Hebrews 10 Cross References - Twentieth_Century

¹ The Law, though able to foreshadow the Better System which was coming, never had its actual substance. Its priests, with those sacrifices which they offer continuously year after year, can never make those who come to worship perfect. ² Otherwise, would not the offering of these sacrifices have been abandoned, as the worshipers, having been once purified, would have had their consciences clear from sins? ³ But, on the contrary, these sacrifices recall their sins to mind year after year. ⁴ For the blood of bulls and goats is powerless to remove sins. ⁵ That is why, when he was coming into the world, the Christ declared-- 'Sacrifice and offering thou dost not desire, but thou dost provide for me a body; ⁶ Thou dost take no pleasure in burnt offerings and sacrifices for sin. ⁷ So I said, "See, I have come' (as is written of me in the pages of the Book), "To do thy will, O God."' ⁸ First come the words-- 'Thou dost not desire, nor dost thou take pleasure in, sacrifices, offerings, burnt offerings, and sacrifices for sin' (offerings regularly made under the Law), ⁹ and then there is added-- 'See, I have come to do thy will.' The former sacrifices are set aside to be replaced by the latter. ¹⁰ And it is in the fulfillment of the will of God that we have been purified by the sacrifice, once and for all, of the body of Jesus Christ. ¹¹ Every other priest stands day after day at his ministrations, and offers the same sacrifices over and over again--sacrifices that can never take sins away. ¹² But, this priest, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, which should serve for all time, 'took his seat at the right hand of God,' ¹³ and has since then been waiting 'for his enemies to be put as a stool for his feet.' ¹⁴ By a single offering he has made perfect for all time those who are being purified. ¹⁵ We have also the testimony of the Holy Spirit. For, after saying-- ¹⁶ '"This is the Covenant that I will make with them after those days," says the Lord; "I will impress my laws on their hearts, and will inscribe them on their minds,"' ¹⁷ then we have-- 'And their sins and their iniquities I will no longer remember.' ¹⁸ And, when these are forgiven, there is no further need of an offering for sin. ¹⁹ Therefore, Brothers, since we may enter the Sanctuary with confidence, in virtue of the blood of Jesus, ²⁰ by the way which he inaugurated for us--a new and living way, a way through the Sanctuary Curtain (that is, his human nature); ²¹ and, since we have in him 'a great priest set over the House of God,' ²² let us draw near to God in all sincerity of heart and in perfect faith, with our hearts purified by the sprinkled blood from all consciousness of wrong, and with our bodies washed with pure water. ²³ Let us maintain the confession of our hope unshaken, for he who has given us his promise will not fail us. ²⁴ Let us vie with one another in a rivalry of love and noble actions. ²⁵ And let us not, as some do, cease to meet together; but, on the contrary, let us encourage one another, and all the more, now that you see the Day drawing near. ²⁶ Remember, if we sin willfully after we have gained a full knowledge of the Truth, there can be no further sacrifice for sin; ²⁷ there is only a fearful anticipation of judgment, and a burning indignation which will destroy all opponents. ²⁸ When a man disregarded the Law of Moses, he was, on the evidence of two or three witnesses, put to death without pity. ²⁹ How much worse then, think you, will be the punishment deserved by those who have trampled underfoot the Son of God, who have treated the blood that rendered the Covenant valid--the very blood by which they were purified--as of no account, and who have outraged the Spirit of Love? ³⁰ We know who it was that said-- 'It is for me to avenge, I will requite'; and again-- 'The Lord will judge his people.' ³¹ It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the Living God. ³² Call to mind those early days in which, after you had received the Light, you patiently underwent a long and painful conflict. ³³ Sometimes, in consequence of the taunts and injuries heaped upon you, you became a public spectacle; and sometimes you suffered through having shown yourselves to be the friends of men who were in the very position in which you had been. ³⁴ For you not only sympathized with those who were in prison, but you even took the confiscation of your possessions joyfully, knowing, as you did, that you had in yourselves a greater possession and a lasting one. ³⁵ Do not, therefore, abandon the confidence that you have gained, for it has a great reward awaiting it. ³⁶ You still have need of patient endurance, in order that, when you have done God's will, you may obtain the fulfillment of his promise. ³⁷ 'For there is indeed but a very little while ere He who is coming will have come, without delay; ³⁸ And through faith the Righteous man shall find his Life, But, if a man draws back, my heart can find no pleasure in him.' ³⁹ But we do not belong to those who draw back, to their Ruin, but to those who have faith, to the saving of their souls.

²⁰ He had been dwelling upon this, when an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream. "Joseph, son of David," the angel said, "do not be afraid to take Mary for your wife, for her child has been conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit. ²¹ She shall give birth to a son; and you shall give him the name Jesus, for it is he who shall save his people from their sins." ²² All this happened in fulfillment of these words of the Lord in the Prophet, where he says-- ²³ 'Behold! the virgin shall be with child and shall give birth to a son, And they will give him the name Immanuel'--a word which means 'God is with us.'

¹⁰ Already the axe is lying at the root of the trees. Therefore every tree that fails to bear good fruit will be cut down and thrown into the fire. ¹¹ I, indeed, baptize you with water to teach repentance; but He who is Coming after me is more powerful than I, and I am not fit even to carry his sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire. ¹² His winnowing-fan is in his hand, and he will clear his threshing-floor, and store his grain in the barn, but the chaff he will burn with inextinguishable fire."

¹⁷ And from the heavens there came a voice which said: "This is my son, the Beloved, in whom I delight."

¹¹ Blessed are you when people taunt you, and persecute you, and say everything evil about you--untruly, and on my account. ¹² Be glad and rejoice, because your reward in Heaven will be great; for so men persecuted the Prophets who lived before you.

¹² Be glad and rejoice, because your reward in Heaven will be great; for so men persecuted the Prophets who lived before you.

¹⁹ Do not store up treasures for yourselves on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal. ²⁰ But store up treasures for yourselves in Heaven, where neither moth nor rust destroys, and where thieves do not break in or steal.

⁶ Do not give what is sacred to dogs; nor yet throw your pearls before pigs, lest they should trample them under their feet, and then turn and attack you.

²¹ Not every one who says to me 'Master! Master!' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, but only he who does the will of my Father who is in Heaven.

²⁹ Suddenly they shrieked out: "What do you want with us, Son of God? Have you come here to torment us before our time?"

²² And you will be hated by every one on account of my Name. Yet the man that endures to the end shall be saved.

²⁸ And do not be afraid of those who kill the body, but are unable to kill the soul; rather be afraid of him who is able to destroy both soul and body in the Pit.

³² Every one, therefore, who shall acknowledge me before his fellow men, I, too, will acknowledge before my Father who is in Heaven;

⁴² And, if any one gives but a cup of cold water to one of these lowly ones because he is a disciple, I tell you that he shall assuredly not lose his reward."

³ And asked--" Are you 'The Coming One,' or are we to look for someone else?"

¹⁸ 'Behold! the Servant of my Choice, My Beloved, in whom my heart delights! I will breathe my spirit upon him, And he shall announce a time of judgment to the Gentiles.

³¹ Therefore, I tell you, men will be forgiven every sin and slander; but slander against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven. ³² Whoever speaks against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in the present age, or in the age to come.

⁴³ No sooner does a foul spirit leave a man, than it passes through places where there is no water, in search of rest, and does not find it. ⁴⁴ Then it says 'I will go back to the home which I left'; but, on coming there, it finds it unoccupied, and swept, and put in order. ⁴⁵ Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in, and make their home there; and the last state of that man proves to be worse than the first. So, too, will it be with this wicked generation."

⁵⁰ For any one who does the will of my Father who is in Heaven is my brother and sister and mother."

²¹ But, as he has no root, he stands for only a short time; and, when trouble or persecution arises on account of the Message, he falls away at once.

⁴² And 'will throw them into the fiery furnace,' where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.

⁵⁰ And 'will throw them into the fiery furnace,' where there will be weeping and grinding of teeth.

¹⁶ And to this Simon Peter answered: "You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God."

¹⁸ Yes, and I say to you, Your name is 'Peter--a Rock, and on this rock I will build my Church, and the Powers of the Place of Death shall not prevail over it.

¹⁶ But, if he does not listen to you, take with you one or two others, so that 'on the evidence of two or three witnesses, every word may be put beyond dispute.'

²⁰ For where two or three have come together in my Name, I am present with them."

²¹ "If you wish to be perfect," answered Jesus, "go and sell your property, and give to the poor, and you shall have wealth in Heaven; then come and follow me."

²¹ "I tell you," replied Jesus, "if you have faith, without ever a doubt, you will do what not only what has been done to the fig tree, but, even if you should say to this hill 'Be lifted up and hurled into the sea!' it would be done. ²² And whatever you ask for in your prayers will, if you have faith, be granted you."

³¹ Which of the two sons did as his father wished?" " The second," they said. "I tell you," added Jesus, "that tax-gatherers and prostitutes are going into the Kingdom of God before you.

⁴⁴ 'The Lord said to my Lord: "Sit at my right hand, Until I put thy enemies beneath thy feet"'?

