Exact Word Count he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. doth a garment; a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail. steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompence of reward; confirmed unto us by them that heard him; made a little lower than the angels for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honour; that he by the grace of God should taste death for every man. hamed to call them brethren, the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil; faithful to him that appointed him, ass=hlgree>as also Moses wass=hlblue>as faithful in all his house. counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch ass=hlgree>as he who hath builded the house hath more honour than the house. faithful in all his house, ass=hlgree>as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were to be spoken after; a son over his own house; whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of the hope firm unto the end. the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. in the provocation. he grieved forty years? wass=hlblue>as it not with them that had sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? the gospel preached, ass=hlgree>as well ass=hlgree>as unto them: but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it. he said, ass=hlgree>As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world. first preached entered not in because of unbelief: it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts. God did from his. under of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. in all points tempted like ass=hlgree>as we are, yet without sin. for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins. wass=hlblue>as Aaron. he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec. able to save him from death, and wass=hlblue>as heard in that he feared; have need of milk, and not of strong meat. surance of hope unto the end: impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us: an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the veil; , unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. I may so say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham. yet in the loins of his father, when Melchisedec met him. there that another priest should rise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron? not without an oath he wass=hlblue>as made priest: Jesus made a surety of a better testament. those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself. since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore. Moses wass=hlblue>as admonished of God when he wass=hlblue>as about to make the tabernacle: for, See, saith he, that thou make all things according to the pattern shewed to thee in the mount. established upon better promises. a tabernacle made; the first, wherein wass=hlblue>as the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary. the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant; not yet made manifest, while ass=hlgree>as the first tabernacle wass=hlblue>as yet standing: a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, ass=hlgree>as pertaining to the conscience; hes of an heifer sprinkling the unclean, sanctifieth to the purifying of the flesh: dedicated without blood. therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others; it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. surance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. sembling of ourselves together, ass=hlgree>as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, ass=hlgree>as ye see the day approaching. sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace? righteous, God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh. translated that he should not see death; and wass=hlblue>as not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God. yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: delivered of a child when she wass=hlblue>as past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised. good ass=hlgree>as dead, so many ass=hlgree>as the stars of the sky in multitude, and ass=hlgree>as the sand which is by the sea shore innumerable. hamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city. tried, offered up Isaac: and he that had received the promises offered up his only begotten son, said, That in Isaac shall thy seed be called: able to raise him up, even from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure. a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of his staff. born, wass=hlblue>as hid three months of his parents, because they saw he wass=hlblue>as a proper child; and they were not afraid of the king's commandment. come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter; seeing him who is invisible. by dry land: which the Egyptians ass=hlblue>assaying to do were drowned. under, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. ide every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us, set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God. unto children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked of him: with sons; for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not? Esau, who for one morsel of meat sold his birthright. rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears. commanded, And if so much ass=hlgree>as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart: the sight, that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and quake:) sembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect, of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain. bound with them; and them which suffer adversity, ass=hlgree>as being yourselves also in the body. ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you. |