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Hebrews · read by William MacDonald
126 verses, in order. Only the verses William read aloud are shown.
Hebrews 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 NKJV · Purchased With Blood
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 · Studies in Ephesians - Part 2
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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 · The Greatness of Salvation
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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 KJV · Does It Pay to Pray
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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 · Studies in 1 Corinthians-01 1 Cor 1:1-17
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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 · Seven Aspects of the Glories 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 · The Attributes of God - 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 NKJV · The Resurrection of Christ
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and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.Read from NKJV · The Resurrection 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 NASB1995 · Studies in Romans-03
Hebrews 4
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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 Comforts of God
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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 · Studies in Esther-03 Esther 5-7
Hebrews 5
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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 Attributes of God - Part 2
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Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered.Read from KJV · The Attributes of God - Part 2
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And having been made perfect, He became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey HimRead from NKJV · Fargo Memorial Day Conference-09 7 Aspects of the Glory of Christ
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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 KJV · A Manual for Prayer - Part 2
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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 · Houston Colonial Hills Conference 1995-02 Marks of a Carnal Christian
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For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness.Read from KJV · Difficult Passages- Lake Geneva conf.1984 - Part 3
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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 · Houston Colonial Hills Conference 1995-02 Marks of a Carnal Christian
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 KJV · Difficult Passages- Lake Geneva conf.1984 - Part 3
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instruction about baptisms, the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.Read from KJV · Difficult Passages- Lake Geneva conf.1984 - Part 3
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And this we will do, if God permits.Read from KJV · Difficult Passages- Lake Geneva conf.1984 - Part 3
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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 KJV · Holy Spirit 10
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who have tasted the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the coming age—Read from KJV · Difficult Passages- Lake Geneva conf.1984 - Part 3
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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 KJV · Holy Spirit 10
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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 KJV · Lake Geneva Bible Conference 1984-04 Hebrews 6:1
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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 KJV · Difficult Passages- Lake Geneva conf.1984 - Part 3
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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 KJV · Difficult Passages- Lake Geneva conf.1984 - Part 3
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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 KJV · Difficult Passages- Lake Geneva conf.1984 - Part 3
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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 KJV · Difficult Passages- Lake Geneva conf.1984 - Part 3
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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 KJV · Difficult Passages- Lake Geneva conf.1984 - Part 3
Hebrews 9
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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 · The Christians Body-Three Stages
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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 KJV · Holy Spirit 1
Hebrews 10
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In burnt offerings and sin offerings You took no delight.Read from NKJV · The Greatness of Salvation
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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 · The Greatness of Salvation
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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 · The Greatness of Salvation
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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 · The Greatness of Salvation
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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 NASB1995 · The Greatness of Salvation
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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 · The Greatness of Salvation
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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 · The Greatness of Salvation
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because by a single offering He has made perfect for all time those who are being sanctified.Read from NKJV · The Greatness of Salvation
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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 KJV · Holy Spirit 10
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Then He adds: "Their sins and lawless acts I will remember no more."Read from KJV · Holy Spirit 10
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And where these have been forgiven, an offering for sin is no longer needed.Read from KJV · Holy Spirit 10
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Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,Read from NKJV · Studies in Esther-03 Esther 5-7
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by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,Read from NKJV · The Local Church 5 - Part 1
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and since we have a great priest over the house of God,Read from NKJV · The Local Church 5 - Part 1
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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 · Christ's Plan for the Church - Part 5
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Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.Read from ESV · The Local Church 5 - Part 1
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And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds.Read from NKJV · Christ's Plan for the Church - Part 5
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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 · The Local Church 5 - Part 1
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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 KJV · Our Relationship to Sin
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but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.Read from KJV · Our Relationship to Sin
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Anyone who rejected the law of Moses died without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.Read from KJV · Difficult Passages- Lake Geneva conf.1984 - Part 3
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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 KJV · Difficult Passages- Lake Geneva conf.1984 - Part 3
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 · The Life of Faith
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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 NKJV · The True Discipleship Broadcast-1983-13 True Discipleship
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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 · The Life of Faith
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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 · The Life of Faith
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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 · The Life of Faith
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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 · The True Discipleship Broadcast-1983-12 True Discipleship
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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 · The Life of Faith
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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 · The Life of Faith
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For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.Read from NKJV · The True Discipleship Broadcast-1983-12 True Discipleship