¹³ Yet the man that endures to the end shall be saved.

³³ And so may you, as soon as you see all these things, know that he is at your doors. ³⁴ I tell you, even the present generation will not pass away, till all these things have taken place.

⁴¹ Then he will say to those on his left 'Go from my presence, accursed, into the 'aeonian fire which has been prepared for the Devil and his angels.'

²⁸ For this is my Covenant blood, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins.

⁵¹ Suddenly the Temple curtain was torn in two from top to bottom, the earth shook, the rocks were torn asunder,

⁴³ If your hand proves a snare to you, cut it off. It would be better for you to enter the Life maimed, than to have both your hands and go into the Pit, into the inextinguishable fire. ⁴⁴ OMITTED TEXT ⁴⁵ If your foot proves a snare to you, cut it off. It would be better for you to enter the Life lame, than to have both your feet and be thrown into the Pit. ⁴⁶ OMITTED TEXT ⁴⁷ If your eye proves a snare to you, tear it out. It would be better for you to enter the Kingdom of God with only one eye, than to have both eyes and be thrown into the Pit, ⁴⁸ where 'their worm does not die, and the fire is not put out.' ⁴⁹ For it is by fire that every one will be salted.

²³ "I tell you that if any one should say to this hill 'Be lifted up and hurled into the sea!', without ever a doubt in his mind, but in the faith that what he says will be done, he would find that it would be. ²⁴ And therefore I say to you 'Have faith that whatever you ask for in prayer is already granted you, and you will find that it will be.'

³³ And to 'love him with all one's heart, and with all one's understanding, and with all one's strength,' and to 'love one's neighbor as one loves oneself' is far beyond all 'burnt-offerings and sacrifices.'"

³⁶ David said himself, speaking under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit-- 'The Lord said to my lord: "Sit at my right hand, Until I put thy enemies beneath thy feet.'"

²⁹ And so may you, as soon as you see these things happening, know that he is at your doors. ³⁰ I tell you that even the present generation will not pass away, until all these things have taken place.

³⁸ The Temple curtain was torn in two from top to bottom.

¹⁶ He who believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he who refuses to believe will be condemned.

⁹ It fell to him by lot, in accordance with the practice among the priests, to go into the Temple of the Lord and burn incense; ¹⁰ And, as it was the Hour of Incense, the people were all praying outside.

³⁵ "The Holy Spirit shall descend upon you," answered the angel, "and the Power of the Most High shall overshadow you; and therefore the child will be called 'holy,' and 'Son of God.'

¹⁹ So he summoned two of them, and sent them to the Master to ask--"Are you 'The Coming One,' or are we to look for some one else?"

¹⁵ But by that in the good ground are meant those who, having heard the Message, keep it in the good, rich soil of their hearts, and patiently yield a return.

⁴² But only a few are necessary, or rather one. Mary has chosen the good part, and it shall not be taken away from her."

²⁶ Then it goes and brings with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in, and make their home there; and the last state of that man proves to be worse than the first."

⁵ I will show you of whom you should be afraid. Be afraid of him who, after killing you, has the power to fling you into the Pit. Yes, I say, be afraid of him.

¹⁰ Every one who shall say anything against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but for him who slanders the Holy Spirit there will be no forgiveness.

³³ Sell what belongs to you, and give in charity. Make yourselves purses that will not wear out--an inexhaustible treasure in Heaven, where no thief comes near, or moth works ruin.

⁴⁷ The servant who knows his master's wishes and yet does not prepare and act accordingly will receive many lashes;

¹⁴ And then you will be happy indeed, since they cannot recompense you; for you shall be recompensed at the resurrection of the good."

²⁴ So he called out 'Pity me, Father Abraham, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am suffering agony in this flame.'

⁸ He will, I tell you, have justice done them, and that soon! Yet, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?"

²⁷ But as for my enemies, these men who would not have me as their King, bring them here and put them to death in my presence.'"

⁴³ Until I put they enemies as a stool for thy feet."'

¹¹ And there will be great earthquakes, and plagues and famines in various places, and there will be terrible appearances and signs in the heavens.

¹⁹ By your endurance you shall win yourselves Life.

²⁶ Men's hearts will fail them through dread of what is coming upon the world; for 'the forces of the heavens will be convulsed.'

³⁰ At that time people will begin to say to the mountains 'Fall on us,' and to the hills 'Cover us.'

⁴⁵ The sun being eclipsed; and the Temple curtain was torn down the middle.

¹⁴ And the Word became Man, and dwelt among us, (We saw his glory--the glory of the Only Son sent from the Father), full of love and truth.

²⁹ The next day John saw Jesus coming towards him, and exclaimed: "Here is the Lamb of God, who is to take away the sin of the world!

⁵ "In truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "unless a man owes his birth to Water and Spirit, he cannot enter the Kingdom of God.

¹⁵ That every one who believes in him may have Immortal Life." ¹⁶ For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that every one who believes in him may not be lost, but have Immortal Life.

³⁴ "My food," replied Jesus, "is to do the will of him who sent me, and to complete his work.

²⁴ In truth I tell you that he who listens to my Message and believes him who sent me, has Immortal Life, and does not come under condemnation, but has already passed out of Death into Life.

³⁰ I can do nothing of myself; I judge as I am taught; and the judgment that I give is just, because my aim is not to do my own will, but the will of him who sent me.

³⁸ For I have come down from Heaven, to do, not my own will, but the will of him who sent me;

⁴⁰ For it is the will of my Father that every one who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have Immortal Life; and I myself will raise him up at the Last Day."

⁵¹ I am the Living Bread that has come down from Heaven. If any one eats of this Bread, he will live for ever; and the Bread that I shall give is my flesh, which I will give for the Life of the world." ⁵² Upon this the Jews began disputing with one another: "How is it possible for this man to give us his flesh to eat?" ⁵³ "In truth I tell you," answered Jesus, "unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man, and drink his blood, you have not Life within you. ⁵⁴ He who takes my flesh for his food, and drinks my blood, has Immortal Life; and I will raise him up at the Last Day. ⁵⁵ For my flesh is true food, and my blood true drink. ⁵⁶ He who takes my flesh for his food, and drinks my blood, remains united to me, and I to him.

¹⁷ If any one has the will to do God's will, he will find out whether my teaching is from God, or whether I speak on my own authority.

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¹⁷ Why, in your own Law it is said that the testimony of two persons is trustworthy.

⁴¹ "If you had been blind," replied Jesus, "you would have had no sin to answer for; but, as it is, you say 'We can see,' and so your sin remains.

⁷ So he continued: "In truth I tell you, I am the Door for the sheep.

⁹ I am the Door; he who goes in through me will be safe, and he will go in and out and find pasture.

³⁶ Do you say of one whom the Father has consecrated and sent as his Messenger to the world 'You are blaspheming,' because I said 'I am God's Son'?

⁸ "You shall never wash my feet!" exclaimed Peter. "Unless I wash you," answered Jesus, "you have nothing in common with me." ⁹ "Then, Master, not my feet only," exclaimed Simon Peter, "but also my hands and my head." ¹⁰ "He who has bathed," replied Jesus, "has no need to wash, unless it be his feet, but is altogether clean; and you," he said to the disciples, "are clean, yet not all of you."

¹⁷ Now that you know these things, happy are you if you do them.

⁶ Jesus answered: "I am the Way, and the Truth, and the Life; no one ever comes to the Father except through me.

²² If I had not come and spoken to them, they would have had no sin to answer for; but as it is, they have no excuse for their sin. ²³ He who hates me hates my Father also. ²⁴ If I had not done among them such work as no one else ever did, they would have had no sin to answer for; but, as it is, they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.

²⁶ But, when the Helper comes, whom I will send to you from the Father--the Spirit of Truth, who comes from the Father--he will bear testimony to me;

¹² Whilst I was with them, I kept them by that revelation, and I have guarded them; and not one of them has been lost, except that lost soul--in fulfillment of Scripture.

¹⁹ And it is for their sakes that I am consecrating myself, so that they also may be truly consecrated.

³⁴ One of the soldiers, however, pierced his side with a spear, and blood and water immediately flowed from it.

¹⁹ In the evening of the same day--the first day of the week-- after the doors of the room, in which the disciples were, had been shut for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them and said: "Peace be with you"; ²⁰ After which he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples were filled with joy when they saw the Master. ²¹ Again Jesus said to them: "Peace be with you. As the Father has sent me as his Messenger, so I am sending you." ²² After saying this, he breathed on them, and said: "Receive the Holy Spirit; ²³ If you remit any one's sins, they have been remitted; and, if you retain them, they have been retained." ²⁴ But Thomas, one of the Twelve, called 'The Twin,' was not with them when Jesus came; ²⁵ So the rest of the disciples said to him: "We have seen the Master!" "Unless I see the marks of the nails in his hands," he exclaimed, "and put my finger into the marks, and put my hand into his side, I will not believe it." ²⁶ A week later the disciples were again in the house, and Thomas with them. After the doors had been shut, Jesus came and stood among them, and said: "Peace be with you." ²⁷ Then he said to Thomas: "Place your finger here, and look at my hands; and place your hand here, and put it into my side; and do not refuse to believe, but believe." ²⁸ And Thomas exclaimed: "My Master, and my God!" ²⁹ "Is it because you have seen me that you have believed?" said Jesus. "Blessed are they who have not seen, and yet have believed!"

