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So then, there remains a sabbath rest for the people of God;

So also Christ did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him, "Thou art my Son, today I have begotten thee";

For God is not so unjust as to overlook your work and the love which you showed for his sake in serving the saints, as you still do.

so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

So when God desired to show more convincingly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable character of his purpose, he interposed with an oath,

so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible that God should prove false, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.

not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they did not continue in my covenant, and so I paid no heed to them, says the Lord.

Therefore he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has occurred which redeems them from the transgressions under the first covenant.

so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.

sometimes being publicly exposed to abuse and affliction, and sometimes being partners with those so treated.

For you have need of endurance, so that you may do the will of God and receive what is promised.

By faith we understand that the world was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was made out of things which do not appear.

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was attested as having pleased God.

By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of the first-born might not touch them.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us,

Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.

and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.

Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, "I tremble with fear."

So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.

For the sun rises with its scorching heat and withers the grass; its flower falls, and its beauty perishes. So will the rich man fade away in the midst of his pursuits.