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Hebrews · read by Ian Paisley
48 verses, in order. Only the verses Ian read aloud are shown.
Hebrews 2
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You made him a little lower than the angels; You crowned him with glory and honorRead from KJV · Coronation of Christ
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and placed everything under his feet." When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him.Read from KJV · Coronation of Christ
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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 KJV · Coronation of Christ
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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 KJV · Coronation of Christ
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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 KJV · Loving the Holy Spirit
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 KJV · The Tears of the Saviour
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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 KJV · The Tears of the Saviour
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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 KJV · The Tears of the Saviour
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No one takes this honor upon himself; he must be called by God, just as Aaron was.Read from KJV · The Tears of the Saviour
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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 KJV · The Tears of the Saviour
Hebrews 10
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Then He adds: "Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more."Read from KJV · Can I Be Coverted Today
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 We Be Sure About the Future
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By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God's command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.Read from KJV · Can We Be Sure About the Future
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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 KJV · Can We Be Sure About the Future
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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 KJV · Can We Be Sure About the Future
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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 KJV · Can We Be Sure About the Future
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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 KJV · Can We Be Sure About the Future
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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 KJV · Can We Be Sure About the Future
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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 KJV · Can We Be Sure About the Future
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For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.Read from KJV · Can We Be Sure About the Future
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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 KJV · Can We Be Sure About the Future
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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 KJV · Can We Be Sure About the Future
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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 KJV · Go Back? Never!
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Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.Read from KJV · Go Back? Never!
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If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return.Read from KJV · Go Back? Never!
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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 KJV · Go Back? Never!
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even though God had said to him, "Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned."Read from KJV · The Last Milestone in the Pilgrimage of Abraham
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By faith Moses' parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king's edict.Read from KJV · How to See the Invisible
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By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter.Read from KJV · How to See the Invisible
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He chose to suffer oppression with God's people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.Read from KJV · How to See the Invisible
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He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.Read from KJV · How to See the Invisible
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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 · How to See the Invisible
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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 KJV · How to See the Invisible
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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 KJV · How to See the Invisible
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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 KJV · The Red Light of Warning on the Red Light District
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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 KJV · The Text to Which We Must Ever Return
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who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,Read from KJV · The Text to Which We Must Ever Return
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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 KJV · The Red Light of Warning on the Red Light District
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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 KJV · The Text to Which We Must Ever Return
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Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.Read from KJV · The Red Light of Warning on the Red Light District
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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 KJV · The Red Light of Warning on the Red Light District
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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 KJV · The Text to Which We Must Ever Return
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These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.Read from KJV · The Text to Which We Must Ever Return
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God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.Read from KJV · The Red Light of Warning on the Red Light District
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 KJV · The Text to Which We Must Ever Return
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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 KJV · The Text to Which We Must Ever Return
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Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.Read from KJV · The Text to Which We Must Ever Return