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Saying, This is the blood of the testament, which has been ordained for you by God.

For Christ has not entered into the holy place made with hands, which is the symbol of the true one; but he entered into heaven itself to appear before the presence of God for our sakes.

Then said I, Lo, I come, in the beginning of the books, it is written of me, I delight to do thy will, O God.

And after that he said, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. Thus he put an end to the first in order to establish the second.

But this man after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, sat down on the right hand of God for ever.

And having a great high priest over the house of God:

How much more punishment do you think he will receive who has trodden underfoot the Son of God, and has considered the blood of his covenant, through which he had been sanctified, as ordinary blood and has blasphemed the Spirit of Grace?

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

For you have need of patience in order that you may do the will of God and receive the promise.

For it is through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen came to be from those which are not seen.

It was by faith, Abel offered a more excellent sacrifice to God than Cain, and because of this, he received a testimonial that he was righteous, and God testified to his offering: therefore, even though he is dead, he speaks.

By faith Enoch departed and did not taste death, and he was not found, because God transferred him: but before he took him away, there was a testimonial about him, that he pleased God.

Without faith, man cannot please God: for he who comes near to God must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

For he looked for a city which has foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

But now it is evident, that they desire a better city, that city which is in heaven: therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he has prepared for them a city.

And he reasoned in himself, It is possible for God even to raise the dead, and because of this Isaac was given to him as a parable.

Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a short while.

By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; and he survived after he had seen God, who is invisible.

Because God, from the beginning, provided for our help lest, without us, they should not be made perfect.

And let us look to Jesus, who was the author and the perfecter of our faith; and who, instead of the joy which he could have had, endured the cross, suffered shame, and is now seated at the right hand of the throne of God.