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Alexander the coppersmith did me great harm; the Lord will pay him back for his deeds.

The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and save me for his heavenly kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

in due time he revealed his word through the proclamation with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior,

He it is who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity and purify for himself a people of his own who are zealous for good deeds.

he saved us, not because of any works of righteousness that we had done, but according to his mercy, through the water of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit.

so that, having been justified by his grace, we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

He is the reflection of God's glory and the exact imprint of God's very being, and he sustains all things by his powerful word. When he had made purification for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

For to which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my Son; today I have begotten you"? Or again, "I will be his Father, and he will be my Son"?

Of the angels he says, "He makes his angels winds, and his servants flames of fire."

while God added his testimony by signs and wonders and various miracles, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, distributed according to his will.

Therefore he had to become like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make a sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the people.

Christ, however, was faithful over God's house as a son, and we are his house if we hold firm the confidence and the pride that belong to hope.

Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, "Today, if you hear his voice,

As it is said, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion."

And to whom did he swear that they would not enter his rest, if not to those who were disobedient?

Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest is still open, let us take care that none of you should seem to have failed to reach it.

For we who have believed enter that rest, just as God has said, "As in my anger I swore, ‘They shall not enter my rest,'" though his works were finished at the foundation of the world.

For in one place it speaks about the seventh day as follows, "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works."

again he sets a certain day—"today"—saying through David much later, in the words already quoted, "Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts."

for those who enter God's rest also cease from their labors as God did from his.