³¹ But these have been recorded that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God--and that, through your belief in his Name, you may have Life.

¹³ When they reached Jerusalem, they went to the upstairs room, where they were staying. There were there Peter, John, James, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alphaeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas the son of James. ¹⁴ They all united in devoting themselves to Prayer, and so did some women, and Mary, the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.

¹ In the course of the Festival at the close of the Harvest the disciples had all met together,

³³ And now that he has been exalted to the right hand of God, and has received from the Father the promised gift of the Holy Spirit, he has begun to pour out that gift, as you yourselves now see and hear. ³⁴ It was not David who went up into Heaven; for he himself says- -'The Lord said to my master: "Sit on my right hand, ³⁵ Till I put your enemies as a footstool under they feet."'

⁴² They devoted themselves to the teaching of the Apostles and to the Common Life of the Church, to the Breaking of the Bread and to the Prayers.

⁴¹ But the Apostles left the Council, rejoicing that they had been thought worthy to suffer disgrace for that Name;

⁵¹ O! stubborn race, heathen in heart and ears, you are for ever resisting the Holy Spirit; your ancestors did it, and you are doing it still.

¹ Saul approved of his being put to death. On that very day a great persecution broke out against the Church which was in Jerusalem; and its members, with the exception of the Apostles, were all scattered over the districts of Judea and Samaria. ² Some religious men buried Stephen, with loud lamentations for him. ³ But Saul began to devastate the Church; he entered house after house, dragged out men and women alike, and threw them into prison.

²¹ You have no share or part in our Message, for your 'heart is not right with God.'

¹ Meanwhile Saul, still breathing murderous threats against the disciples of the Lord, went to the High Priest, ² And asked him to give him letters to the Jewish congregations at Damascus, authorizing him, if he found there any supporters of the Cause, whether men or women, to have them put in chains and brought to Jerusalem.

²⁹ So the disciples, without exception, determined, in proportion to their means, to send something to help the Brethren living in Judea.

²² After removing him, he raised David to the throne, and bore this testimony to him--'In David, the son of Jesse, I have found a man after my own heart, who will carry out all my purposes.'

³⁶ David, after obediently doing God's will in his own time, 'fell asleep and was laid by the side of his ancestors, and did undergo corruption;

¹⁶ One day, as we were on our way to the Place of Prayer, we were met by a girl possessed by a divining spirit, who made large profits for her masters by fortune-telling.

³⁰ Then he led them out, and said: "What must I do to be saved?" ³¹ "Believe in Jesus, our Lord," they replied, "and you shall be saved, you and your household too."

⁷ On the first day of the week, when we had met for the Breaking of Bread, Paul, who was intending to leave the next day, began to address those who were present, and prolonged his address till midnight.

³² And now I commend you to the Lord and to the Message of his Love--a Message which has the power to build up your characters, and to give you your place among all those who have become Christ's People.

³³ Then he went up to Paul, arrested him, ordered him to be doubly chained, and proceeded to inquire who he was, and what he had been doing.

¹³ That at mid-day, your Majesty, I saw right in my path, coming from the heavens, a light brighter than the glare of the sun, which shone all round me and those traveling with me.

¹⁸ To open their eyes, and to turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God; so that they may receive pardon for their sins, and a place among those who have become God's People, by faith in me.'

²⁰ This, then, is my reason for urging you to come to see me and talk with me; because it is for the sake of the Hope of Israel that I am here in chains."

²⁵ So, as they disagreed among themselves, they began to disperse, Paul adding only--"True, indeed, was the declaration made by the Holy Spirit, through the Prophet Isaiah to your ancestors--

¹⁷ For in it there is a revelation of the Divine Righteousness resulting from faith and leading on to faith; as Scripture says- -'Through faith the righteous man shall find Life.'

⁷ To those who, by perseverance in doing good, aim at glory, honor, and all that is imperishable, he will give Immortal Life;

² It is through him that, by reason of our faith, we have obtained admission to that place in God's favor in which we not stand. So let us exult in our hope of attaining God's glorious ideal. ³ And not only that, but let us also exult in our troubles; ⁴ For we know that trouble develops endurance, and endurance strength of character, and strength of character hope,

¹⁵ For you did not receive the spirit of a slave, to fill you once more with fear, but the spirit of a son which leads us to cry 'Abba, Our Father.'

²⁵ But when we hope for what is not before our eyes, then we wait for it with patience.

³⁴ Who is there to condemn them? He who died for us is Christ Jesus!-or, rather, it was he who was raised from the dead, and who is now at God's right hand and is even pleading on our behalf!

¹⁵ For his words to Moses are-'I will take pity on whom I take pity, and be merciful to whom I am merciful.'

⁹ For, if with your lips you acknowledge the truth of the Message that JESUS IS LORD, and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you shall be saved. ¹⁰ For with their hearts men believe and so attain to righteousness, while with their lips they make their Profession of Faith and so find Salvation.

⁴ But what was the divine response? 'I have kept for myself seven thousand men who have never bowed the knee to Baal.'

²⁷ And they shall see the fulfillment of my Covenant, when I have taken away their sins.'

² Do not conform to the fashion of this world; but be transformed by the complete change that has come over your minds, so that you may discern what God's will is--all that is good, acceptable, and perfect.

⁸ The speaker to his exhortation. Let the man who gives in charity do so with a generous heart; let him who is in authority exercise due diligence; let him who shows kindness do so in a cheerful spirit.

¹⁵ Rejoice with those who are rejoicing, and weep with those who are weeping.

¹⁹ Never avenge yourselves, dear friends, but make way for the Wrath of God; for Scripture declares--'"It is for me to avenge, I will requite," says the Lord.'

⁴ For they are God's servants appointed for your good. But, if you do what is wrong, you may well be afraid; for the sword they carry is not without meaning! They are God's servants to inflict his punishments on those who do wrong.

¹¹ This I say, because you know the crisis that we have reached, for the time has already come for you to rouse yourselves from sleep; our Salvation is nearer now than when we accepted the Faith. ¹² The night is almost gone; the day is near. Therefore let us have done with the deeds of Darkness, and arm ourselves with the weapons of Light. ¹³ Being in the light of Day, let us live becomingly, not in revelry and drunkenness, not in lust and licentiousness, not in quarreling and jealousy.

¹ We, the strong, ought to take on our own shoulders the weaknesses of those who are not strong, and not merely to please ourselves. ² Let each of us please his neighbor for his neighbor's good, to help in the building up of his character.

⁴ Whatever was written in the Scriptures in days gone by was written for our instruction, so that, through patient endurance, and through the encouragement drawn from the Scriptures, we might hold fast to our hope. ⁵ And may God, the giver of this patience and this encouragement, grant you to be united in sympathy in Christ,

¹⁶ Because of the charge with which God has entrusted me, that I should be a minister of Christ Jesus to go to the Gentiles--that I should act as a priest of God's Good News, so that the offering up of the Gentiles may be an acceptable sacrifice, consecrated by the Holy Spirit.

²⁰ And God, the giver of peace, will before long crush Satan under your feet. May the blessing of Jesus, our Lord, be with you.

² From Paul, who has been called to be an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, And from Sosthenes, our Brother.

⁹ God will not fail you, and it is he who called you into communion with his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.

³⁰ But you, by your union with Christ Jesus, belong to God; and Christ, by God's will, became not only our Wisdom, but also our Righteousness, Holiness, and Deliverance,

⁹ For we are God's fellow workers; you are God's harvest field, God's building. ¹⁰ In fulfillment of the charge which God had entrusted to me, I laid the foundation like a skillful master-builder; but another man is now building upon it. Let every one take care how he builds; ¹¹ For no man can lay any other foundation than the one already laid-Jesus Christ. ¹² Whatever is used by those who build upon this foundation, whether gold, silver, costly stones, wood, hay, or straw, ¹³ The quality of each man's work will become known, for the Day will make it plain; because that Day is to be ushered in with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of every man's work.

¹³ The quality of each man's work will become known, for the Day will make it plain; because that Day is to be ushered in with fire, and the fire itself will test the quality of every man's work. ¹⁴ If any man's work, which he has built upon that foundation, still remains, he will gain a reward. ¹⁵ If any man's work is burnt up, he will suffer loss; though he himself will escape, but only as one who has passed through fire. ¹⁶ Do not you know that you are God's Temple, and that God's Spirit has his home in you? ¹⁷ If any one destroys the Temple of God, God will destroy him; for the Temple of God is sacred, and so also are you.

⁹ For, as it seems to me, God has exhibited us, the Apostles, last of all, as men doomed to death. We are made a spectacle to the universe, both to angels and to men!

