Every post in Hebrews, in order. Tap a post for the whole conversation, or the book icon for the verses.
In the past God spoke to our ancestors through the prophets, many times and in many ways. Now, in these last days, he has spoken to us through his Son.
On many past occasions and in many different ways, God spoke to our fathers through the prophets. 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.
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory, the exact picture of who God is, and he holds everything together by his powerful word. He made us clean from our sins, then sat down at the right hand of the Majesty in heaven.
The Son is the radiance of God’s glory and the exact representation of His nature, upholding all things by His powerful word. After He had provided purification for sins, He sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high.
Which angel did God ever say this to? I’ll be his Father, and he’ll be my Son.
Nathan@nathan.prophetThat night the LORD sent me back to David. He isn’t the one to build a house for the LORD. The LORD will build David a house: a son after him, and a throne that will last for ever.For to which of the angels did God ever say: “You are My Son; today I have become Your Father”? Or again: “I will be His Father, and He will be My Son”?
Or “Sit at my right hand”? Never to an angel. Angels are servants, sent to help the people who are going to be saved.
David@davidThe LORD tells my Lord to sit at his right hand until he makes his enemies a footstool for his feet.Yet to which of the angels did God ever say: “Sit at My right hand until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet”? Are not the angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
So we have to pay much closer attention to what we’ve heard, or we’ll drift away.
We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
We don’t see everything under his feet yet. But we do see Jesus. Made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honour because he suffered death, so that by God’s kindness he’d go through death for everyone.
David@davidAnd yet you made us only a little lower than the angels.and placed everything under his feet.” When God subjected all things to him, He left nothing outside of his control. Yet at present we do not see everything subject to him. 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.
He shared our flesh and blood, so that by dying he could break the power of the one who holds the power of death, the devil, and set free everyone who’s spent their whole life a slave to the fear of dying.
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, and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
Moses was faithful in God’s house, as a servant. Christ is faithful as the Son over it. And we’re his house, if we hold on.
Now Moses was faithful as a servant in all God’s house, testifying to what would be spoken later. But Christ is faithful as the Son over God’s house. And we are His house, if we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope of which we boast.
So encourage each other every day, while it’s still called Today, so none of you gets hardened by sin and its lies.
A psalmist@apsalmistIf you hear his voice today, don't harden your hearts.But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.
Who heard him and still rebelled? Everyone Moses led out of Egypt. They died out in the desert. They never got in, because they didn’t believe.
Moses@mosesHe said: “I have forgiven them, as you asked.” But not one of the men who saw his glory and still tested him ten times will see the land.For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt? And with whom was God angry for forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose bodies fell in the wilderness? And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed? So we see that it was because of their unbelief that they were unable to enter.
God’s word is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword. It cuts right through, and judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it pierces even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow. It judges the thoughts and intentions of the heart.
A high priest’s job is to stand before God for the people. And ours isn’t someone who can’t feel what we feel. He’s been tempted in every way, just like us, and never sinned. So let’s come boldly to the throne of God’s kindness, and find mercy and help right when we need it.
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. 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. Every high priest is appointed from among men to represent them in matters relating to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
When he was here, he prayed with loud cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard. Son though he was, he learned obedience from what he suffered.
Jesus@jesus · GethsemaneMy Father, if it’s possible, take this cup away from me. But not what I want. What you want.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. Although He was a Son, He learned obedience from what He suffered.
Honestly, there’s a lot to say here and it’s hard to explain, because you’ve got slow at listening. By now you should be teaching others. Instead you need someone to go over the basics again. Milk, not solid food.
We have much to say about this, but it is hard to explain, because you are dull of hearing. 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!
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Ouch. Fair, though.
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!
This hope is an anchor for our lives. Firm and secure. It goes right in behind the curtain, where Jesus has gone ahead of us.
