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Hebrews · read by Anton Bosch
226 verses, in order. Only the verses Anton read aloud are shown.
Hebrews 1
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On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets.Read from NKJV · Jesus, Greater Than the Angels
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But in these last days He has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, and through whom He made the universe.Read from NKJV · God Spoke
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The Son is the radiance of God's glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.Read from NKJV · Jesus, worthy of all honor
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So He became as far superior to the angels as the name He has inherited is excellent beyond theirs.Read from NKJV · Jesus, worthy of all honor
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For to which of the angels did God ever say: "You are My Son; today I have become Your Father" ? Or again: "I will be His Father, and He will be My Son" ?Read from NKJV · Jesus, worthy of all honor
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And again, when God brings His firstborn into the world, He says: "Let all God's angels worship Him."Read from NKJV · The Greatness of the Son
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Now about the angels He says: "He makes His angels winds, His servants flames of fire."Read from NKJV · Jesus, worthy of all honor
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But about the Son He says: "Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever, and justice is the scepter of Your kingdom.Read from NKJV · The Greatness of the Son
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You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy."Read from NKJV · Jesus, worthy of all honor
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And: "In the beginning, O Lord, You laid the foundations of the earth, and the heavens are the work of Your hands.Read from NKJV · Jesus, Greater Than the Angels
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They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment.Read from NKJV · Jesus, worthy of all honor
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You will roll them up like a robe; like a garment they will be changed; but You remain the same, and Your years will never end."Read from NKJV · Jesus, Greater Than the Angels
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Yet to which of the angels did God ever say: "Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet" ?Read from NKJV · Jesus, worthy of all honor
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Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?Read from NKJV · Jesus, Greater Than the Angels
Hebrews 2
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how shall we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? This salvation was first announced by the Lord, was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,Read from NKJV · The Two Gospel Heresy
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But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because He suffered death, so that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.Read from NKJV · Jesus, the perfect savior, high priest and leader
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In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.Read from NKJV · The Precious Fruit of His Suffering
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For both the One who sanctifies and those who are sanctified are of the same family. So Jesus is not ashamed to call them brothers.Read from NKJV · Jesus, the perfect savior, high priest and leader
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He says: "I will proclaim Your name to My brothers; I will sing Your praises in the assembly."Read from NKJV · The Precious Fruit of His Suffering
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And again: "I will put My trust in Him." And once again: "Here am I, and the children God has given Me."Read from NKJV · Jesus, the perfect savior, high priest and leader
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Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,Read from NKJV · The Precious Fruit of His Suffering
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and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.Read from NKJV · The Precious Fruit of His Suffering
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For surely it is not the angels He helps, but the descendants of Abraham.Read from NKJV · Jesus, the perfect savior, high priest and leader
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For this reason He had to be made like His brothers in every way, so that He might become a merciful and faithful high priest in service to God, in order to make atonement for the sins of the people.Read from NKJV · The Precious Fruit of His Suffering
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Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.Read from NKJV · Jesus, the perfect savior, high priest and leader
Hebrews 3
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Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: "Today, if you hear His voice,Read from NKJV · Exhort One Another Daily
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do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,Read from NKJV · Exhort One Another Daily
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where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.Read from NKJV · Exhort One Another Daily
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Therefore I was angry with that generation, and I said, 'Their hearts are always going astray, and they have not known My ways.'Read from NKJV · Exhort One Another Daily
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So I swore on oath in My anger, 'They shall never enter My rest.'"Read from NKJV · God's Rest for the Believer
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See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.Read from NKJV · Exhort One Another Daily
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But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin's deceitfulness.Read from NKJV · Exhort One Another Daily
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We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly to the end the assurance we had at first.Read from NKJV · Exhort One Another Daily
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As it has been said: "Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion."Read from NKJV · Exhort One Another Daily
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For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?Read from NKJV · Exhort One Another Daily
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And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness?Read from NKJV · Exhort One Another Daily
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And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?Read from NKJV · Exhort One Another Daily
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So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.Read from NKJV · Exhort One Another Daily
Hebrews 4
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Therefore, while the promise of entering His rest still stands, let us be careful that none of you be deemed to have fallen short of it.Read from NKJV · God's Rest for the Believer
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For we also received the good news just as they did; but the message they heard was of no value to them, since they did not share the faith of those who comprehended it.Read from NKJV · The Sword of the Word
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Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: "So I swore on oath in My anger, 'They shall never enter My rest.'" And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.Read from NKJV · God's Rest for the Believer
