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\toc1 Hebrews 
\toc2 Hebrews 
\toc3 Heb 
\mt2 This book is a letter that was written to Jewish believers. We call this book  
\mt1 Hebrews  
\c 1  
\s1 Hebrews 1:1-3  
\s1 God formerly communicated with us through the prophets, but now he has communicated with us through his son, who is just like God.  
\p
\v 1 \w Long|strong="G3819"\w* \w ago|strong="G3819"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w communicated|strong="G2980"\w* frequently \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* various \w ways|strong="G4187"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w* \add said and wrote\add*.  
\v 2 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w final|strong="G2078"\w* age \add is beginning\add*, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w communicated|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G4160"\w* \add just once\add* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w means|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* ◄\w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*/\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*► \add said and did. God\add* \w appointed|strong="G5087"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* order \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* possess \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \add that truly belongs to God. God also appointed\add* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* order \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* create \w the|strong="G1722"\w* universe.  
\v 3 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* manifests \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w glory|strong="G1391"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* exactly \w represents|strong="G1510"\w* \add what God is like\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* ◄sustains \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w powerful|strong="G1411"\w* \w words|strong="G4487"\w*. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \add enabled people to be\add* freed \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add guilt of\add* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* sins [MET], \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* heaven [EUP] \add to rule\add* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* greatest \w honor|strong="G1391"\w* [MTY] \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* [MTY].   
\s1 God’s son is greater than the angels.  
\sr Hebrews 1:4-14  
\p
\v 4 \w By|strong="G3844"\w* \w doing|strong="G3844"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \add showed that he\add* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w very|strong="G1096"\w* \w much|strong="G5118"\w* \w greater|strong="G2909"\w* \w than|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* angels, \w to|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* extent \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* relationship [MTY] \add to God, as his Son\add*, \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w more|strong="G3745"\w* \w excellent|strong="G1313"\w* \w than|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* relationship \w the|strong="G3588"\w* angels \add have to God\add*.  
\v 5  \add We know that\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \add in the Scriptures\add* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* [RHQ] \w ever|strong="G4218"\w* \w reported|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w any|strong="G4218"\w* angel \add what he said to his Son\add*,  
\q1 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*!  
\q1 \w Today|strong="G4594"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* declared \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* [DOU]!  
\q1 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w another|strong="G3825"\w* \w Scripture|strong="G3004"\w* passage,  
\q1 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* [DOU].   
\p
\v 6 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add we know his Son is greater than the angels because in\add* \w another|strong="G3825"\w* \add Scripture passage someone wrote this about God’s esteemed Son\add*, \w when|strong="G3752"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* send \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G3625"\w*:  
\q1 \w All|strong="G3956"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s angels \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w worship|strong="G4352"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 7  \add And in the Scriptures it is written that\add* someone \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* angels:  
\q1 \add God\add* \w makes|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add angels\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* serve \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add to be changeable like\add* [MET] \w winds|strong="G4151"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* flames \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w*.   
\p
\v 8 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w hand|strong="G1161"\w*, \add in the Scriptures it is written that God said\add* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*:  
\q1 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add also\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* rule \w forever|strong="G1519"\w* [MTY],  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w reign|strong="G2532"\w* righteously \w over|strong="G1519"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* kingdom [MTY].   
\q1
\v 9 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* loved \add people’s\add* righteous \add deeds\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w hated|strong="G3404"\w* \add people’s\add* lawless \add deeds\add*.  
\q1 \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w*, \w your|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w have|strong="G2532"\w* caused \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G2532"\w* joyful [MTY] \w than|strong="G3844"\w* anyone \w else|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\p
\v 10 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add we also know that his Son is superior to angels because in the Scriptures the Psalmist wrote that\add* someone \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* Son,  
\q1 \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* created \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* beginning.  
\q1 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* made \add the rest of\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* universe (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add things in\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w*) [MTY].   
