Study Desk

But because of our love, I prefer simply to ask you. Consider this as a request from me—Paul, an old man and now also a prisoner for the sake of Christ Jesus.

Onesimus hasn't been of much use to you in the past, but now he is very useful to both of us.

But I didn't want to do anything without your consent. I wanted you to help because you were willing, not because you were forced.

But to the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, endures forever and ever. You rule with a scepter of justice.

They will perish, but you remain forever. They will wear out like old clothing.

You will fold them up like a cloak and discard them like old clothing. But you are always the same; you will live forever."

You gave them authority over all things." Now when it says "all things," it means nothing is left out. But we have not yet seen all things put under their authority.

But Jesus deserves far more glory than Moses, just as a person who builds a house deserves more praise than the house itself.

For every house has a builder, but the one who built everything is God.

But Christ, as the Son, is in charge of God's entire house. And we are God's house, if we keep our courage and remain confident in our hope in Christ.

For this good news—that God has prepared this rest—has been announced to us just as it was to them. But it did them no good because they didn't share the faith of those who listened to God.

But in the other passage God said, "They will never enter my place of rest."

So God's rest is there for people to enter, but those who first heard this good news failed to enter because they disobeyed God.

So let us do our best to enter that rest. But if we disobey God, as the people of Israel did, we will fall.

There is much more we would like to say about this, but it is difficult to explain, especially since you are spiritually dull and don't seem to listen.

But if a field bears thorns and thistles, it is useless. The farmer will soon condemn that field and burn it.

But Melchizedek, who was not a descendant of Levi, collected a tenth from Abraham. And Melchizedek placed a blessing upon Abraham, the one who had already received the promises of God.

Jesus became a priest, not by meeting the physical requirement of belonging to the tribe of Levi, but by the power of a life that cannot be destroyed.

For the law never made anything perfect. But now we have confidence in a better hope, through which we draw near to God.

but there was an oath regarding Jesus. For God said to him, "The Lord has taken an oath and will not break his vow: ‘You are a priest forever.'"