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But when the kindness and love for mankind of God our Deliverer was revealed,

He did it so that by his grace we might come to be considered righteous by God and become heirs, with the certain hope of eternal life.

You can trust what I have just said, and I want you to speak with confidence about these things, so that those who have put their trust in God may apply themselves to doing good deeds. These are both good in themselves and valuable to the community.

Grace and shalom to you from God our Father and the Lord Yeshua the Messiah.

I thank my God every time I mention you in my prayers, Philemon,

One more thing: please get a room ready for me. For I hope that through the prayers of you all God will give me a chance to visit you.

In days gone by, God spoke in many and varied ways to the Fathers through the prophets.

So he has become much better than angels, and the name God has given him is superior to theirs.

For to which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my Son; today I have become your Father"? Also, God never said of any angel, "I will be his Father, and he will be my Son."

And again, when God brings his Firstborn into the world, he says, "Let all God's angels worship him."

but to the Son, he says, "Your throne, O God, will last forever and ever; you rule your Kingdom with a scepter of equity;

you have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore, O God, your God has anointed you with the oil of joy in preference to your companions";

Aren't they all merely spirits who serve, sent out to help those whom God will deliver?

For if the word God spoke through angels became binding, so that every violation and act of disobedience received its just deserts in full measure,

while God also bore witness to it with various signs, wonders and miracles, and with gifts of the Ruach HaKodesh which he distributed as he chose.

For it was not to angels that God subjected the ‘olam haba — which is what we are talking about.

For in bringing many sons to glory, it was only fitting that God, the Creator and Preserver of everything, should bring the Initiator of their deliverance to the goal through sufferings.

For both Yeshua, who sets people apart for God, and the ones being set apart have a common origin — this is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers

Also, "I will put my trust in him, . . ." and then it goes on, "Here I am, along with the children God has given me."

This is why he had to become like his brothers in every respect — so that he might become a merciful and faithful cohen gadol in the service of God, making a kapparah for the sins of the people.