We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, firm and secure. It enters the inner sanctuary behind the curtain, where Jesus our forerunner has entered on our behalf. He has become a high priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
Remember Melchizedek? King of Salem, which means king of peace. Priest of God Most High. No father, no mother, no family tree on record, no beginning, no end. Like the Son of God, he stays a priest for ever. Even Abraham gave him a tenth.
Melchizedek@melchizedek · SalemAs king of Salem, I brought out bread and wine for Abram on his return from the battle. I am a priest of God Most High, and I blessed him. He gave me a tenth of everything.This Melchizedek was king of Salem and priest of God Most High. He met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings and blessed him, and Abraham apportioned to him a tenth of everything. First, his name means “king of righteousness.” Then also, “king of Salem” means “king of peace.” Without father or mother or genealogy, without beginning of days or end of life, like the Son of God, he remains a priest for all time. Consider how great Melchizedek was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder.
There were lots of priests, because death kept stopping them. Jesus lives for ever, so his priesthood never passes to anyone else. That’s why he can save completely everyone who comes to God through him. He’s always alive to speak up for them.
Now there have been many other priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office. But because Jesus lives forever, He has a permanent priesthood. Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
Every other high priest had to offer sacrifices for his own sins first, then for the people’s, day after day. Jesus doesn’t need to. He did it once, for all, when he offered himself.
Aaron@aaronPlain linen, not the gold. And a bull for my own sins before anyone else’s.Unlike the other high priests, He does not need to offer daily sacrifices, first for His own sins and then for the sins of the people; He sacrificed for sin once for all when He offered up Himself.
God said he would make a new covenant, a new agreement, with his people. He’d put his laws in their minds and write them on their hearts. He’d forgive their wrongdoing, and remember their sins no more.
But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. No longer will each one teach his neighbor or his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ because they will all know Me, from the least of them to the greatest. For I will forgive their iniquities and will remember their sins no more.”
Only the high priest went into the inner room. Once a year. Never without blood. That’s the Holy Spirit showing us the way in wasn’t open yet.
Moses@mosesAfter Nadab and Abihu, the LORD said: Aaron can’t just go behind the curtain whenever he likes, or he’ll die. Once a year.But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance. By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.
But Christ has come as high priest. He went into the Most Holy Place once, for all, not with the blood of goats and calves but with his own blood, and won us a freedom that lasts for ever.
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. He did not enter by the blood of goats and calves, but He entered the Most Holy Place once for all by His own blood, thus securing eternal redemption.
Moses sprinkled the blood and said: this is the blood of the agreement. Without blood being shed, there’s no forgiveness.
Moses@moses · Mount SinaiRead them the covenant, God’s agreement with them. They said they’d do it all. I sprinkled the blood on them and told them this is the blood of the agreement.For when Moses had proclaimed every commandment of the law to all the people, he took the blood of calves and goats, along with water, scarlet wool, and hyssop, and sprinkled the scroll and all the people, saying, “This is the blood of the covenant, which God has commanded you to keep.” According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
People die once, and after that comes judgement. Christ was offered once to carry the sins of many. He’ll appear a second time, not to deal with sin, but to bring rescue to everyone waiting for him.
Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment, so also Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many; and He will appear a second time, not to bear sin, but to bring salvation to those who eagerly await Him.
The blood of bulls and goats can’t take sins away. Every priest stands there, day after day, offering the same sacrifices that never can. Christ offered one sacrifice for sins, for all time, and sat down.
An Israelite at the tent@israelite.at.the.tentOn that day we’re made clean from all our sins. All of them.because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins. Day after day every priest stands to minister and to offer again and again the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins. But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.
So, brothers and sisters, we can walk right into the Most Holy Place, by the blood of Jesus, through the curtain. The curtain is his body. Let’s come near to God with a sincere heart.
Matthew@matthew · GolgothaHe cried out again in a loud voice, and gave up his spirit. The temple curtain tore in two, top to bottom. The earth shook. The rocks split.Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body, and since we have a great priest over the house of God, 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.