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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 · The True Discipleship Broadcast-1983-12 True Discipleship
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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 · The True Discipleship Broadcast-1983-13 True Discipleship
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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 · The True Discipleship Broadcast-1983-12 True Discipleship
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Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own.Read from NKJV · The True Discipleship Broadcast-1983-12 True Discipleship
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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 · The True Discipleship Broadcast-1983-12 True Discipleship
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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 · The True Discipleship Broadcast-1983-12 True Discipleship
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By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter.Read from NKJV · Houston Colonial Hills Conference 1995-05 Joshua 24:14
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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 · Houston Colonial Hills Conference 1995-05 Joshua 24:14
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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 · Houston Colonial Hills Conference 1995-05 Joshua 24:14
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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 · The True Discipleship Broadcast-1983-12 True Discipleship
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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 · Houston Colonial Hills Conference 1995-05 Joshua 24:14
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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 · Martyrs and Missionaries for The Lord
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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 · Horton Haven Labor Day Retreat-12 Commitment of the Early Church
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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 · Sold Out to the Lord
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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 · Horton Haven Labor Day Retreat-12 Commitment of the Early Church
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Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.Read from NKJV · Martyrs and Missionaries for The Lord
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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 · Horton Haven Labor Day Retreat-12 Commitment of the Early Church
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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 · Sold Out to the Lord
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These were all commended for their faith, yet they did not receive what was promised.Read from NKJV · Martyrs and Missionaries for The Lord
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God had planned something better for us, so that together with us they would be made perfect.Read from NKJV · Horton Haven Labor Day Retreat-12 Commitment of the Early Church
Hebrews 12
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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 · Joseph Reminds Me of Jesus-07
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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 · Endurance
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Pursue peace with everyone, as well as holiness, without which no one will see the Lord.Read from KJV · Spiritual Insights 01 Heb 12:16
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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 KJV · Spiritual Insights 01 Heb 12:16
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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 KJV · Holy Spirit 10
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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 KJV · Holy Spirit 10
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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 KJV · The Lord's Supper
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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 KJV · The Lord's Supper
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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 KJV · The Lord's Supper
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The sight was so terrifying that even Moses said, "I am trembling with fear."Read from KJV · The Lord's Supper
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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 KJV · The Lord's Supper
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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 KJV · The Lord's Supper
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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 KJV · The Lord's Supper
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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 KJV · The Lord's Supper
Hebrews 13
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Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.Read from NKJV · A Study in Hebrews 13 - Part 1
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Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.Read from NKJV · A Study in Hebrews 13 - Part 1
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Marriage should be honored by all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterers.Read from NKJV · A Study in Hebrews 13 - Part 1
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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 · A Study in Hebrews 13 - Part 1
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So we say with confidence: "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?"Read from NKJV · A Study in Hebrews 13 - Part 1
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Remember your leaders who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.Read from NKJV · A Study in Hebrews 13 - Part 1
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Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace and not by foods of no value to those devoted to them.Read from NKJV · A Study in Hebrews 13 - Part 1
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We have an altar from which those who serve at the tabernacle have no right to eat.Read from NASB1995 · A Study in Hebrews 13 - Part 1
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Although the high priest brings the blood of animals into the Holy Place as a sacrifice for sin, the bodies are burned outside the camp.Read from NKJV · A Study in Hebrews 13 - Part 1
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And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate, to sanctify the people by His own blood.Read from NKJV · A Study in Hebrews 13 - Part 1
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Therefore let us go to Him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace He bore.Read from NKJV · A Study in Hebrews 13 - Part 1
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For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.Read from NKJV · A Study in Hebrews 13 - Part 2
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Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.Read from NKJV · A Study in Hebrews 13 - Part 1
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And do not neglect to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.Read from NKJV · Christ's Plan for the Church - Part 3
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Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they watch over your souls as those who must give an account. To this end, allow them to lead with joy and not with grief, for that would be of no advantage to you.Read from NKJV · A Study in Hebrews 13 - Part 1
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Pray for us; we are convinced that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.Read from NKJV · A Study in Hebrews 13 - Part 1
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And I especially urge you to pray that I may be restored to you soon.Read from NKJV · A Study in Hebrews 13 - Part 1
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Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,Read from NKJV · A Study in Hebrews 13 - Part 1
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equip you with every good thing to do His will. And may He accomplish in us what is pleasing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.Read from NKJV · A Study in Hebrews 13 - Part 1
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I urge you, brothers, to bear with my word of exhortation, for I have only written to you briefly.Read from NKJV · A Study in Hebrews 13 - Part 1
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Be aware that our brother Timothy has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.Read from NKJV · A Study in Hebrews 13 - Part 1
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Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those from Italy send you greetings.Read from NKJV · A Study in Hebrews 13 - Part 1