith follow,
considering the end
of [their]
conversation."
Hebrews 13:8 "Jesus
Christ the same
yesterday, and
today, and for
ever."
Hebrews 13:9 "Be
not carried about
with divers and
strange doctrines.
For [it is] a good
thing that the
heart be
established with
grace; not with
meats, which have
not profited them
that have been
occupied therein."
Hebrews 13:10 "We
have an altar,
whereof they have
no right to eat
which serve the
tabernacle."
Hebrews 13:11 "For
the bodies of those
beasts, whose blood
is brought into the
sanctuary by the
high priest for
sin, are burned
without the camp."
Hebrews 13:12
"Wherefore Jesus
also, that he might
sanctify the people
with his own blood,
suffered without
the gate."
Hebrews 13:13 "Let
us go forth
therefore unto him
without the camp,
bearing his
reproach."
Hebrews 13:14 "For
here have we no
continuing city,
but we seek one to
come."
Hebrews 13:15 "By
him therefore let
us offer the
sacrifice of praise
to God continually,
that is, the fruit
of [our] lips
giving thanks to
his name."
Hebrews 13:16 "But
to do good and to
communicate forget
not: for with such
sacrifices God is
well pleased."
Hebrews 13:17 "Obey them that have the rule
over you, and submit yourselves: for they
watch for your souls, as they that must
give account, that they may do it with joy,
and not with grief: for that [is]
unprofitable for you."
Hebrews 13:18 "Pray for us: for we trust we
have a good conscience, in all things
willing to live honestly."
Hebrews 13:19 "But I beseech [you] the
rather to do this, that I may be restored
to you the sooner."
Hebrews 13:20 "Now the God of peace, that
brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus,
that great shepherd of the sheep, through
the blood of the everlasting covenant,"
Hebrews 13:21 "Make you perfect in every
good work to do his will, working in you
that which is well-pleasing in his sight,
through Jesus Christ; to whom [be] glory
for ever and ever. Amen."
Hebrews 13:22 "And I beseech you, brethren,
suffer the word of exhortation: for I have
written a letter unto you in few words."
Hebrews 13:23 "Know ye that [our] brother
Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he
come shortly, I will see you."
Hebrews 13:24 "Salute all them that have
the rule over you, and all the saints. They
of Italy salute you."
Hebrews 13:25 "Grace [be] with you all.
Amen."
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