⁴ I have decided-having been present in spirit at your meetings, when the power of the Lord Jesus was with us-

¹¹ Such some of you used to be; but you washed yourselves clean. You became Christ's People! you were pronounced righteous through the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, and through the Spirit of our God!

¹² In this way, by sinning against your Brothers and injuring their consciences, while still weak, you sin against Christ. ¹³ Therefore, if what I eat makes my Brother fall, rather than make my Brother fall, I will never eat meat again.

²² To the weak I became weak, to win the weak. I have become all things to all men, so as at all costs to save some.

¹³ No temptation has come upon you that is not common to all mankind. God will not fail you, and he will not allow you to be tempted beyond your strength; but, when he sends the temptation, he will also provide the way of escape, so that you may have strength to endure.

³³ For I, also, try to please everybody in everything, not seeking my own advantage, but that of men in general, that they may be saved.

¹⁷ In giving directions on the next subject, I cannot praise you; because your meetings do more harm than good. ¹⁸ To begin with, I hear you and, to some extent, I believe it.

²⁰ When you meet together, as I understand, it is not possible to eat the Lord's Supper;

²⁷ Therefore, whoever eats the bread, or drinks the Lord's cup, in an irreverent spirit, will have to answer for an offence against the Lord's body and blood.

²⁹ For the man who eats and drinks brings a judgment upon himself by his eating and drinking, when he does not discern the body.

⁷ Love bears with all things, every trustful, ever hopeful, ever patient.

³ But he who preaches is speaking to his fellow men words that will build up faith, and give them comfort and encouragement.

²³ So, when the whole Church meets, if all present use the gift of 'tongues,' and some men who are without the gift, or who are unbelievers, come in, will not they say that you are mad?

²⁵ For he must reign until God 'has put all his enemies under his feet.'

²⁷ For God has placed all things under Christ's feet. (But, when it is said that all things have been placed under Christ, it is plain that God is excepted who placed everything under him.)

⁵⁸ Therefore, my dear Brothers, stand firm, unshaken, always diligent in the Lord's work, for you know that, in union with him, your toil is not in vain.

⁶ Indeed, the same God who said 'Out of darkness light shall shine,' has shone in upon our hearts, so that we should bring out into the light the knowledge of the glory of God, seen in the face of Christ.

¹ For we know that if our tent--that earthly body which is now our home--is taken down, we have a house of God's building, a home not made by hands, imperishable, in Heaven.

¹⁰ For at the Bar of the Christ we must all appear in our true characters, that each may reap the results of the life which he has lived in the body, in accordance with his actions--whether good or worthless.

¹⁶ What agreement can thee be between a temple of God and idols? And we are a temple of the Living God. That is what God meant when he said--'I will dwell among them, and walk among them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. ¹⁷ Therefore "Come out from among the nations, and separate yourselves from them," says the Lord, "and touch nothing impure; And I will welcome you;

¹ With these promises, dear friends, let us purify ourselves from everything that pollutes either body or spirit, and, in deepest reverence for God, aim at perfect holiness.

⁸ I am not laying a command upon you, but I am making use of the earnestness shown by others to test the genuineness of your affection.

² I know, of course, your willingness to help, and I am always boasting of it to the Macedonians. I tell them that you in Greece have been ready for a year past; and it was really your zeal that stimulated most of them.

¹⁰ That is why I delight in weakness, ill-treatment, hardship, persecution, and difficulties, when borne for Christ. For, when I am weak, then it is that I am strong!

¹ For the third time I am coming to see you. 'By the word of two or three witnesses each statement shall be established.'

³ Can you be so foolish? After beginning with what is spiritual, do you now end with what is external? ⁴ Did you go through so much to no purpose?--if indeed it really was to no purpose!

¹¹ Again, it is evident that no one is pronounced righteous before God through Law, for we read--'Through faith the righteous man shall find Life.'

⁴ But, when the full time came, God sent his Son--born a woman's child, born subject to Law--

⁶ And it is because you are sons that God sent into our hearts the Spirit of his Son, with the cry--'Abba, our Father.' ⁷ You, therefore, are no longer a slave, but a son; and, if a son, then an heir also, by God's appointment.

⁶ If a man is in union with Christ Jesus, neither is circumcision nor the omission of it anything, but faith, working through love, is everything.

¹³ Remember, Brothers, to you the Call came to give you freedom. Only do not make your freedom an opportunity for self-indulgence, but serve one another in a loving spirit.

²² But the fruit produced by the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindliness, generosity, trustfulness, gentleness, self-control.

¹ Brothers, even if a man should be caught committing a sin, you who are spiritually minded should, in a gentle spirit, help him to recover himself, taking care lest any one of you also should be tempted.

⁸ For he who sows the field of his earthly nature will from that earthly nature reap corruption; while he who sows the field of the spirit will from that spirit reap Immortal Life. ⁹ Let us never tire of doing right, for at the proper season we shall reap our harvest, if we do not grow weary.

⁹ Let us never tire of doing right, for at the proper season we shall reap our harvest, if we do not grow weary. ¹⁰ Therefore, I say, as the opportunity occurs, let us treat every one with kindness, and especially members of the Household of the Faith.

¹⁵ And in his human nature put an end to the cause of enmity between them--the Law with its injunctions and ordinances--in order to create, through union with himself, from Jew and Gentile, one New Man and thus make peace.

¹⁸ For it is through him that we, the Jews and the Gentiles, united in the one Spirit, are now able to approach the Father. ¹⁹ It follows, then, that you are no longer strangers and aliens, but are fellow-citizens with Christ's People and members of God's Household. ²⁰ You have been built up upon the foundation laid by the Apostles and Prophets, Christ Jesus himself being 'the corner- stone.' ²¹ United in him, every part of the building, closely joined together, will grow into a Temple, consecrated by its union with the Lord. ²² And, through union in him, you also are being built up together, to be a dwelling-place for God through the Spirit.

¹ For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Jesus, the Christ, for the sake of you Gentiles--

¹² And in union with him, and through our trust in him, we find courage to approach God with confidence.

¹ I urge you, then--I who am a prisoner in the Master's cause-- to live lives worthy of the Call that you have received;

³⁰ And do not grieve God's Holy Spirit; for it was through that Spirit that God sealed you as his, against the Day of Redemption.

² And live a life of love, following the example of the Christ, who loved you and gave himself for you as 'an offering and a sacrifice to God, that should be fragrant and acceptable.'

²⁶ To make her holy, after purifying her by the Washing with the Water, according to his promise;

⁵ Slaves, obey your earthly masters, with anxious care, giving them ungrudging service, as if obeying the Christ; ⁶ Not only when their eyes are on you, as if you had merely to please men, but as slaves of Christ, who are trying to carry out the will of God.

²⁰ On behalf of which I am an Ambassador--in chains! Pray that, in telling it, I may speak fearlessly as I ought.

⁷ And, indeed, I am justified in feeling thus about you all; because you have a warm place in my heart--you who all, both in my imprisonment and in the work of defending and establishing the Good News, shared my privilege with me.

⁹ And what I pray for is this--that your love may grow yet stronger and stronger, with increasing knowledge and all discernment, ¹⁰ Until you are able to appreciate all moral distinctions. And I pray, too, that you may be kept pure and blameless against the Day of Christ, ¹¹ Bearing a rich harvest of that righteousness which comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.

²⁹ For, on behalf of Christ, you have had the privilege granted you, not only of trusting in him, but also of suffering on his behalf. ³⁰ You will be engaged in the same hard struggle as that which you once saw me waging, and which you hear that I am waging still.

¹⁶ Only we are bound to order our lives by what we have already attained.

⁵ Let your forbearing spirit be plain to every one. The Lord is near.

¹⁴ Yet you have acted nobly in sharing my troubles.

¹⁸ My wants are fully satisfied, now that I have received from Epaphroditus the gifts which you sent me--the sweet fragrance of a sacrifice acceptable and pleasing to God.

⁵ On account of the hope which awaits its fulfillment in Heaven. Of this hope you heard long ago in the true Message of the Good News which reached you--

¹¹ You will be made strong at all points with a strength worthy of the power manifested in his Glory--strong to endure with patience, and even with gladness, whatever may befall you;

¹ I want you to know in how great a struggle I am engaged for you and for Christ's People at Laodicea, and for all who have not yet seen me;

¹⁷ These things are only the shadow of what is to come; the substance is in the Christ.

¹ Since, therefore, you were raised to Life with the Christ, seek for the things that are above; for it is there that the Christ is 'seated at the right hand of God.' ² Fix your thoughts upon the things that are above, not upon those that are on earth. ³ For you died, and your Life now lies hidden, with the Christ, in God. ⁴ When the Christ, who is our Life, appears, then you also will appear with him in glory.

¹⁶ Let the Message of the Christ dwell in your minds in all its wealth, bringing all wisdom with it. Teach and admonish one another with psalms, and hymns, and sacred songs, full of the loving- kindness of God, lifting your hearts in song to him.

²⁴ Since you know that it is from the Master that you will receive the inheritance which will be your recompense. You are serving Christ, the Master.