Let’s hold on to the hope we say we have, without wobbling. The one who promised is faithful. Let’s think about how to spur each other on to love and doing good. And let’s not give up meeting together, like some are in the habit of doing. Encourage each other.
Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful. And let us consider how to spur one another on to love and good deeds. 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.
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Some of us have stopped coming. He’s noticed.
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.
If we deliberately keep on sinning after we’ve come to know the truth, there’s no sacrifice for sins left. God said it: getting even is mine, I’ll repay. It’s a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Moses@mosesThe LORD says getting even is his job, and he’ll repay. And that he’s the one who wounds and the one who heals.If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains, For we know Him who said, “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay,” and again, “The Lord will judge His people.” It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
Remember the early days, right after the light came on for you. You stood your ground through a hard fight with suffering. Insulted and mistreated in public. Standing by the people it happened to, and by the ones in prison.
Remember the early days that you were in the light. In those days, you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering. Sometimes you were publicly exposed to ridicule and persecution; at other times you were partners with those who were so treated. You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.
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They took our things. We let them, gladly, because we knew we had something better that lasts.
You sympathized with those in prison and joyfully accepted the confiscation of your property, knowing that you yourselves had a better and permanent possession.
Faith is being sure of what we hope for, and certain of what we can’t see.
Now faith is the assurance of what we hope for and the certainty of what we do not see.
By faith we understand the universe was made at God’s command. What we can see wasn’t made out of anything visible.
Moses@mosesAnd God says, “Let there be light.” And there’s light. That’s all it takes.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.
By faith Abel offered God a better sacrifice than Cain did. He’s dead, and he’s still speaking.
Moses@mosesCain brings the LORD some of his crops. Abel brings the best of the firstborn from his flock. God is pleased with Abel and his offering, but not with Cain’s, and Cain is furious. It’s all over his face.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.
By faith Enoch was taken up without dying. Before that, he was known as someone who pleased God. And without faith, it’s impossible to please him.
Moses@mosesAdam’s family tree, Adam to Noah, ten generations. Entry after entry ends “and then he died.” Except one. Enoch walked with God, and then he wasn’t there, because God took him.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. And without faith it is impossible to please God. For anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
Warned about things nobody had ever seen. Built the ark anyway, out of reverence for God, and my family was saved.
Noah@noahGod told me the end was coming, because the earth was full of violence. Then he gave me the plans. Gopher wood. Pitch inside and out. Three decks, a door in the side, 300 cubits long. About 140 metres.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.
I didn’t know where I was going. I went. Lived in tents in the land I’d been promised, like a foreigner, and so did Isaac and Jacob. I was looking forward to the city with foundations, the one God designs and builds.
Abraham@abrahamSo I went. I was seventy-five.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. 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. For he was looking forward to the city with foundations, whose architect and builder is God.
Couldn’t have children, and way past the age for it. But he’d promised, and I knew he keeps his word.
Sarah@sarahA year ago I laughed because it was impossible. Now God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears about this is going to laugh with me.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.
They all died still trusting, without getting what was promised. They saw it from far off and welcomed it, and said they were strangers and foreigners here. They wanted a better country, a heavenly one. So God isn’t ashamed to be called their God. He’s got a city ready for them.
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. Now those who say such things show that they are seeking a country of their own. If they had been thinking of the country they had left, they would have had opportunity to return. 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.
I’d been told my family line would come through Isaac. So I reckoned God could raise him from the dead. And in a way, I did get him back from death.
Abraham@abrahamEarly next morning I saddled the donkey. Three days’ walk. Told the servants: stay here. The boy and I will go over there and worship, and then we’ll come back to you. I put the wood on Isaac’s back and carried the fire and the knife myself.By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac on the altar. He who had received the promises was ready to offer his one and only son, even though God had said to him, “Through Isaac your offspring will be reckoned.” Abraham reasoned that God could raise the dead, and in a sense, he did receive Isaac back from death.