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For somewhere He has spoken about the seventh day in this manner: "And on the seventh day God rested from all His works."Read from NKJV · The Sword of the Word
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And again, as He says in the passage above: "They shall never enter My rest."Read from NKJV · The Sword of the Word
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Since, then, it remains for some to enter His rest, and since those who formerly heard the good news did not enter because of their disobedience,Read from NKJV · God's Rest for the Believer
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God again designated a certain day as "Today," when a long time later He spoke through David as was just stated: "Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts."Read from NKJV · God's Rest for the Believer
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For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.Read from NKJV · The Sword of the Word
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For whoever enters God's rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from His.Read from NKJV · The Sword of the Word
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Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following the same pattern of disobedience.Read from NKJV · Our All Seeing High Priest
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For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.Read from NKJV · Our All Seeing High Priest
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Nothing in all creation is hidden from God's sight; everything is uncovered and exposed before the eyes of Him to whom we must give account.Read from NKJV · The Sword of the Word
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Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to what we profess.Read from NKJV · The Greatest High Priest
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For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who was tempted in every way that we are, yet was without sin.Read from NKJV · The Greatest High Priest
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Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.Read from NKJV · Our Faithful High Priest
Hebrews 5
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Every high priest is appointed from among men to represent them in matters relating to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.Read from NKJV · Gethsemane
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He is able to deal gently with those who are ignorant and misguided, since he himself is beset by weakness.Read from NKJV · The Greatest High Priest
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That is why he is obligated to offer sacrifices for his own sins, as well as for the sins of the people.Read from NKJV · The Greatest High Priest
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No one takes this honor upon himself; he must be called by God, just as Aaron was.Read from NKJV · Gethsemane
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So also Christ did not take upon Himself the glory of becoming a high priest, but He was called by the One who said to Him: "You are My Son; today I have become Your Father."Read from NKJV · Our Faithful High Priest
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And in another passage God says: "You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek."Read from NKJV · Gethsemane
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During the days of Jesus' earthly life, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverence.Read from NKJV · Our Faithful High Priest
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And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey HimRead from NKJV · Our Perfect High Priest
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and was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.Read from NKJV · Our Faithful High Priest
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We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing.Read from NKJV · Gethsemane
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Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God's word. You need milk, not solid food!Read from NKJV · Baptism in the Holy Spirit (Video)
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For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness.Read from NKJV · Faith Towards God (Video)
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But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.Read from NKJV · Laying on of Hands (Video)
Hebrews 6
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Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God,Read from NKJV · Baptism Into the Body of Christ
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instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.Read from NKJV · Repentance From Dead Works (Video)
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It is impossible for those who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have shared in the Holy Spirit,Read from NKJV · Baptism in Water (Video)
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who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age—Read from NASB1995 · It is Impossible to Renew Them
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and then have fallen away—to be restored to repentance, because they themselves are crucifying the Son of God all over again and subjecting Him to open shame.Read from NKJV · If they fall away
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For land that drinks in the rain often falling on it and that produces a crop useful to those for whom it is tended receives the blessing of God.Read from NKJV · If they fall away
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But land that produces thorns and thistles is worthless, and its curse is imminent. In the end it will be burned.Read from NKJV · Baptism in Water (Video)
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Even though we speak like this, beloved, we are convinced of better things in your case—things that accompany salvation.Read from NKJV · Refuge from the Storm
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For God is not unjust. He will not forget your work and the love you have shown for His name as you have ministered to the saints and continue to do so.Read from NKJV · It is Impossible to Renew Them
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We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.Read from NKJV · It is Impossible to Renew Them
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Then you will not be sluggish, but will imitate those who through faith and patience inherit what has been promised.Read from NKJV · Refuge from the Storm
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When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,Read from NKJV · Refuge from the Storm
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saying, "I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants."Read from NKJV · Resurrection From the Dead
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And so Abraham, after waiting patiently, obtained the promise.Read from NKJV · Refuge from the Storm
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Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.Read from NKJV · Refuge from the Storm
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So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.Read from NKJV · Resurrection From the Dead
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Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.Read from NKJV · The Resurrection of the Dead
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We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain,Read from NKJV · Refuge from the Storm
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where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.Read from NKJV · Refuge from the Storm
Hebrews 7
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Now if perfection could have been attained through the Levitical priesthood (for on this basis the people received the law), why was there still need for another priest to appear—one in the order of Melchizedek and not in the order of Aaron?Read from NKJV · A Priest by an Oath
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For when the priesthood is changed, the law must be changed as well.Read from NKJV · A Priest by an Oath
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He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar.Read from NKJV · A Priest by an Oath
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For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, a tribe as to which Moses said nothing about priests.Read from NKJV · A Priest by an Oath
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And this point is even more clear if another priest like Melchizedek appears,Read from NKJV · A Priest by an Oath
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one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.Read from NKJV · A Priest by an Oath
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For it is testified: "You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek."Read from NKJV · A Priest by an Oath
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So the former commandment is set aside because it was weak and uselessRead from NKJV · A Priest by an Oath
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(for the law made nothing perfect), and a better hope is introduced, by which we draw near to God.Read from NKJV · A Priest by an Oath
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And none of this happened without an oath. For others became priests without an oath,Read from NKJV · A Priest by an Oath
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but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: "The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: 'You are a priest forever.'"Read from NKJV · A Priest by an Oath
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Because of this oath, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.Read from NKJV · A Priest by an Oath
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Now there have been many other priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office.Read from NKJV · Such a High Priest
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But because Jesus lives forever, He has a permanent priesthood.Read from NKJV · Such a High Priest
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Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.Read from NKJV · A Priest by an Oath
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Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.Read from NKJV · Such a High Priest
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Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.Read from NKJV · Such a High Priest
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For the law appoints as high priests men who are weak; but the oath, which came after the law, appointed the Son, who has been made perfect forever.Read from NKJV · A Priest by an Oath
Hebrews 8
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The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,Read from NKJV · Build according to the Pattern
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and who ministers in the sanctuary and true tabernacle set up by the Lord, not by man.Read from NKJV · Build according to the Pattern
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And since every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices, it was necessary for this One also to have something to offer.Read from NKJV · Build according to the Pattern
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Now if He were on earth, He would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer gifts according to the law.Read from NKJV · Such a High Priest
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The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: "See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain."Read from NKJV · A Superior Covenant
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Now, however, Jesus has received a much more excellent ministry, just as the covenant He mediates is better and is founded on better promises.Read from NKJV · A Superior Covenant
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For if that first covenant had been without fault, no place would have been sought for a second.Read from NKJV · Build according to the Pattern
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But God found fault with the people and said: "Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.Read from NKJV · Build according to the Pattern
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It will not be like the covenant I made with their fathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not abide by My covenant, and I disregarded them, declares the Lord.Read from NKJV · A Superior Covenant
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For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people.Read from NKJV · A Superior Covenant
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No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest.Read from NKJV · A Superior Covenant
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For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more."Read from NKJV · A Superior Covenant
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By speaking of a new covenant, He has made the first one obsolete; and what is obsolete and aging will soon disappear.Read from NKJV · A Superior Covenant
Hebrews 9
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Now the first covenant had regulations for worship and also an earthly sanctuary.Read from NKJV · An Earthly Tabernacle
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A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.Read from NKJV · An Earthly Tabernacle
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Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,Read from NKJV · An Earthly Tabernacle
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containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron's staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.Read from NKJV · An Earthly Tabernacle
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Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.Read from ESV · An Earthly Tabernacle
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When everything had been prepared in this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to perform their sacred duties.Read from NKJV · A Glorious Salvation
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But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.Read from NKJV · A Glorious Salvation
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By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.Read from NKJV · A Glorious Salvation
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It is an illustration for the present time, because the gifts and sacrifices being offered were unable to cleanse the conscience of the worshiper.Read from NKJV · A Glorious Salvation
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They consist only in food and drink and special washings—external regulations imposed until the time of reform.Read from NKJV · A Glorious Salvation
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But when Christ came as high priest of the good things that have come, He went through the greater and more perfect tabernacle that is not made by hands and is not a part of this creation.Read from NKJV · A Glorious Salvation
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He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.Read from NKJV · A Glorious Salvation
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For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkled on those who are ceremonially unclean sanctify them so that their bodies are clean,Read from NKJV · A Glorious Salvation
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how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself unblemished to God, purify our consciences from works of death, so that we may serve the living God!Read from NKJV · A Glorious Salvation
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Therefore Christ is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that He has died to redeem them from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.Read from NKJV · A Glorious Salvation
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In the case of a will, it is necessary to establish the death of the one who made it,Read from NKJV · A Perfect Sacrifice
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because a will does not take effect until the one who made it has died; it cannot be executed while he is still alive.Read from NKJV · A Glorious Salvation
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That is why even the first covenant was not put into effect without blood.Read from NKJV · A Glorious Salvation
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For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people,Read from NKJV · Better Things - Hebrews
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saying, "This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep."Read from NKJV · A Glorious Salvation
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In the same way, he sprinkled with blood the tabernacle and all the vessels used in worship.Read from NKJV · A Glorious Salvation
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According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.Read from NKJV · Better Things - Hebrews
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So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.Read from NKJV · Better Things - Hebrews
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For Christ did not enter a man-made copy of the true sanctuary, but He entered heaven itself, now to appear on our behalf in the presence of God.Read from NKJV · Better Things - Hebrews
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Nor did He enter heaven to offer Himself again and again, as the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own.Read from NKJV · Better Things - Hebrews
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Otherwise, Christ would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.Read from NKJV · Better Things - Hebrews
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Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,Read from NKJV · A Perfect Sacrifice
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so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.Read from NKJV · A Perfect Sacrifice
Hebrews 10
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For the law is only a shadow of the good things to come, not the realities themselves. It can never, by the same sacrifices offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near to worship.Read from NKJV · Our Perfect High Priest
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If it could, would not the offerings have ceased? For the worshipers would have been cleansed once for all, and would no longer have felt the guilt of their sins.Read from NKJV · A Perfect Sacrifice
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because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.Read from NKJV · A Perfect Sacrifice
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Then He adds: "Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more."Read from NASB1995 · A Superior Covenant
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Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,Read from NKJV · Let Us
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let us draw near with a sincere heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled to cleanse us from a guilty conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.Read from NKJV · Let Us
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Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.Read from ESV · Let Us
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Let us not neglect meeting together, as some have made a habit, but let us encourage one another, and all the more as you see the Day approaching.Read from NKJV · Let Us
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If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,Read from NKJV · If We Sin Wilfully
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but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.Read from NKJV · If We Sin Wilfully
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Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.Read from NKJV · If We Sin Wilfully
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How much more severely do you think one deserves to be punished who has trampled on the Son of God, profaned the blood of the covenant that sanctified him, and insulted the Spirit of grace?Read from NKJV · If We Sin Wilfully
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For we know Him who said, "Vengeance is Mine; I will repay," and again, "The Lord will judge His people."Read from NKJV · It is Impossible to Renew Them
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It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.Read from ESV · If We Sin Wilfully
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Remember the early days that you were in the light. In those days, you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering.Read from NKJV · If We Sin Wilfully
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Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who were so treated.Read from NKJV · If We Sin Wilfully
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You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.Read from NKJV · If We Sin Wilfully
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So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.Read from NKJV · If We Sin Wilfully
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You need to persevere, so that after you have done the will of God, you will receive what He has promised.Read from NKJV · If We Sin Wilfully
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For, "In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.Read from NKJV · If We Sin Wilfully
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But My righteous one will live by faith; and if he shrinks back, I will take no pleasure in him."Read from NKJV · If We Sin Wilfully
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But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and preserve their souls.Read from NKJV · If We Sin Wilfully
Hebrews 11
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Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.Read from NKJV · Can God Be Trusted
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By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. By faith he was commended as righteous when God gave approval to his gifts. And by faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.Read from NKJV · Looking For A City
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By faith Enoch was taken up so that he did not see death: "He could not be found, because God had taken him away." For before he was taken, he was commended as one who pleased God.Read from NKJV · Faith Produces Obedience
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And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.Read from NKJV · Faith Produces Obedience
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By faith Noah, when warned about things not yet seen, in godly fear built an ark to save his family. By faith he condemned the world and became heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.Read from NKJV · Faith Produces Obedience
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By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.Read from NKJV · Looking For A City
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By faith he dwelt in the promised land as a stranger in a foreign country. He lived in tents, as did Isaac and Jacob, who were heirs with him of the same promise.Read from NKJV · Faith Produces Obedience
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For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.Read from NKJV · Faith Produces Obedience
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By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.Read from NKJV · Can God Be Trusted
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And so from one man, and he as good as dead, came descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as countless as the sand on the seashore.Read from NKJV · Faith Produces Obedience
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All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.Read from NKJV · Faith Produces Obedience
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Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.Read from NKJV · Can God Be Trusted
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If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.Read from NKJV · Can God Be Trusted
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Instead, they were longing for a better country, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.Read from NKJV · Faith Produces Obedience
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By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son,Read from NKJV · Faith in Spite of Unfulfilled Promises
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even though God had said to him, "Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned."Read from NKJV · Faith in Spite of Unfulfilled Promises
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Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.Read from NKJV · Faith in Spite of Unfulfilled Promises
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By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph's sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.Read from NKJV · Faith in Spite of Unfulfilled Promises
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By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.Read from NKJV · Faith in Spite of Unfulfilled Promises
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By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter.Read from NKJV · Obedience in Small Things Leads to Big Victories
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He chose to suffer oppression with God's people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.Read from NKJV · Obedience in Small Things Leads to Big Victories
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He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.Read from NKJV · Obedience in Small Things Leads to Big Victories
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By faith Moses left Egypt, not fearing the king's anger; he persevered because he saw Him who is invisible.Read from NKJV · Obedience in Small Things Leads to Big Victories
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By faith he kept the Passover and the sprinkling of blood, so that the destroyer of the firstborn would not touch Israel's own firstborn.Read from NKJV · Obedience in Small Things Leads to Big Victories
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By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.Read from NKJV · Obedience in Small Things Leads to Big Victories
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By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.Read from NKJV · Obedience in Small Things Leads to Big Victories
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By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.Read from NKJV · Obedience in Small Things Leads to Big Victories
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And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets,Read from NKJV · Faith in Your Struggles
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who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,Read from NKJV · Obedience in Small Things Leads to Big Victories
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quenched the raging fire, and escaped the edge of the sword; who gained strength from weakness, became mighty in battle, and put foreign armies to flight.Read from NKJV · Obedience in Small Things Leads to Big Victories
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Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.Read from NKJV · Baptism in Suffering
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Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.Read from NKJV · Faith Towards God (Video)
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They were stoned, they were sawed in two, they were put to death by the sword. They went around in sheepskins and goatskins, destitute, oppressed, and mistreated.Read from NKJV · Faith in Your Struggles
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The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.Read from NKJV · Faith Towards God (Video)
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These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.Read from NKJV · Faith in Your Struggles
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God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.Read from NKJV · Faith in Your Struggles
Hebrews 12
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Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.Read from NKJV · Baptism in Suffering
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Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.Read from NKJV · Look Up
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Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.Read from NKJV · Baptism in Suffering
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In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.Read from NKJV · Don't Give Up!
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And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: "My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.Read from NKJV · Don't Give Up!
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For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives."Read from NKJV · Looking Unto Jesus
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Endure suffering as discipline; God is treating you as sons. For what son is not disciplined by his father?Read from NKJV · Looking Unto Jesus
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If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.Read from NKJV · Looking Unto Jesus
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Furthermore, we have all had earthly fathers who disciplined us, and we respected them. Should we not much more submit to the Father of our spirits and live?Read from NKJV · An Important Message for the End Time Church - Part 2
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Our fathers disciplined us for a short time as they thought best, but God disciplines us for our good, so that we may share in His holiness.Read from NKJV · Looking Unto Jesus
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No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.Read from NKJV · Looking Unto Jesus
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Therefore strengthen your limp hands and weak knees.Read from NKJV · An Important Message for the End Time Church - Part 2
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Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.Read from NKJV · An Important Message for the End Time Church - Part 2
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Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.Read from NKJV · Pure in Heart
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to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.Read from NKJV · Better Things - Hebrews
Hebrews 13
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Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: "Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you."Read from NKJV · Finding Spiritual Wealth