¹² Epaphras, who is one of yourselves, sends you his greeting. He is a servant of Christ Jesus, and is always most earnest in your behalf in his prayers, praying that you may stand firm, with a matured faith and with a sure conviction of all that is in accordance with God's will.

³ Recalling continually before our God and Father the efforts that have resulted from your faith, the toil prompted by your love, and the patient endurance sustained by your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.

¹⁴ For you, Brothers, began to follow the example of the Churches of God in Judea which are in union with Jesus Christ; you, in your turn, suffering at the hands of your fellow-citizens, in the same way as those Churches did at the hands of the Jews-- ¹⁵ The men who killed both the Lord Jesus and the Prophets, and persecuted us also. They do not try to please God, and they are enemies to all mankind,

¹⁵ The men who killed both the Lord Jesus and the Prophets, and persecuted us also. They do not try to please God, and they are enemies to all mankind, ¹⁶ For they would prevent us from speaking to the Gentiles with a view to their Salvation, and thus are always 'filling up the measure of their iniquity.' But the Wrath of God has come upon them to the full!

¹² And for you, may the Lord fill you to overflowing with love for one another and for every one, just as we are filled with love for you; ¹³ And so make your hearts strong, and your lives pure beyond reproach, in the sight of our God and Father, at the Coming of our Lord Jesus, with all his Holy Ones.

¹⁸ Therefore, comfort one another with what I have told you.

⁹ For God destined us, not for Wrath, but to win Salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us,

¹¹ Therefore encourage one another, and try to build up one another's characters, as indeed you are doing.

²⁴ He who calls you will not fail you; he will complete his work.

⁷ And to give relief to you who are suffering, as well as to us, at the Appearing of the Lord Jesus from Heaven with his mighty angels, 'in flaming fire.' ⁸ Then he will 'inflict punishment upon those who refuse to know God, and upon those who turn a deaf ear' to the Good News of Jesus, our Lord.

³ Do not let any one deceive you, whatever he may do. For it will not come until after the Great Apostasy, and the appearing of that Incarnation of Wickedness, that the Lost soul,

¹⁰ to the ruin of those who are on the path to destruction, because they have never received and loved the Truth to their own Salvation.

¹² So that sentence may be passed on all those who refuse to believe the Truth, but delight in wickedness. ¹³ But, Brothers, whom the Lord loves, it is our duty always to thank God about you, for, from the first, God chose you for Salvation through the purifying influence of the Spirit, and your belief in the Truth. ¹⁴ To this you were called by the Good News which we brought you, to attain to the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ.

³ But the Lord will not fail you; he will give you strength, and guard you from Evil.

⁹ This was not because we had not a right to receive support, but our object was to give you a pattern for you to copy.

¹³ though I once used to blaspheme, and to persecute, and to insult. Yet mercy was shown me, because I acted in ignorance, while still an unbeliever;

¹⁵ but in case I should be delayed, I want you to know what your conduct ought to be in the Household of God, which is the Church of the Living God--the pillar and stay of the Truth. ¹⁶ Yes, and confessedly wonderful are the deep truths of our religion; for-- 'He was revealed in our nature, pronounced righteous in spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, taken up into glory.'

² who will make use of the hypocrisy of lying teachers. These men's consciences are seared,

⁹ Those who want to be rich fall into the snares of temptation, and become the prey of many foolish and harmful ambitions, which plunge people into Destruction and Ruin.

¹⁸ Urge upon them to show kindness, to exhibit a wealth of good actions, to be open-handed and generous, ¹⁹ storing up for themselves what in the future will prove to be a good foundation, that they may gain the only true Life.

⁷ For the Spirit which God gave us was not a spirit of cowardice, but a spirit of power, love, and self-control. ⁸ Do not, therefore, be ashamed of the testimony which we have to bear to our Lord, nor yet of me who am a prisoner for him; but join with me in suffering for the Good News, as far as God enables you.

¹⁶ May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus; for he often cheered me and was not ashamed of my chains.

¹⁶ May the Lord show mercy to the household of Onesiphorus; for he often cheered me and was not ashamed of my chains. ¹⁷ On the contrary, when he arrived in Rome, he sought eagerly for me till he found me. ¹⁸ The Lord grant that he may find mercy at the hands of the Lord on 'That Day.' The many services that he rendered at Ephesus you have the best means of knowing.

³ Share hardships with me, as a true soldier of Christ Jesus. ⁴ A soldier on active service, to please his superior officer, always avoids entangling himself in the affairs of ordinary life. ⁵ No athlete is ever awarded the wreath of victory unless he has kept the rules. ⁶ The labourer who does the work should be the first to receive a share of the fruits of the earth. ⁷ Reflect upon what I say; the Lord will always help you to understand. ⁸ Keep before your mind Jesus Christ, raised from the dead, a descendant of David, as told in the Good News entrusted to me; ⁹ in the service of which I am suffering hardships, even to being put in fetters as a criminal. But the Message of God is not fettered;

⁹ in the service of which I am suffering hardships, even to being put in fetters as a criminal. But the Message of God is not fettered; ¹⁰ and that is why I submit to anything for the sake of God's People, that they also may obtain the Salvation which comes from union with Christ Jesus, and imperishable glory. ¹¹ How true this saying is-- 'If we have shared his death, we shall also share his life. ¹² If we continue to endure, we shall also share his throne. If we should ever disown him, he, too, will disown us. ¹³ If we lose our trust, he is still to be trusted, for he cannot be false to himself!'

⁷ I have run the great Race; I have finished the Course; I have kept the Faith. ⁸ And now the crown of righteousness awaits me, which the Lord, the just Judge, will give me on 'That Day'--and not only to me, but to all who have loved his Appearing.

⁸ And now the crown of righteousness awaits me, which the Lord, the just Judge, will give me on 'That Day'--and not only to me, but to all who have loved his Appearing.

² and is based on the hope of Immortal Life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began,

⁴ that they should teach what is right, so as to train the younger women to love their husbands and children,

⁵ not as the result of any righteous actions that we had done, but in fulfillment of his merciful purposes. He saved us by that Washing which was a New Birth to us, and by the renewing power of the Holy Spirit,

⁸ How true that saying is! And it is on these subjects that I desire you to lay especial stress, so that those who have learned to trust in God may be careful to devote themselves to doing good. Such subjects are excellent in themselves, and of real use to mankind.

³ For he is the radiance of the Glory of God and the very expression of his Being, upholding all creation by the power of his word; and, when he had made an expiation for the sins of men, he 'took his seat at the right hand' of God's Majesty on high,

⁶ And again, when God brought the First-born into the world, he said-- 'Let all the angels of God bow down before him.'

¹³ To which of the angels has God ever said-- 'Sit thou at my right hand until I put thy enemies as a stool for thy feet'?

² For, if the Message which was delivered by angels had its authority confirmed, so that every offence against it, or neglect of it, met with a fitting requital, ³ how can we, of all people, expect to escape, if we disregard so great a Salvation? It was the Master who at the outset spoke of this Salvation, and its authority was confirmed for us by those who heard him,

³ how can we, of all people, expect to escape, if we disregard so great a Salvation? It was the Master who at the outset spoke of this Salvation, and its authority was confirmed for us by those who heard him, ⁴ while God himself added his testimony to it by signs, and marvels, and many different miracles, as well as by imparting the Holy Spirit as he saw fit.

¹¹ For he who purifies, and those whom he purifies, all spring from One; and therefore he is not ashamed to call them 'Brothers.'

¹⁴ Therefore, since human nature is the common heritage of 'the Children,' Jesus also shared it, in order that by death he might render powerless him whose power lies in death--that is, the Devil--

¹⁷ And consequently it was necessary that he should in all points be made like 'his Brothers,' in order that he might prove a merciful as well as a faithful High Priest in man's relations with God, for the purpose of expiating the sins of his People.

¹ Therefore, Christian Brothers, you who, all alike, have received the Call from Heaven, fix your attention on Jesus, the Apostle and High Priest of our Religion.

³ He has been deemed worthy of far higher honour than Moses, just as the founder of the House is held in greater regard than the House itself. ⁴ For every House has its founder, and the founder of the universe is God. ⁵ While the faithful service of Moses in the whole House of God was that of a servant, whose duty was to bear testimony to a Message still to come, ⁶ the faithfulness of Christ was that of a Son set over the House of God. And we are his House--if only we retain, unshaken to the end, the courage and confidence inspired by our hope.

⁶ the faithfulness of Christ was that of a Son set over the House of God. And we are his House--if only we retain, unshaken to the end, the courage and confidence inspired by our hope. ⁷ Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says-- 'If to-day you hear God's voice,

¹³ Rather encourage one another daily--while there is a 'To-day'--to prevent any one among you from being hardened by the deceitfulness of Sin. ¹⁴ For we now all share in the Christ, if indeed we retain, unshaken to the end, the confidence that we had at the first.

¹⁴ We have, then, in Jesus, the Son of God, a great High Priest who has passed into the highest Heaven; let us, therefore, hold fast to the Faith which we have professed.

¹⁴ We have, then, in Jesus, the Son of God, a great High Priest who has passed into the highest Heaven; let us, therefore, hold fast to the Faith which we have professed. ¹⁵ Our High Priest is not one unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has in every way been tempted, exactly as we have been, but without sinning. ¹⁶ Therefore, let us draw near boldly to the Throne of Love, to find pity and love for the hour of need.

¹⁶ Therefore, let us draw near boldly to the Throne of Love, to find pity and love for the hour of need.

¹ Every High Priest, taken from among men, is appointed as a representative of his fellow-men in their relations with God, to offer both gifts and sacrifices in expiation of sins.

⁴ For if those who were once for all brought into the Light, and learned to appreciate the gift from Heaven, and came to share in the Holy Spirit,

⁴ For if those who were once for all brought into the Light, and learned to appreciate the gift from Heaven, and came to share in the Holy Spirit, ⁵ and learned to appreciate the beauty of the Divine Message, and the new powers of the Coming Age-- ⁶ if those, I say, fell away, it would be impossible to bring them again to repentance; they would be crucifying the Son of God over again for themselves, and exposing him to open contempt.

⁶ if those, I say, fell away, it would be impossible to bring them again to repentance; they would be crucifying the Son of God over again for themselves, and exposing him to open contempt.

⁶ if those, I say, fell away, it would be impossible to bring them again to repentance; they would be crucifying the Son of God over again for themselves, and exposing him to open contempt. ⁷ Ground that drinks in the showers that from time to time fall upon it, and produces vegetation useful to those for whom it is tilled, receives a blessing from God; ⁸ but, if it 'bears thorns and thistles,' it is regarded as worthless, it is in danger of being 'cursed,' and its end will be the fire. ⁹ But about you, dear friends, even though we speak in this way, we are confident of better things--of things that point to your Salvation. ¹⁰ For God is not unjust; he will not forget the work that you did, and the love that you showed for his Name, in sending help to your fellow Christians--as you are still doing. ¹¹ But our great desire is that every one of you should be equally earnest to attain to a full conviction that our hope will be fulfilled, and that you should keep that hope to the end. ¹² Then you will not show yourselves slow to learn, but you will copy those who, through faith and patience, are now entering upon the enjoyment of God's promises. ¹³ When God gave his promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater by whom he could swear, he swore by himself. ¹⁴ His words were-- 'I will assuredly bless thee and increase thy numbers.' ¹⁵ And so, after patiently waiting, Abraham obtained the fulfillment of God's promise.

¹⁷ And therefore God, in his desire to show, with unmistakable plainness, to those who were to enter on the enjoyment of what he had promised, the unchangeableness of his purpose, bound himself with an oath. ¹⁸ For he intended us to find great encouragement in these two unchangeable things, which make it impossible for God to prove false--we, I mean, who fled for safety where we might lay hold on the hope set before us. ¹⁹ This hope is a very anchor for our souls, secure and strong, and it 'reaches into the Sanctuary that lies behind the Curtain,' ²⁰ where Jesus, our Forerunner, has entered on our behalf, after being made for all time a High Priest of the order of Melchizedek.

¹⁸ On the one hand, we have the abolition of a previous regulation as being both inefficient and useless ¹⁹ (for the Law never brought anything to perfection); and, on the other hand, we have the introduction of a better hope, which enables us to draw near to God.

¹⁹ (for the Law never brought anything to perfection); and, on the other hand, we have the introduction of a better hope, which enables us to draw near to God.

²⁵ And that is why he is able to save perfectly those who come to God through him, living for ever, as he does, to intercede of their behalf. ²⁶ This was the High Priest that we needed--holy, innocent, spotless, withdrawn from sinners, exalted above the highest Heaven, ²⁷ one who has no need to offer sacrifices daily as those High Priests have, first for their own sins, and then for those of the People. For this he did once and for all, when he offered himself as the sacrifice.

¹ To sum up what I have been saying:--Such is the High Priest that we have, one who 'has taken his seat at the right hand' of the throne of God's Majesty in Heaven,

³ Every High Priest is appointed for the purpose of offering gifts and sacrifices to God; it follows, therefore, that this High Priest must have some offering to make.

⁵ (These priests, it is true, are engaged in a service which is only a copy and shadow of the heavenly realities, as is shown by the directions given to Moses when he was about to construct the Tabernacle. 'Look to it,' are the words, 'that thou make every part in accordance with the pattern shown thee on the mountain.')

⁷ If that first Covenant had been faultless, there would have been no occasion for a second. ⁸ But, finding fault with the people, God says-- '"Behold, a time is coming," says the Lord, "when I will ratify a new Covenant with the People of Israel and with the People of Judah--

⁸ But, finding fault with the people, God says-- '"Behold, a time is coming," says the Lord, "when I will ratify a new Covenant with the People of Israel and with the People of Judah-- ⁹ Not such a Covenant as I made with their ancestors on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt. For they did not abide by their Covenant with me, And therefore I disregarded them," says the Lord.

⁹ Not such a Covenant as I made with their ancestors on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt. For they did not abide by their Covenant with me, And therefore I disregarded them," says the Lord. ¹⁰ "This is the Covenant that I will make with the People of Israel After those days," says the Lord. "I will impress my laws on their minds, and will inscribe them on their hearts; And I will be their God, and they shall be my People.

¹⁰ "This is the Covenant that I will make with the People of Israel After those days," says the Lord. "I will impress my laws on their minds, and will inscribe them on their hearts; And I will be their God, and they shall be my People. ¹¹ There shall be no need for every man to instruct his fellow-citizen, or for a man to say to his Brother 'Learn to know the Lord'; For every one will know me, From the lowest to the highest.

¹¹ There shall be no need for every man to instruct his fellow-citizen, or for a man to say to his Brother 'Learn to know the Lord'; For every one will know me, From the lowest to the highest. ¹² For I will be merciful to their wrong-doings, And I will no longer remember their sins."'

¹² For I will be merciful to their wrong-doings, And I will no longer remember their sins."'

¹² For I will be merciful to their wrong-doings, And I will no longer remember their sins."' ¹³ By speaking of a 'new' Covenant, God at once renders the former Covenant obsolete; and whatever becomes obsolete and loses its force is virtually annulled.

³ The part of the Tabernacle behind the second Curtain is called the Inner Sanctuary.

⁷ but into the inner only the High Priest goes, and that but once a year, and never without taking the blood of a victim, which he offers on his own behalf, and on behalf of the errors of the People.

⁷ but into the inner only the High Priest goes, and that but once a year, and never without taking the blood of a victim, which he offers on his own behalf, and on behalf of the errors of the People. ⁸ By this the Holy Spirit is teaching that the way into the Sanctuary was hidden, as long as the outer part of the Tabernacle still remained.

⁸ By this the Holy Spirit is teaching that the way into the Sanctuary was hidden, as long as the outer part of the Tabernacle still remained.

⁸ By this the Holy Spirit is teaching that the way into the Sanctuary was hidden, as long as the outer part of the Tabernacle still remained. ⁹ For that was only a type, to continue down to the present time; and, in keeping with it, both gifts and sacrifices are offered, though incapable of satisfying the conscience of the worshiper;

⁹ For that was only a type, to continue down to the present time; and, in keeping with it, both gifts and sacrifices are offered, though incapable of satisfying the conscience of the worshiper; ¹⁰ the whole system being concerned only with food and drink and various ablutions--external ceremonials imposed until the coming of the New Order. ¹¹ But, when Christ came, he appeared as High Priest of that Better System which was established; and he entered through that nobler and more perfect 'Tabernacle,' not made by human hands--that is to say, not a part of this present creation.

¹¹ But, when Christ came, he appeared as High Priest of that Better System which was established; and he entered through that nobler and more perfect 'Tabernacle,' not made by human hands--that is to say, not a part of this present creation. ¹² Nor was it with the blood of goats and calves, but with his own blood, that he entered, once and for all, into the Sanctuary, and obtained our eternal deliverance.

¹² Nor was it with the blood of goats and calves, but with his own blood, that he entered, once and for all, into the Sanctuary, and obtained our eternal deliverance.

¹² Nor was it with the blood of goats and calves, but with his own blood, that he entered, once and for all, into the Sanctuary, and obtained our eternal deliverance. ¹³ For, if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of the ashes of a heifer, purify those who have been defiled (as far as ceremonial purification goes),

¹³ For, if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of the ashes of a heifer, purify those who have been defiled (as far as ceremonial purification goes),

¹³ For, if the blood of goats and bulls, and the sprinkling of the ashes of a heifer, purify those who have been defiled (as far as ceremonial purification goes), ¹⁴ how much more will the blood of the Christ, who, through his eternal Spirit, offered himself up to God, as a victim without blemish, purify our consciences from a lifeless formality, and fit us for the service of the Living God!

¹⁴ how much more will the blood of the Christ, who, through his eternal Spirit, offered himself up to God, as a victim without blemish, purify our consciences from a lifeless formality, and fit us for the service of the Living God! ¹⁵ And that is why he is the intermediary of a new Covenant; in order that, as a death has taken place to effect a deliverance from the offenses committed under the first Covenant, those who have received the Call may obtain the eternal inheritance promised to them.

¹⁹ For, when every command had been announced to all the people by Moses in accordance with the Law, he took the blood of the calves and of the goats, with water, scarlet wool, and a bunch of hyssop, and sprinkled even the Book of the Law, as well as all the people, ²⁰ saying, as he did so-- "This is the blood that renders valid the Covenant which God has commanded to be made with you."

²³ While, then, it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly realities to be purified by such means as these, the heavenly realities themselves required better sacrifices.

²³ While, then, it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly realities to be purified by such means as these, the heavenly realities themselves required better sacrifices. ²⁴ For it was not into a Sanctuary made by human hands, which merely foreshadowed the true one, that Christ entered, but into Heaven itself, that he might now appear in the presence of God on our behalf. ²⁵ Nor yet was it to offer himself may times, as year after year the High Priest entered the Sanctuary with an offering of blood--but not his own blood;

²⁵ Nor yet was it to offer himself may times, as year after year the High Priest entered the Sanctuary with an offering of blood--but not his own blood; ²⁶ for then Christ would have had to undergo death many times since the creation of the world. But now, once and for all, at the close of the age, he has appeared, in order to abolish sin by the sacrifice of himself. ²⁷ And, as it is ordained for men to die but once (death being followed by judgment), ²⁸ so it is with the Christ. He was offered up once and for all, to 'bear away the sins of many'; and the second time he will appear--but without any burden of sin--to those who are waiting for him, to bring Salvation.

¹ The Law, though able to foreshadow the Better System which was coming, never had its actual substance. Its priests, with those sacrifices which they offer continuously year after year, can never make those who come to worship perfect. ² Otherwise, would not the offering of these sacrifices have been abandoned, as the worshipers, having been once purified, would have had their consciences clear from sins? ³ But, on the contrary, these sacrifices recall their sins to mind year after year. ⁴ For the blood of bulls and goats is powerless to remove sins.

⁴ For the blood of bulls and goats is powerless to remove sins. ⁵ That is why, when he was coming into the world, the Christ declared-- 'Sacrifice and offering thou dost not desire, but thou dost provide for me a body;

⁷ So I said, "See, I have come' (as is written of me in the pages of the Book), "To do thy will, O God."' ⁸ First come the words-- 'Thou dost not desire, nor dost thou take pleasure in, sacrifices, offerings, burnt offerings, and sacrifices for sin' (offerings regularly made under the Law), ⁹ and then there is added-- 'See, I have come to do thy will.' The former sacrifices are set aside to be replaced by the latter. ¹⁰ And it is in the fulfillment of the will of God that we have been purified by the sacrifice, once and for all, of the body of Jesus Christ.

¹⁰ And it is in the fulfillment of the will of God that we have been purified by the sacrifice, once and for all, of the body of Jesus Christ. ¹¹ Every other priest stands day after day at his ministrations, and offers the same sacrifices over and over again--sacrifices that can never take sins away.

¹¹ Every other priest stands day after day at his ministrations, and offers the same sacrifices over and over again--sacrifices that can never take sins away. ¹² But, this priest, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, which should serve for all time, 'took his seat at the right hand of God,'

¹² But, this priest, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, which should serve for all time, 'took his seat at the right hand of God,' ¹³ and has since then been waiting 'for his enemies to be put as a stool for his feet.' ¹⁴ By a single offering he has made perfect for all time those who are being purified.

¹⁴ By a single offering he has made perfect for all time those who are being purified. ¹⁵ We have also the testimony of the Holy Spirit. For, after saying-- ¹⁶ '"This is the Covenant that I will make with them after those days," says the Lord; "I will impress my laws on their hearts, and will inscribe them on their minds,"' ¹⁷ then we have-- 'And their sins and their iniquities I will no longer remember.'

¹⁷ then we have-- 'And their sins and their iniquities I will no longer remember.' ¹⁸ And, when these are forgiven, there is no further need of an offering for sin. ¹⁹ Therefore, Brothers, since we may enter the Sanctuary with confidence, in virtue of the blood of Jesus, ²⁰ by the way which he inaugurated for us--a new and living way, a way through the Sanctuary Curtain (that is, his human nature);

²⁴ Let us vie with one another in a rivalry of love and noble actions.

²⁶ Remember, if we sin willfully after we have gained a full knowledge of the Truth, there can be no further sacrifice for sin;

²⁶ Remember, if we sin willfully after we have gained a full knowledge of the Truth, there can be no further sacrifice for sin; ²⁷ there is only a fearful anticipation of judgment, and a burning indignation which will destroy all opponents.

²⁷ there is only a fearful anticipation of judgment, and a burning indignation which will destroy all opponents.

¹ Faith is the realization of things hoped for--the proof of things not seen.

¹¹ Again, it was faith that enabled Sarah to conceive (though she was past the age for child-bearing), because she felt sure that he who had given her the promise would not fail her.

¹⁶ But no, they were longing for a better, a heavenly, land! And therefore God was not ashamed to be called their God; indeed he had already prepared them a city.

²⁶ For he counted 'the reproaches that are heaped upon the Christ' of greater value than the treasures of Egypt, looking forward, as he did, to the reward awaiting him.

²⁸ Faith led him to institute the Passover and the Sprinkling of the Blood, so that the Destroyer might not touch the eldest children of the Israelites.

³⁶ Others had to face taunts and blows, and even chains and imprisonment.

¹ Seeing, therefore, that there is on every side of us such a throng of witnesses, let us also lay aside everything that hinders us, and the sin that clings about us, and run with patient endurance the race that lies before us,

⁴ You have not yet, in your struggle with sin, resisted to the death;

²⁴ to Jesus, the intermediary of a new Covenant, and to the Sprinkled Blood that tells of better things than the blood of Abel. ²⁵ Beware how you refuse to hear him who is speaking. For, if the Israelites did not escape punishment, when they refused to listen to him who taught them on earth the divine will, far worse will it be for us, if we turn away from him who is teaching us from Heaven.

²⁷ And those words 'still once more' indicate the passing away of all that is shaken--that is, of all created things--in order that only what is unshaken may remain. ²⁸ Therefore, let us, who have received a kingdom that cannot be shaken, be thankful, and so offer acceptable worship to God, with awe and reverence.

²⁸ Therefore, let us, who have received a kingdom that cannot be shaken, be thankful, and so offer acceptable worship to God, with awe and reverence. ²⁹ For our God is 'a consuming fire.'

¹ Let your love for the Brethren continue. :24 Give our greeting to all your Leaders, and to all Christ's People. Our friends from Italy send their greetings to you.

³ Remember the prisoners, as if you were their fellow-prisoners, and the oppressed, not forgetting that you also are still in the body.

¹² And so Jesus, also, to purify the People by his own blood, suffered outside the gate. ¹³ Therefore let us go out to him 'outside the camp,' bearing the same reproaches as he;

²⁰ May God, the source of all peace, who brought back from the dead him who, 'by virtue of the blood that rendered valid the unchangeable Covenant, is the Great Shepherd of God's Sheep,' Jesus, our Lord-- ²¹ may God make you perfect in everything that is good, so that you may be able to do his will. May he bring out in us all that is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be all glory for ever and ever. Amen.

² My Brothers, whatever may be the temptations that beset you from time to time, always regard them as a reason for rejoicing, ³ Knowing, as you do, that the testing of your faith develops endurance. ⁴ And let endurance do its work perfectly, so that you may be altogether perfect, and in no respect deficient.

⁶ But let him ask with confidence, never doubting; for the man who doubts is like a wave of the sea driven hither and thither at the mercy of the wind--

¹³ For there will be justice without mercy for him who has not acted mercifully. Mercy triumphs over Justice.

⁸ Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Make your hands clean, you sinners; and your hearts pure, you vacillating men!

¹⁷ He, then, who knows what is right but fails to do it--that is sin in him.

³ Your gold and silver are rusted; and the rust on them shall be evidence against you, and shall eat into your very flesh. It was fire, so to speak, that you stored up for yourselves in these last days.

⁷ Be patient, then, Brothers, till the Coming of the Lord. Even the farmer has to wait for the precious fruit of the earth, watching over it patiently, till it has had the spring and summer rains.

⁷ Be patient, then, Brothers, till the Coming of the Lord. Even the farmer has to wait for the precious fruit of the earth, watching over it patiently, till it has had the spring and summer rains. ⁸ And you must be patient also, and not be discouraged; for the Lord's Coming is near.

⁸ And you must be patient also, and not be discouraged; for the Lord's Coming is near.

⁸ And you must be patient also, and not be discouraged; for the Lord's Coming is near. ⁹ Do not make complaints against one another, Brothers, or judgment will be passed upon you. The Judge is already standing at the door!

⁹ Do not make complaints against one another, Brothers, or judgment will be passed upon you. The Judge is already standing at the door! ¹⁰ Brothers, as an example of the patient endurance of suffering, take the Prophets who spoke in the name of the Lord. ¹¹ We count those who displayed such endurance blessed! You have heard, too, of Job's endurance, and have seen what the Lord's purpose was, for 'the Lord is full of pity and compassion.'

² and who were chosen in accordance with the foreknowledge of God the Father, through the consecration of the Spirit, to learn obedience, and to be purified by the sprinkling of the Blood of Jesus Christ, from Peter, an Apostle of Jesus Christ. May blessing and peace be yours in ever-increasing measure.

⁴ given us the new Life of undying hope, that promises an inheritance, imperishable, stainless, unfading, which has been reserved for you in Heaven-- ⁵ for you who, through faith, are being guarded by the power of God, awaiting a Salvation that is ready to be revealed in the last days.

⁹ as you receive the reward of your faith in the Salvation of your souls!

¹¹ as they strove to discern what that time could be, to which the Spirit of Christ within them was pointing, when foretelling the sufferings that would befall Christ, and the glories that would follow. ¹² And it was revealed to them that it was not for themselves, but for you, that they were acting as Ministers of the truths which have now been told to you, by those who, with the help of the Holy Spirit sent from Heaven, have brought you the Good News--truths into which even angels long to look.

²⁴ And he 'himself carried our sins' in his own body to the cross, so that we might die to our sins, and live for righteousness. 'His bruising was your healing.'

¹⁸ For Christ himself died to atone for sins once for all--the good on behalf of the bad--that he might bring you to God; his body being put to death, but his spirit entering upon new Life.

²¹ And baptism, which this foreshadowed, now saves you--not the mere cleansing of the body, but the search of a clear conscience after God--through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

⁷ But the end of all things is near. Therefore exercise self-restraint and be calm, that you may be able to pray.

²¹ for no prophetic teaching ever came in the old days at the mere wish of man, but men, moved by the Holy Spirit, spoke direct from God.

¹⁹ They promise them freedom, while they themselves are slaves to corrupt habits; for a man is the slave of anything to which he gives way. ²⁰ If, after having escaped the polluting influences of the world, through knowing our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, men are again entangled in them, and give way to them, their last state has become worse than their first. ²¹ It would, indeed, have been better for them not to have known the Way of Righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn away from the holy Command delivered to them. ²² In their case is seen the truth of the proverb-- 'A dog returns to what he has vomited' and 'A sow after washing to her wallowing-place in the mud.'

⁷ But the present heavens and earth, by the same fiat, have been reserved for fire, and are being kept for the day of the judgment and destruction of the godless. ⁸ But you, dear friends, must never shut your eyes to the fact that, to the Lord, one day is the same as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. ⁹ The Lord is not slow to fulfil his promise, as some count slowness; but he is forbearing with you, as it is not his will that any of you should perish, but that all should be brought to repentance.

¹¹ Now, since all these things are in the process of dissolution, think what you yourselves ought to be--what holy and pious lives you ought to lead,

¹⁴ Therefore, dear friends, in expectation of these things, make every effort to be found by him spotless, blameless, and at peace.

¹ My children, I am writing to you to keep you from sinning; but if any one should sin, we have one who can plead for us with the Father--Jesus Christ, the Righteous-- ² and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only, but for those of the whole world besides.

¹⁷ And the world, and all that it gratifies, is passing away, but he who does God's will remains for ever.

¹⁹ From us, it is true, they went out, but they had never belonged to us; for, if they had belonged to us, they would have remained among us. They left us that it might be made clear that they do not, any of them, belong to us.

² Dear friends, we are God's Children now; what we shall be has not yet been revealed. What we do know is that, when it is revealed, we shall be like Christ; because we shall see him as he is.

⁵ And you know that Christ appeared to take away our sins; and in him Sin has no place.

¹⁸ My children, do not let our love be mere words, or end in talk; let it be true and show itself in acts. ¹⁹ By that we shall know that we are on the side of the Truth; and we shall satisfy ourselves in God's sight,

¹⁹ By that we shall know that we are on the side of the Truth; and we shall satisfy ourselves in God's sight, ²⁰ that if our conscience condemns us, yet God is greater than our conscience and knows everything.

²⁰ that if our conscience condemns us, yet God is greater than our conscience and knows everything. ²¹ Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, then we approach God with confidence,

²¹ Dear friends, if our conscience does not condemn us, then we approach God with confidence, ²² and we receive from him whatever we ask, because we are laying his commands to heart, and are doing what is pleasing in his sight.

² This is the way by which to know the inspiration of God--All inspiration that acknowledges Jesus Christ as come in our human nature is from God;

² This is the way by which to know the inspiration of God--All inspiration that acknowledges Jesus Christ as come in our human nature is from God; ³ while all inspiration that does not acknowledge Jesus is not inspiration from God. It is the inspiration of the Anti-Christ; you have heard that it was to come, and it is now already in the world.

¹⁷ It is through this that love has attained its perfection in us, so that we may have confidence on the Day of Judgment, because what Christ is that we also are in this world.

⁵ Who is he that conquers the world but the man who believes that Jesus is the Son of God? ⁶ He it is whose Coming was attested by means of Water and Blood--Jesus Christ himself; not by Water only, but by Water and by Blood. And there is the Spirit also to bear testimony, and the Spirit is Truth itself.

¹⁶ If any one sees his Brother committing some sin that is not a deadly sin, he will ask, and so be the means of giving Life to him--to any whose sin is not deadly. There is such a thing as deadly sin; about that I do not say that a man should pray.

⁷ I say this because many impostors have left us to go into the world--men who do not acknowledge Jesus as Christ come in our human nature. It is that which marks a man as an impostor and an anti-Christ. ⁸ Take care that you do not lose the fruit of all our work; rather, reap the benefit of it in full.

¹ To those who, having received the Call, have been loved by God the Father and protected by Jesus Christ, From Jude, a servant of Jesus Christ, and the brother of James.

¹² These are the men who are blots upon your 'Love-feasts,' when they feast together and provide without scruple for themselves alone. They are clouds without rain, driven before the winds; they are leafless trees without a vestige of fruit, dead through and through, torn up by the roots; ¹³ They are wild sea waves, foaming with their own shame; they are 'wandering stars,' for which the blackest darkness has been reserved for ever.

¹⁹ These are the people--animal and unspiritual--who cause divisions.

⁵ and from Jesus Christ, ' the faithful Witness, the First-born from the dead, and the Ruler of all the Kings of the earth.' To him who loves us and freed us from our sins by his own blood--

⁵ Therefore remember from what you have fallen, and repent, and live the life that you lived before; or else, I will come and remove your Lamp from its place, unless you repent.

⁷ Let him who has ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the Churches. To him who conquers-- to him I will give the right 'to eat the fruit of the Tree of life, which stands in the Paradise of God.' "

¹¹ Let him who has ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the Churches. He who conquers shall suffer no hurt from the Second Death."

¹⁷ Let him who has ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the Churches. To him who conquers-- to him I will give a share of the mystic manna, and I will give him a white stone; and on the stone shall be inscribed a new name, which no one knows except him who receives it."

²⁹ Let him who has ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the Churches."

³ Therefore remember what you have received and heard, and lay it to heart and repent. Unless you are on the watch, I shall come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I am coming to you.

⁶ Let him who has ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the Churches."

¹¹ I will come quickly. Hold to what you have received, that no one may take your crown.

¹³ Let him who has ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the Churches."

²² Let him who has ears hear what the Spirit is saying to the Churches."

¹⁵ Then all the kings of the earth, and the princes, and the generals, and the rich, and the powerful, and every slave and free man, 'hid themselves in the caves and under the rocks' of the mountains; ¹⁶ and they are crying to the mountains and the rocks-- 'Fall upon us, and hide us from the eyes of him who is seated on the throne, and from the Wrath of the Lamb, ¹⁷ for the great Day of their Wrath is come, and who can stand to meet it?'

¹⁰ 'Whoever is destined for captivity goes into captivity.' Whoever shall kill with the sword must inevitably be killed with the sword. (Here there is need for endurance and faith on the part of Christ's People.)

¹² (Here there is need for endurance on the part of Christ's People--those who lay to heart the commands of God and the Faith of Jesus.)

⁸ The Beast that you saw was, but is not, and is about to rise out of the bottomless pit, and is on its way to destruction. Those who are living on earth will be amazed--those whose names have not been written in the Book of Life from the foundation of the world--when they see that the Beast was, but is not, and yet will come.'

¹¹ So must the Beast that was, but is not. He counts as an eighth king, although he is one of the seven, and is on his way to destruction.

¹⁰ I prostrated myself at the feet of him who spoke to worship him, but he said to me- - 'Forbear; I am your fellow-servant, and the fellow-servant of your Brothers who bear their testimony to Jesus. Worship God. For to bear testimony to Jesus needs the inspiration of the Prophets.'

¹⁵ and all whose names 'were not found written in the Book of Life' were hurled into the lake of fire.

²⁰ He whose testimony this is says-- 'Assuredly I will come quickly.' 'Amen, come, Lord Jesus.'