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They must be silenced, because they are the kind of people who ruin whole families by teaching what they should not teach in order to make money in a shameful way.Matthew 23:14; 1 Timothy 6:5; 2 Timothy 3:6;">[xr]

Use wholesome speech that cannot be condemned. Then any opponent will be ashamed because he cannot say anything bad about us.Nehemiah 5:9; 2 Thessalonians 3:14; 1 Timothy 5:14; 6:3; 1 Peter 2:12,15; 3:16;">[xr]

because I keep hearing about your love and the faith that you have toward the Lord Jesus and for all the saints.Ephesians 1:15; Colossians 1:4;">[xr]

For I have received considerable joy and encouragement from your love, because the hearts of the saints have been refreshed, brother, through you.2 Corinthians 7:13; 2 Timothy 1:16;">[xr]

Confident of your obedience, I am writing to you because I know that you will do even more than I ask.2 Corinthians 7:16;">[xr]

But we do see someone who was made a little lower than the angels. He is Jesus, who is crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace ofso that apart from">[fn] God he might experiencetaste">[fn] death for everyone.John 3:16; 12:32; Acts 2:33; Romans 5:18; 8:32; 2 Corinthians 5:15; Philippians 2:7-9; 1 Timothy 2:6; 1 John 2:2; Revelation 5:9;">[xr]

and might free those who were slaves all their lives because they were terrified by death.Luke 1:74; Romans 8:15; 2 Timothy 1:7;">[xr]

Because he himself suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted.Hebrews 4:15-16; 5:2; 7:25;">[xr]

So we see that they were unable to enter because of their unbelief.Hebrews 4:6;">[xr]

For we have had the good news told to us as well as to them, but the message they heard did not help them, because they were not united by faith with those who listened to it.

Therefore, since it is still true that some will enter it, and since those who once heard the good news failed to enter it because of their disobedience,Hebrews 3:19;">[xr]

In the days of his flesh,During the days of his flesh">[fn] he offered up prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his devotion to God.Psalm 22:1; Matthew 26:37,39, 42,44, 53; Mark 14:33,36, 39,44, 53; Luke 22:43; John 12:27; 17:1;">[xr]

We have much to say about this,about him">[fn] but it is difficult to explain because you have become too lazy to understand.Matthew 13:15; John 16:12; 2 Peter 3:16;">[xr]

And so he obtained the promise, because he patiently waited for it.

Indeed, the cancellation of the former regulation has occurred because it was weak and ineffectiveRomans 8:3; Galatians 4:9;">[xr]

But because Jesushe">[fn] lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood.

Therefore, because he always lives to intercede for them, he is able to save completelythoroughly">[fn] those who come to God through him.Romans 8:34; 1 Timothy 2:5; Hebrews 9:24; 1 John 2:1;">[xr]

Now if he were on earth, he would not even be a priest, because other men offer the gifts prescribed by the law.

It will not be like the covenant that I made with their ancestors at the time when I took them by the hand and brought them out of the land of Egypt. Because they did not remain loyal to my covenant, I ignored them, declares the Lord.

Never again will everyone teach his neighborIsaiah 54:13; John 6:45; 1 John 2:27;">[xr] or his brother by saying, 'Know the Lord,' because all of them will know me, from the least important to the most important.