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that, being justified by his grace, we might be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

whom I have sent back to thee in his own person, that is, my very heart:

hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, through whom also he made the worlds;

who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels winds, And his ministers a flame of fire:

God also bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders, and by manifold powers, and by gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will.

Thou didst put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he subjected all things unto him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we see not yet all things subjected to him.

Wherefore it behooved him in all things to be made like unto his brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.

who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also was Moses in all his house.

And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterward to be spoken;

but Christ as a son, over his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our boldness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end.

Wherefore, even as the Holy Spirit saith, To-day if ye shall hear his voice,

while it is said, To-day if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that were disobedient?

Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it.

For he hath said somewhere of the seventh day on this wise, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works;

he again defineth a certain day, To-day, saying in David so long a time afterward (even as hath been said before), To-day if ye shall hear his voice, Harden not your hearts.

For he that is entered into his rest hath himself also rested from his works, as God did from his.

And there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight: but all things are naked and laid open before the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

Who in the days of his flesh, having offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and having been heard for his godly fear,