\q1
\v 11 \w Everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* universe \w will|strong="G2532"\w* disappear, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* keep \w on|strong="G1161"\w* living \add forever\add*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w wear|strong="G3822"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w clothing|strong="G2440"\w* \add wears out\add*.   
\q1
\v 12 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* dispose \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w one|strong="G1438"\w* rolls \w up|strong="G1667"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* \add old\add* \w coat|strong="G2440"\w* \add before getting rid of it\add*.  
\q1 \add Then\add*, \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* exchange \add everything that is in the universe for what is new\add*,  
\q1 \w as|strong="G5613"\w* someone puts \w on|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* new \w garment|strong="G2440"\w* \add in exchange for an old garment\add* [SIM].  
\q1 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add are not like what you created\add*;  
\q1 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* stay \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* forever [LIT]!   
\p
\v 13  \add We also know that his Son is superior to angels because no one ever stated\add* [RHQ] \add in the Scriptures\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w any|strong="G4314"\w* angel \add what he said to his Son\add*,  
\q1 \w Sit|strong="G2521"\w* \add in the place of honor\add* next \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* rule \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* [MTY]  
\q1 \w while|strong="G2193"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w put|strong="G5087"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G5087"\w* \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w* \w completely|strong="G2193"\w* \w under|strong="G1537"\w* \w your|strong="G5087"\w* \w control|strong="G4228"\w* [MET]!   
\p
\v 14 \w The|strong="G1519"\w* angels \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add only\add* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w serve|strong="G1248"\w* \add God\add* [RHQ]. \add God\add* sends \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add to earth\add* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w to|strong="G1519"\w* help \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G4151"\w* \w saved|strong="G4991"\w* (\w OR|strong="G3588"\w*, \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* save).   
\c 2  
\s1 We will not escape God’s punishment if we ignore such a great message of salvation.  
\sr Hebrews 2:1-4  
\p
\v 1 \w So|strong="G3379"\w*, \add since that is true\add*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w pay|strong="G4337"\w* \w very|strong="G3778"\w* \w careful|strong="G4337"\w* \w attention|strong="G4337"\w* \w to|strong="G1163"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* heard \add about God’s Son\add*, \w in|strong="G1223"\w* order \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w do|strong="G1223"\w* \w not|strong="G3379"\w* \w drift|strong="G3901"\w* \w away|strong="G3901"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G3778"\w*, \add as a boat drifts off its course when people do not guide it\add* [MET].  
\v 2  \add God’s laws that\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* given \w by|strong="G1223"\w* angels \w were|strong="G3588"\w* valid, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* justly punished \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* rejected \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* disobeyed [DOU] \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 3 \w So|strong="G1519"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w will|strong="G2962"\w* certainly \w not|strong="G1223"\w* \w escape|strong="G1628"\w* \add God punishing us\add* \w if|strong="G3748"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* ignore \w such|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w great|strong="G5082"\w* \add message about how God\add* [MTY] saves \w us|strong="G1519"\w*! [RHQ] \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \add new message\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G3588"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add* {\w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w first|strong="G3588"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \add message\add*}. \w Then|strong="G1223"\w* \w it|strong="G1223"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* confirmed \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* heard \add what the Lord told them\add* {\w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* heard \add what the Lord told them\add* confirmed \w it|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*}.  
\v 4 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w confirmed|strong="G4901"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* us \add that this message was true\add* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \add enabling believers to do\add* many \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* showed \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w power|strong="G1411"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3588"\w* \w miraculous|strong="G1411"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* [DOU], \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add to do other things\add* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gifts|strong="G3311"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w distributed|strong="G3311"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* desired.   
\s1 God has determined that Christ, not angels or people, will rule everything.  
\sr Hebrews 2:5-9a  
\p
\v 5 \w God|strong="G2980"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* determined \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* angels \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* rule \w over|strong="G4012"\w* everything. \add Instead, he has determined that Christ\add* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* rule \w in|strong="G2980"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* new \w world|strong="G3625"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G3195"\w* \add create\add*. \add That is the new world\add* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G3195"\w* writing.  
