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so that you may not become half-hearted, but be imitators of those who through faith and patient endurance are now heirs to the promises.

And so, as the result of patient waiting, our forefather obtained what God had promised.

And Levi too--if I may so speak--pays tithes through Abraham:

so much the more also is the Covenant of which Jesus has become the guarantor, a better covenant.

a Covenant unlike the one which I made with their forefathers on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out from the land of Egypt; for they would not remain faithful to that.' `So I turned from them,' says the Lord.

And the lesson which the Holy Spirit teaches is this--that the way into the true Holy place is not yet open so long as the outer tent still remains in existence.

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have contracted defilement make them holy so as to bring about ceremonial purity,

And a will is only of force in the case of a deceased person, being never of any avail so long as he who made it lives.

so the Christ also, having been once offered in sacrifice in order that He might bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, separated from sin, to those who are eagerly expecting Him, to make their salvation complete.

For you stand in need of patient endurance, so that, as the result of having done the will of God, you may receive the promised blessing.

Through faith we understand that the worlds came into being, and still exist, at the command of God, so that what is seen does not owe its existence to that which is visible.

Through faith Enoch was taken from the earth so that he did not see death, and he could not be found, because God had taken him; for before he was taken we have evidence that he truly pleased God.

Through faith he instituted the Passover, and the sprinkling with blood so that the destroyer of the firstborn might not touch the Israelites.

for God had provided for them and us something better, so that apart from us they were not to attain to full blessedness.

Therefore, surrounded as we are by such a vast cloud of witnesses, let us fling aside every encumbrance and the sin that so readily entangles our feet. And let us run with patient endurance the race that lies before us,

In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted so as to endanger your lives;

and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put entirely out of joint

and so terrible was the scene that Moses said, "I tremble with fear."

Therefore, receiving, as we now do, a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us cherish thankfulness so that we may ever offer to God an acceptable service, with godly reverence and awe.

So that we fearlessly say, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid: what can man do to me?"