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But this one, after he had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, sat down at the right hand of God,

For by a single offering he has brought to the goal for all time those who are being set apart for God and made holy.

Think how much worse will be the punishment deserved by someone who has trampled underfoot the Son of God; who has treated as something common the blood of the covenant which made him holy; and who has insulted the Spirit, giver of God's grace!

It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God!

For you need to hold out; so that, by having done what God wills, you may receive what he has promised.

By trusting , we understand that the universe was created through a spoken word of God, so that what is seen did not come into being out of existing phenomena.

By trusting , Hevel offered a greater sacrifice than Kayin; because of this, he was attested as righteous, with God giving him this testimony on the ground of his gifts. Through having trusted , he still continues to speak, even though he is dead.

By trusting , Hanokh was taken away from this life without seeing death — "He was not to be found, because God took him away" — for he has been attested as having been, prior to being taken away, well pleasing to God .

And without trusting , it is impossible to be well pleasing to God , because whoever approaches him must trust that he does exist and that he becomes a Rewarder to those who seek him out.

By trusting , Avraham obeyed, after being called to go out to a place which God would give him as a possession; indeed, he went out without knowing where he was going.

For he was looking forward to the city with permanent foundations, of which the architect and builder is God.

but as it is, they aspire to a better fatherland, a heavenly one. This is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.

For he had concluded that God could even raise people from the dead! And, figuratively speaking, he did so receive him.

because God had planned something better that would involve us, so that only with us would they be brought to the goal.

looking away to the Initiator and Completer of that trusting, Yeshua — who, in exchange for obtaining the joy set before him, endured execution on a stake as a criminal, scorning the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Regard your endurance as discipline ; God is dealing with you as sons . For what son goes undisciplined by his father?

On the contrary, you have come to Mount Tziyon, that is, the city of the living God, heavenly Yerushalayim; to myriads of angels in festive assembly;

to a community of the firstborn whose names have been recorded in heaven; to a Judge who is God of everyone; to spirits of righteous people who have been brought to the goal;

Therefore, since we have received an un shake able Kingdom, let us have grace, through which we may offer service that will please God, with reverence and fear.

For indeed, "Our God is a consuming fire! "