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But after the goodness and kindness of God our Saviour was manifested,

This is a true saying, and these things I want you to constantly affirm, so that those who believe in God may be careful to continually do good works. These things are good and profitable to men.

Grace be with you, and peace, from God our Father and our LORD Jesus Christ.

I thank my God, and always make mention of you in my prayers,

FROM of old God spoke to our fathers by the prophets in every manner and in all ways; and in these latter days, he has spoken to us by his Son;

For to which of the angels has God at any time, said You are my Son, this day have I begotten you? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son?

And again, when he brought the Firstbegotten into the world, he said, Let all the angels of God worship him.

But of the Son he said, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: the scepter of thy kingdom is a right scepter.

You have loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore, God, even your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness more than your fellows.

And to which God testified with signs and wonders and with divers miracles, and with the gift of the Holy Spirit, given according to his will.

We see that he is Jesus who humbled himself to be a little lower than the angels, through his suffering and his death, but now he is crowned with glory and honor; for he tasted death for the sake of every one but God.

And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold me and the children which God has given me.

Therefore it was meet and proper that in every thing he should resemble his brethren, that he might be a merciful, and faithful high priest in the things of God, to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

For every house is built by some man; but he who builds all things is God.

Take heed therefore, my brethren, lest perhaps there is a man among you who has an evil heart and is not a believer, and you will be cut off from the living God.

But we who have believed will enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, they shall not enter into my rest; for behold, the works of God were from the very foundation of the world.

For he said concerning the sabbath, God rested on the seventh day from all his works.

It is therefore the duty of the people of God to keep the Sabbath.

For he who has entered into his rest, he also has ceased from his own works, as God did from his.

For the word of God is living and powerful and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the point of division between soul and spirit, and between the joints and marrow and bones, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.