I blessed Jacob and Esau about what was still to come.
Isaac@isaacEsau walked in with his dish. Said he was my firstborn. Then who had I just blessed? I couldn’t stop shaking. It was Jacob. He came in pretending to be his brother and took the blessing. And it’s his now. It stays.By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.
On my deathbed I blessed both of Joseph’s boys, and worshipped, leaning on the top of my staff.
Joseph@joseph.son.of.jacob · EgyptTook my two boys to Dad, Manasseh, the elder, at his right hand. And he crossed his arms. Right hand on Ephraim, the younger.By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed each of Joseph’s sons and worshiped as he leaned on the top of his staff.
At the end, I talked about Israel leaving Egypt, and gave instructions about my bones.
Joseph@joseph.son.of.jacob · EgyptI’m about to die. But God will definitely come for you and take you up out of this land, to the land he promised Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. When he does, carry my bones up from here.By faith Joseph, when his end was near, spoke about the exodus of the Israelites and gave instructions about his bones.
We could see he was a beautiful child. So we hid him for three months. We weren’t afraid of the king’s order.
Moses@moses · The NileThis part I only know because my family told me. My mother hid me for three months. Then she couldn’t any more. Papyrus basket, sealed with tar, set in the reeds by the Nile. The same river.By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his birth, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were unafraid of the king’s edict.
When I grew up, I refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. I chose to be mistreated along with God’s people rather than enjoy sin for a little while.
Moses@mosesI grew up in the palace as the princess’s son. One day, grown up, I went out to see my own people at their hard labour, and saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew. I looked this way and that. Nobody around. I killed the Egyptian and hid him in the sand.By faith Moses, when he was grown, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter. He chose to suffer oppression with God’s people rather than to experience the fleeting enjoyment of sin.
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He counted disgrace for the Christ worth more than all the treasures of Egypt. He was looking ahead to his reward.
He valued disgrace for Christ above the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking ahead to his reward.
I kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so the destroyer of the firstborn wouldn’t touch Israel’s firstborn.
Moses@mosesGod said when he sees the blood, he’ll pass over you.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.
We walked through the Red Sea like it was dry land. The Egyptians tried the same and drowned.
An Israelite by the Red Sea@israelite.redseaThat was me, asking about the graves. Then I walked through the middle of the sea. On dry ground.By faith the people passed through the Red Sea as on dry land; but when the Egyptians tried to follow, they were drowned.
Seven days of walking round the same walls. Then the walls of Jericho just came down.
The Israelites@theisraelitesSix days of silence and then all of us, together.By faith the walls of Jericho fell, after the people had marched around them for seven days.
I welcomed the spies as friends. So I didn’t die with the people who wouldn’t listen.
Rahab@rahab.of.jerichoThey kept their word. All of us. My father, my mother, my brothers. I live among Israel now.By faith the prostitute Rahab, because she welcomed the spies in peace, did not perish with those who were disobedient.
What more can I say? I’d run out of time telling you about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel and the prophets. People who shut the mouths of lions, put out raging fires, and were weak and made strong.
And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets, who through faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, and gained what was promised; who shut the mouths of lions, 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.
Weakest clan, least in my family. Made strong.
Gideon son of Joash@gideonAsked him: if the LORD is with us, why has all this happened? My clan is the weakest in Manasseh and I'm the least in my family. He just said he'd be with me.And what more shall I say? Time will not allow me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets, 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.
Women got their dead back, raised to life. I’m one of them.
The Shunammite woman@shunem.womanHe had Gehazi call me in. Pick up your son. I fell at his feet and bowed to the ground. Then I picked up my son and went out.Women received back their dead, raised to life again. Others were tortured and refused their release, so that they might gain a better resurrection.
Others were mocked and beaten, chained and put in prison. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and lived in caves and holes in the ground. The world wasn’t worthy of them.
Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment. The world was not worthy of them. They wandered in deserts and mountains, and hid in caves and holes in the ground.
So, with this huge crowd of witnesses all round us, let’s throw off everything that slows us down and the sin that trips us up so easily, and run the race marked out for us, and not give up. Eyes on Jesus, who starts and finishes our faith. For the joy ahead of him he endured the cross, thought nothing of the shame, and sat down at the right hand of God’s throne.
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us. 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.
Think about him, so you don’t get worn out and lose heart. In your struggle against sin, you haven’t yet had to resist to the point of shedding blood.
Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart. In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.
Have you forgotten this? The Lord disciplines the people he loves. No discipline feels good at the time. It hurts. Later it produces a harvest of peace and right living in the people it’s trained.
Solomon@solomonDon't resent it when the LORD corrects you. He corrects the ones he loves, like a father with a son he delights in.And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you. For the Lord disciplines the one He loves, and He chastises every son He receives.” 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.
Don’t be like Esau, who sold his rights as the eldest son for one meal. Afterwards, when he wanted the blessing, he was turned down. He couldn’t undo it, even though he begged for it with tears.
Moses@mosesThe birthright was the firstborn’s double share and his place as head of the family. Esau eats, drinks, gets up and goes. That’s how little he thinks of it.See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright. 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.
You haven’t come to a mountain you can touch, blazing with fire, dark and stormy, with a trumpet blast and a voice so terrifying the people begged not to hear another word. Even Moses said he was trembling with fear.
The Israelites@theisraelites · Mount SinaiThird day. Thunder, lightning, smoke like a furnace, a ram’s horn getting louder and louder, and the whole mountain shaking.For you have not come to a mountain that can be touched and that is burning with fire; to darkness, gloom, and storm; to a trumpet blast or to a voice that made its hearers beg that no further word be spoken. For they could not bear what was commanded: “If even an animal touches the mountain, it must be stoned.” The sight was so terrifying that even Moses said, “I am trembling with fear.”
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You’ve come to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. To thousands upon thousands of angels, celebrating. To God, the judge of everyone. To Jesus. And to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than Abel’s.
Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels 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, to Jesus the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.
We’re being given a kingdom that can’t be shaken. So let’s be thankful, and worship God with reverence and awe. Our God is a consuming fire.
Therefore, since we are receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us be filled with gratitude, and so worship God acceptably with reverence and awe. “For our God is a consuming fire.”
Keep loving each other like family. And don’t forget to welcome strangers into your home. Some people have had angels as guests without knowing it.
Moses@moses · MamreNot enough people talk about this. Abraham is ninety-nine. Hottest part of the day. Three strangers turn up at his tent, and he runs. Bows to the ground. Offers them “a bit of bread”. Then serves fresh bread, a whole calf, curds and milk.Continue in brotherly love. Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
Remember the people in prison as if you were in there with them.
Remember those in prison as if you were bound with them, and those who are mistreated as if you were suffering with them.
Keep your life free from the love of money, and be content with what you’ve got. God has said: I’ll never leave you, and I’ll never abandon you. So we can say it with confidence: the Lord is my helper, I won’t be afraid. What can anyone do to me?
Moses@mosesBe strong and brave. Don’t be afraid. The LORD your God goes with you. He will never leave you or abandon you.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.” So we say with confidence: “The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?”
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and for ever.
Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
There’s no city here that lasts. We’re looking for the one that’s coming.
For here we do not have a permanent city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
Please put up with this bit of encouragement. I’ve only written you a short letter.
I urge you, brothers, to bear with my word of exhortation, for I have only written to you briefly.
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Short, he says.
I urge you, brothers, to bear with my word of exhortation, for I have only written to you briefly.
Our brother Timothy has been released. If he gets here soon, I’ll bring him with me when I come to see you.
Be aware that our brother Timothy has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.
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It’s true. I’m out.
Be aware that our brother Timothy has been released. If he arrives soon, I will come with him to see you.