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And we desire that each one of you demonstrate the same diligence so as to realize the full assurance of hope until the end,

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

And so, having patiently waited, he obtained the promise.

so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to hold firmly to the hope set before us.

And, so to speak, through Abraham even Levi, who received tithes, has paid tithes,

So if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the people received the Law), what further need was there for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be designated according to the order of Aaron?

For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; so it is necessary that this high priest also have something to offer.

Now when these things have been so prepared, the priests are continually entering the outer tabernacle, performing the divine worship,

For this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the violations that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

so Christ also, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time for salvation without reference to sin, to those who eagerly await Him.

partly by being made a public spectacle through insults and distress, and partly by becoming companions with those who were so treated.

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

By faith we understand that the world has been created by the word of God so that what is seen has not been made out of things that are visible.

By faith Enoch was taken up so that he would not see death; AND HE WAS NOT FOUND BECAUSE GOD TOOK HIM UP; for before he was taken up, he was attested to have been pleasing to God.

By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch them.

Women received back their dead by resurrection; and others were tortured, not accepting their release, so that they might obtain a better resurrection;

because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect.

Therefore, since we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let's rid ourselves of every obstacle and the sin which so easily entangles us, and let's run with endurance the race that is set before us,

For consider Him who has endured such hostility by sinners against Himself, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.

For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness.