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What more shall I say? For I have little time to tell of Gideon, and of Barak, and of Sampson, and of Jephtha, and of David, and of Samuel, and of the other prophets:

and restored to women their children, by a resurrection from the dead. And some died under tortures, and did not hope to escape, that there might be for them a better resurrection;

because God had provided the aid for us; so that without us they should not be perfected.

Therefore let us also, who have all these witnesses surrounding us like clouds, cast from us all encumbrances, and sin, which is always prepared for us; and let us run with patience the race that is appointed for us.

And let us look on Jesus, who hath become the commencement and the completion of our faith; who, on account of the joy there was for him, endured the cross, and surrendered himself to opprobrium; and is seated on the right hand of the throne of God.

For, whom the Lord loveth, he chasteneth; and he scourgeth those sons, for whom he hath kind regards.

Therefore endure ye the chastisement; because God is dealing with you as with sons. For what son is there, whom his father chasteneth not?

For they chastened us for a short time, according to their pleasure; but God, for our advantage, that we may become partakers of his holiness.

and make straight paths for your feet, that the limb which is lame may not be wrenched, but may be healed.

or lest any one be found among you a fornicator; or a heedless one like Esau, who for one mess of food, sold his primogeniture.

For ye know that, afterwards when he wished to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found not a place for repentance, although he sought it with tears.

For ye have not come to the fire that burned, and the tangible [fn] ; nor to the darkness and obscurity and tempest;

for they could not endure what was commanded. And even a beast, if it approached the mountain, was to be stoned.

Beware, therefore, lest ye refuse [fn] him who speaketh with you. For if they escaped not, who refused [fn] him who spake with them on the earth, how much more shall we not, if we refuse [fn] him who speaketh with us from heaven?

For our God is a consuming fire.

Let love for the brethren dwell among you.

And forget not kindness to strangers; for thereby some have been privileged to entertain angels, unawares.

Let not your mind love money; but let what ye have, satisfy you. For the Lord himself hath said, I will never leave thee, nor slacken the hand towards thee.

Jesus the Messiah is the same, yesterday, to-day, and for ever.

Be not led away by strange and variable doctrines. For it is a good thing, that we strengthen our hearts with grace, and not with meats; for those have not been benefited, who walked in them.