Benediction, Final Exhortation, Farewell

20 Now may (A)the God of peace (B)who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, (C)that great Shepherd of the sheep, (D)through the blood of the everlasting covenant,

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11 (A)“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.

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22 let us (A)draw near with a true heart (B)in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

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The Lord the Shepherd of His People

A Psalm of David.

23 The Lord is (A)my shepherd;
(B)I shall not [a]want.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 23:1 lack

26 Moreover I will [a]make (A)a covenant of peace with them, and it shall be an everlasting covenant with them; I will establish them and (B)multiply them, and I will set My (C)sanctuary in their midst forevermore.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 37:26 Lit. cut

Benediction

16 Now may (A)the Lord of peace Himself give you peace always in every way. The Lord be with you all.

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24 (A)whom God raised up, having [a]loosed the [b]pains of death, because it was not possible that He should be held by it.

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 2:24 destroyed or abolished
  2. Acts 2:24 Lit. birth pangs

14 I am the good shepherd; and (A)I know My sheep, and (B)am known by My own.

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God Will Save His People

11 “As for you also,
Because of the blood of your covenant,
I will set your (A)prisoners free from the waterless pit.

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25 For (A)you were like sheep going astray, but have now returned (B)to the Shepherd and [a]Overseer of your souls.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Peter 2:25 Gr. Episkopos

The Mediator’s Death Necessary

16 For where there is a testament, there must also of necessity be the death of the testator. 17 For (A)a testament is in force after men are dead, since it has no power at all while the testator lives.

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11 Then he (A)remembered the days of old,
Moses and his people, saying:
“Where is He who (B)brought them up out of the sea
With the [a]shepherd of His flock?
(C)Where is He who put His Holy Spirit within them,

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 63:11 MT, Vg. shepherds

Incline your ear, and (A)come to Me.
Hear, and your soul shall live;
(B)And I will make an everlasting covenant with you—
The (C)sure mercies of David.

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And Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “This is (A)the blood of the covenant which the Lord has made with you according to all these words.”

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and when (A)the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive (B)the crown of glory that does not fade away.

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40 And (A)I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from doing them good; but (B)I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me.

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17 And (A)confirmed it to (B)Jacob for a statute,
To Israel for an everlasting covenant,

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21 who through Him believe in God, (A)who raised Him from the dead and (B)gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

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29 (A)Of how much worse punishment, do you suppose, will he be thought worthy who has trampled the Son of God underfoot, (B)counted the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified a common thing, (C)and insulted the Spirit of grace?

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20 saying, (A)“This is the (B)blood of the covenant which God has commanded you.”

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Blessing and Admonition

23 Now may (A)the God of peace Himself (B)sanctify[a] you completely; and may your whole spirit, soul, and body (C)be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Thessalonians 5:23 set you apart

10 and (A)to wait for His Son from heaven, whom He raised from the dead, even Jesus who delivers us (B)from the wrath to come.

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12 (A)buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through (B)faith in the working of God, (C)who raised Him from the dead.

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The things which you learned and received and heard and saw in me, these do, and (A)the God of peace will be with you.

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