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For the law perfected nothing; but in the place of it there came in a hope, which is better than it, and by which we draw near to God.

and he is able to vivify for ever, them who come to God by him; for he always liveth, and sendeth up prayers for them.

And he is the minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which God hath pitched, and not man.

But this is the covenant which I will give to the family of the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: I will put my law in their minds, and inscribe it on their hearts; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.

then how much more will the blood of the Messiah, who by the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purge our conscience from dead works, so that we may serve the living God?

and said to them, This is the blood of the covenant which is enjoined by God.

For the Messiah entered not into the sanctuary made with hands, which is the emblem of the true [fn] : but he entered into heaven itself to appear in the presence of God for us.

Then I said: Behold I come, as it is written of me in the beginning of the books, to do thy pleasure, O God.

and afterwards he said: Behold I come to do thy pleasure, O God: hereby, he abolished the former, that he might establish the latter.

But this [fn] offered one sacrifice for sins, and for ever sat down at the right hand of God;

And we have a high priest over the house of God.

how much more, think ye, will he receive capital punishment, who hath trodden upon the Son of God, and hath accounted the blood of his covenant, by which he is sanctified, as the blood of all men, and hath treated the Spirit of grace with contumely?

It is very terrible, to fall into the hands of the living God.

For ye have need of patience; that ye may do the pleasure of God, and may receive the promise.

For by faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God; and that things seen, originated from those that are not seen.

By faith, Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than that of Cain; and on account of it, he is testified of that he was righteous, and God bore testimony to his offering; and in consequence thereof, though dead he yet speaketh.

By faith, Enoch was translated, and did not taste death; and he was not found, because God had translated him: for, before he translated him, there was testimony of him, that he pleased God.

But, without faith, a man cannot please God. For he that draweth near to God, must believe his existence, and that he will recompense those who seek him.

For he looked for the city that hath a foundation, of which the builder and maker is God.

But now it is manifest that they longed for a better [fn] than that, [fn] for that which is in heaven. Therefore God did not refuse to be called their God; for he prepared for them the city.