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Hebrews · read by Richard Owen Roberts
168 verses, in order. Only the verses Richard 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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 1
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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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 2
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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 · Do Not Drift From What You Have Received
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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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 1
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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 · Do Not Drift From What You Have Received
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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 NASB1995 · Do Not Drift From What You Have Received
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Now about the angels He says: "He makes His angels winds, His servants flames of fire."Read from NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 1
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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 · Do Not Drift From What You Have Received
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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 · Do Not Drift From What You Have Received
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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 · Do Not Drift From What You Have Received
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They will perish, but You remain; they will all wear out like a garment.Read from NKJV · Do Not Drift From What You Have Received
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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 · Do Not Drift From What You Have Received
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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 · Do Not Drift From What You Have Received
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Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?Read from NKJV · Do Not Drift From What You Have Received
Hebrews 2
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We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.Read from KJV · Something Is Wrong - Part 05 of 05
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For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment,Read from NKJV · Do Not Drift From What You Have Received
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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 · Do Not Drift From What You Have Received
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and was affirmed by God through signs, wonders, various miracles, and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to His will.Read from NKJV · Do Not Drift From What You Have Received
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For it is not to angels that He has subjected the world to come, about which we are speaking.Read from NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 2
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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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 2
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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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 2
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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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 2
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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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 2
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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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 2
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and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.Read from NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 2
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For surely it is not the angels He helps, but the descendants of Abraham.Read from NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 2
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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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 2
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Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He is able to help those who are being tempted.Read from NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 2
Hebrews 3
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Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, set your focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess.Read from NKJV · Do Not Harden Your Hearts
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He was faithful to the One who appointed Him, just as Moses was faithful in all God's house.Read from NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 2
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For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.Read from NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 2
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And every house is built by someone, but God is the builder of everything.Read from NKJV · Do Not Harden Your Hearts
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Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God's house, testifying to what would be spoken later.Read from NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 2
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But Christ is faithful as the Son over God's house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.Read from NKJV · Do Not Harden Your Hearts
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Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: "Today, if you hear His voice,Read from NKJV · Do Not Harden Your Hearts
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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 · Do Not Harden Your Hearts
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where your fathers tested and tried Me, and for forty years saw My works.Read from NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 1
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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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 1
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So I swore on oath in My anger, 'They shall never enter My rest.'"Read from ESV · Perseverance - Part 1
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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 KJV · Do Not Harden Your Hearts
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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 · Do Not Harden Your Hearts
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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 · Do Not Harden Your Hearts
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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 · Do Not Harden Your Hearts
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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 · Do Not Harden Your Hearts
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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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 1
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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 · Do Not Harden Your Hearts
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So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.Read from NKJV · Do Not Harden Your Hearts
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 · Do Not Harden Your Hearts
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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 · Do Not Harden Your Hearts
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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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 1
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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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 1
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And again, as He says in the passage above: "They shall never enter My rest."Read from NKJV · Do Not Harden Your Hearts
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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 · Do Not Harden Your Hearts
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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 · Do Not Harden Your Hearts
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For if Joshua had given them rest, God would not have spoken later about another day.Read from NKJV · Do Not Harden Your Hearts
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There remains, then, a Sabbath rest for the people of God.Read from NKJV · Do Not Harden Your Hearts
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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 · Do Not Harden Your Hearts
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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 · Do Not Harden Your Hearts
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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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 1
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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 ESV · Perseverance - Part 2
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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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 2
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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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 2
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 · Do Not Be Dull of Hearing or Sluggish
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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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 2
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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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 2
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No one takes this honor upon himself; he must be called by God, just as Aaron was.Read from NKJV · Do Not Be Dull of Hearing or Sluggish
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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 · Do Not Be Dull of Hearing or Sluggish
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And in another passage God says: "You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek."Read from NKJV · Do Not Be Dull of Hearing or Sluggish
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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 · Do Not Be Dull of Hearing or Sluggish
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Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered.Read from NKJV · Do Not Be Dull of Hearing or Sluggish
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And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey HimRead from NKJV · Do Not Be Dull of Hearing or Sluggish
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and was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.Read from NKJV · Do Not Be Dull of Hearing or Sluggish
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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 · Do Not Be Dull of Hearing or Sluggish
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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 · Do Not Be Dull of Hearing or Sluggish
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For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness.Read from NKJV · Do Not Be Dull of Hearing or Sluggish
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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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 1
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 · Do Not Be Dull of Hearing or Sluggish
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instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.Read from NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 1
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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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 1
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who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age—Read from NASB1995 · Do Not Be Dull of Hearing or Sluggish
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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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 1
