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by the new and living way which he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, his flesh,

For we know the one who said, "Vengeance is mine, I will repay," and again, "The Lord will judge his people."

By faith Abel offered to God a greater sacrifice than Cain, by which he was approved that he was righteous, because God approved him for his gifts, and through it he still speaks, although he is dead.

By faith Enoch was taken up, so that he did not experience death, and he was not found, because God took him up. For before his removal, he had been approved as having been pleasing to God.

By faith Noah, having been warned about things not yet seen, out of reverence constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family, by which he pronounced sentence on the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered Isaac, and the one who received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,

By faith Jacob, as he was dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.

By faith Joseph, as he was dying, mentioned about the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions about his bones.

By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw the child was handsome, and they were not afraid of the edict of the king.

For they disciplined us for a few days according to what seemed appropriate to them, but he does so for our benefit, in order that we can have a share in his holiness.

that no one be a sexually immoral or totally worldly person like Esau, who for one meal traded his own birthright.

Therefore Jesus also suffered outside the gate, in order that he might sanctify the people by his own blood.

So we must go out to him outside the camp, bearing his reproach.

Therefore through him let us offer up a sacrifice of praise continually to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name.

equip you with every good thing to do his will, carrying out in us what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever. Amen.

he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

Now let the brother of humble circumstances boast in his high position,

but the rich person in his humiliation, because he will pass away like a flower of the grass.

For the sun rises with its burning heat and dries up the grass, and its flower falls off, and the beauty of its appearance is lost. So also the rich person in his pursuits will wither away.

But each one is tempted when he is dragged away and enticed by his own desires.