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But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.

as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.

from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named,

Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.

so that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth,

But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ,

because of the hope laid up for you in heaven. Of this you have heard before in the word of the truth, the gospel,

For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him.

and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.

if indeed you continue in the faith, stable and steadfast, not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard, which has been proclaimed in all creation under heaven, and of which I, Paul, became a minister.

Masters, treat your bondservants justly and fairly, knowing that you also have a Master in heaven.

and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.

For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.

and to grant relief to you who are afflicted as well as to us, when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with his mighty angels

Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,

For Christ has entered, not into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true things, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.

Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.

and to the assembly of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven.

But above all, my brothers, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath, but let your "yes" be yes and your "no" be no, so that you may not fall under condemnation.