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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 · Do Not Be Dull of Hearing or Sluggish
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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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 1
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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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 1
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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 · Do Not Be Dull of Hearing or Sluggish
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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 · Do Not Be Dull of Hearing or Sluggish
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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 ESV · Perseverance - Part 1
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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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 2
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saying, "I will surely bless you and multiply your descendants."Read from NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 2
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Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.Read from NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 2
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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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 2
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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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 2
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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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 2
Hebrews 7
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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 KJV · God's Holiness - Part 4
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 · Do Not Sin Willfully
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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 · Do Not Sin Willfully
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because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.Read from NKJV · Do Not Sin Willfully
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Therefore, when Christ came into the world, He said: "Sacrifice and offering You did not desire, but a body You prepared for Me.Read from NKJV · Do Not Sin Willfully
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Then I said, 'Here I am, it is written about Me in the scroll: I have come to do Your will, O God.'"Read from NKJV · Do Not Sin Willfully
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In the passage above He says, "Sacrifices and offerings, burnt offerings and sin offerings You did not desire, nor did You delight in them" (although they are offered according to the law).Read from NKJV · Do Not Sin Willfully
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Then He adds, "Here I am, I have come to do Your will." He takes away the first to establish the second.Read from NKJV · Do Not Sin Willfully
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And by that will, we have been sanctified through the sacrifice of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.Read from NKJV · Do Not Sin Willfully
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Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins.Read from NKJV · Do Not Sin Willfully
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But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.Read from NKJV · Do Not Sin Willfully
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Since that time, He waits for His enemies to be made a footstool for His feet,Read from NKJV · Do Not Sin Willfully
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because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.Read from NKJV · Do Not Sin Willfully
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The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. First He says:Read from NKJV · Do Not Sin Willfully
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"This is the covenant I will make with them after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their hearts and inscribe them on their minds."Read from NKJV · Do Not Sin Willfully
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Then He adds: "Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more."Read from NKJV · Do Not Sin Willfully
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And where these have been forgiven, an offering for sin is no longer needed.Read from NKJV · Do Not Sin Willfully
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Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,Read from NKJV · Do Not Sin Willfully
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by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,Read from NKJV · Do Not Sin Willfully
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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 NASB1995 · Six Warnings
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Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.Read from ESV · Do Not Sin Willfully
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And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.Read from NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 1
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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 · Do Not Sin Willfully
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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 · Do Not Sin Willfully
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but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.Read from NKJV · Do Not Sin Willfully
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Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.Read from NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 1
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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 · Do Not Sin Willfully
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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 ESV · Perseverance - Part 1
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It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.Read from ESV · Do Not Sin Willfully
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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 · Do Not Sin Willfully
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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 · Do Not Sin Willfully
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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 · Do Not Sin Willfully
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So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.Read from NKJV · Do Not Sin Willfully
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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 · Do Not Sin Willfully
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For, "In just a little while, He who is coming will come and will not delay.Read from NKJV · Do Not Sin Willfully
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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 ESV · Perseverance - Part 1
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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 · Do Not Sin Willfully
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 · Do Not Sin Willfully
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who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions,Read from NASB1995 · Do Not Grow Weary of Discipline
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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 NASB1995 · Do Not Grow Weary of Discipline
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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 NASB1995 · Do Not Grow Weary of Discipline
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Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.Read from NASB1995 · Hebrews - Part 5
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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 3
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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 · Do Not Grow Weary of Discipline
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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 · Do Not Grow Weary of Discipline
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In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.Read from NASB1995 · Six Warnings
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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 · Do Not Grow Weary of Discipline
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For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives."Read from NKJV · Do Not Grow Weary of Discipline
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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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 1
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If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.Read from NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 1
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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 NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 3
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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 ESV · Perseverance - Part 1
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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 · Do Not Grow Weary of Discipline
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Make straight paths for your feet, so that the lame may not be disabled, but rather healed.Read from NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 1
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Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.Read from NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 3
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See to it that no one falls short of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness springs up to cause trouble and defile many.Read from NASB1995 · Perseverance - Part 1
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See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.Read from NKJV · Do Not Grow Weary of Discipline
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For you know that afterward, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected. He could find no ground for repentance, though he sought the blessing with tears.Read from NKJV · Do Not Grow Weary of Discipline
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For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm;Read from NKJV · Do Not Refuse Him Who Is Speaking
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to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken.Read from NKJV · Do Not Refuse Him Who Is Speaking
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For they could not bear what was commanded: "If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned."Read from NKJV · Do Not Refuse Him Who Is Speaking
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The sight was so terrifying that even Moses said, "I am trembling with fear."Read from NKJV · Do Not Refuse Him Who Is Speaking
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Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angelsRead from NKJV · Do Not Refuse Him Who Is Speaking
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in joyful assembly, to the congregation of the firstborn, enrolled in heaven. You have come to God the Judge of all, to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,Read from NKJV · Do Not Refuse Him Who Is Speaking
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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 · Do Not Refuse Him Who Is Speaking
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See to it that you do not refuse Him who speaks. For if the people did not escape when they refused Him who warned them on earth, how much less will we escape if we reject Him who warns us from heaven?Read from NKJV · Do Not Refuse Him Who Is Speaking
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At that time His voice shook the earth, but now He has promised, "Once more I will shake not only the earth, but heaven as well."Read from NKJV · Do Not Refuse Him Who Is Speaking
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The words "Once more" signify the removal of what can be shaken—that is, created things—so that the unshakable may remain.Read from NKJV · Do Not Refuse Him Who Is Speaking
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Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe.Read from NKJV · Do Not Refuse Him Who Is Speaking