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For surely it is not angels that he helps, but he helps the offspring of Abraham.
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But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called “today,” that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.
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As it is said, “Today, if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”
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Warning Against Apostasy
About this we have much to say, and it is hard to explain, since you have become dull of hearing.
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For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit,
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For land that has drunk the rain that often falls on it, and produces a crop useful to those for whose sake it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God.
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But if it bears thorns and thistles, it is worthless and near to being cursed, and its end is to be burned.
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so that by two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to hold fast to the hope set before us.
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It is beyond dispute that the inferior is blessed by the superior.
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In the one case tithes are received by mortal men, but in the other case, by one of whom it is testified that he lives.
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For it is evident that our Lord was descended from Judah, and in connection with that tribe Moses said nothing about priests.
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For it is witnessed of him, “You are a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.”
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For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; thus it is necessary for this priest also to have something to offer.
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But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises.
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For a tent was prepared, the first section, in which were the lampstand and the table and the bread of the Presence. It is called the Holy Place.
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For a will takes effect only at death, since it is not in force as long as the one who made it is alive.
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for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.
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And just as it is appointed for man to die once, and after that comes judgment,
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For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
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Then I said, ‘Behold, I have come to do your will, O God, as it is written of me in the scroll of the book.’”
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It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
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And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.
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But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.
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It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?
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Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them.