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Saying above, "Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin you didn't desire, neither had pleasure in them" (those which are offered according to the law),

by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;

For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are sanctified.

The Holy Spirit also testifies to us, for after he has said,

Now where remission of these is, there is no more offering for sin.

by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

let us hold fast the confession of our hope unyieldingly. For he who promised is faithful.

For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,

For we know him who said, "Vengeance belongs to me," says the Lord, "I will repay." Again, "The Lord will judge his people."

For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.

For you need patience, so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

"For yet a very little while, He who comes will come, and will not wait.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, proof of things not seen.

For by this, the elders obtained testimony.

By faith, Enoch was translated, so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God translated him. For he has had testimony given to him that before his translation he had been well pleasing to God.

Without faith it is impossible to be well pleasing to him, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who seek him.

By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, moved with godly fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

By faith, Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance. He went out, not knowing where he went.

For he looked for the city which has the foundations, whose builder and maker is God.