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For Christ has entered, not into a sanctuary made with hands, a copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God on our behalf.

for then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But as it is, he has appeared once for all at the end of the age to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

so Christ, having been offered once to bear the sins of many, will appear a second time, not to deal with sin but to save those who are eagerly waiting for him.

For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come instead of the true form of these realities, it can never, by the same sacrifices which are continually offered year after year, make perfect those who draw near.

But in these sacrifices there is a reminder of sin year after year.

Consequently, when Christ came into the world, he said, "Sacrifices and offerings thou hast not desired, but a body hast thou prepared for me;

But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, he sat down at the right hand of God,

not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.

but a fearful prospect of judgment, and a fury of fire which will consume the adversaries.

But recall the former days when, after you were enlightened, you endured a hard struggle with sufferings,

but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he shrinks back, my soul has no pleasure in him."

But we are not of those who shrink back and are destroyed, but of those who have faith and keep their souls.

By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he received approval as righteous, God bearing witness by accepting his gifts; he died, but through his faith he is still speaking.

These all died in faith, not having received what was promised, but having seen it and greeted it from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.

By faith the people crossed the Red Sea as if on dry land; but the Egyptians, when they attempted to do the same, were drowned.

For they disciplined us for a short time at their pleasure, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.

and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.

But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,

His voice then shook the earth; but now he has promised, "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heaven."