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Now, where there is a remission of sins, there is no offering for sin demanded.

which he hath now consecrated for us, through the veil, that is his flesh.

And let us persevere in the profession of our hope, and not waver; for he is faithful who hath made the promise to us.

And let us look on each other, for the excitement of love and good works.

For if a man sin, voluntarily, after he hath received a knowledge of the truth, there is no longer a sacrifice which may be offered for sins:

For if he, who transgressed the law of Moses, died without mercies, at the mouth of two or three witnesses;

For we know him who hath said, Retribution is mine; and I will repay: and again, The Lord will judge his people.

and ye were grieved for those who were imprisoned; and ye cheerfully endured the plundering of your goods, because ye knew that ye had a possession in heaven, superior and not transitory.

For ye have need of patience; that ye may do the pleasure of God, and may receive the promise.

And for it the ancients are well testified of.

For by faith, we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God; and that things seen, originated from those that are not seen.

By faith, Enoch was translated, and did not taste death; and he was not found, because God had translated him: for, before he translated him, there was testimony of him, that he pleased God.

But, without faith, a man cannot please God. For he that draweth near to God, must believe his existence, and that he will recompense those who seek him.

By faith Noah, when he was told of things not seen, feared; and he made himself an ark, for the life of his household; whereby he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed, and departed to the place which he was to receive for an inheritance: and he departed, while he knew not whither he was going.

For he looked for the city that hath a foundation, of which the builder and maker is God.

But now it is manifest that they longed for a better [fn] than that, [fn] for that which is in heaven. Therefore God did not refuse to be called their God; for he prepared for them the city.

For it had been said to him, In Isaac shall thy seed be called.

And he chose to be in affliction with the people of God, and not to live luxuriously in sin for a short season:

and he esteemed the reproach of the Messiah a greater treasure than the hoarded riches of Egypt; for he looked upon the recompense of reward.