\v 6 \w Someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w spoke|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \add God about this\add* \w somewhere|strong="G4225"\w* \add in the Scriptures\add*, \w saying|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\q1 ◄\w No|strong="G3754"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* worthy enough \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w think|strong="G5100"\w* \w about|strong="G4225"\w* \w him|strong="G3403"\w*!/\w Who|strong="G5101"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add worthy enough\add* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w think|strong="G5100"\w* \w about|strong="G4225"\w* \w him|strong="G3403"\w*?► [RHQ]  
\q1 ◄\w No|strong="G3754"\w* human \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add worthy enough\add* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* care \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w him|strong="G3403"\w*!/\w Is|strong="G1510"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* human \add worthy enough\add* \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* care \w for|strong="G3754"\w* \w him|strong="G3403"\w*?► [RHQ]   
\q1
\v 7  \add So it is surprising that\add* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* caused \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w little|strong="G1024"\w* \w while|strong="G1024"\w* inferior \w in|strong="G2532"\w* rank \w to|strong="G2532"\w* angels.  
\q1 \w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* greatly \w honored|strong="G1391"\w* [DOU] \w them|strong="G2532"\w* [MET], \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \add kings are honored with\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* crown.   
\q1
\v 8 \w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w have|strong="G3956"\w* \w put|strong="G5293"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w under|strong="G5270"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*’s \w control|strong="G4228"\w* [\w MET|strong="G3708"\w*].  
\p \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G3762"\w* determined \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* rule \w over|strong="G1722"\w* absolutely \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* [LIT]. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*, \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w present|strong="G3568"\w* \w time|strong="G3568"\w*, \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w perceive|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w do|strong="G3708"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* \w yet|strong="G1161"\w* \w have|strong="G3956"\w* authority \w over|strong="G1722"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 9 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* know \w about|strong="G5228"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \add who truly has authority over everything\add*!  
\s1 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* creator \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w*, \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w died|strong="G2288"\w* \w for|strong="G5228"\w* us, makes us holy, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* proclaims us \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* brothers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* sisters.  
\sr Hebrews 2:9b-13  
\p \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w for|strong="G5228"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w little|strong="G1024"\w* \w while|strong="G1161"\w*, \w became|strong="G3588"\w* inferior \add in rank\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* angels \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G3704"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w* \w on|strong="G5228"\w* \w behalf|strong="G5228"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* [MET] \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* inferior \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* suffered \add and\add* \w died|strong="G2288"\w*, \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* kindly \add planned\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* greatly \add honored\add* [DOU] \add by being\add* \w crowned|strong="G4737"\w* \add as kings are\add*.  
\v 10 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w fitting|strong="G4241"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add God\add* \w make|strong="G5048"\w* \add Jesus\add* ◄\w perfect|strong="G5048"\w*/\w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* intended \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w*►. \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* enabling \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* belong \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* [MET] \w to|strong="G1519"\w* share \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w*. \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \add is the one who\add* created \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add he is the one\add* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \add exist\add*. \add He perfected Jesus\add* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* causing \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w suffer|strong="G2532"\w* \add and die\add*. \add Jesus\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \add God\add* uses \w to|strong="G1519"\w* save \w people|strong="G3956"\w*.  
\v 11  \add Jesus\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* ◄makes \w people|strong="G3956"\w* holy/sets \w people|strong="G3956"\w* apart \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*►, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w belong|strong="G1537"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s family. \add As a result, Christ\add* gladly [LIT] proclaims \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \add like\add* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* brothers \add and sisters\add*.  
\v 12  \add The Psalmist wrote what Christ said to God about us becoming\add* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* brothers, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w these|strong="G3588"\w* words:  
\q1 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* proclaim \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* brothers \w how|strong="G1722"\w* awesome \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* (\w OR|strong="G3588"\w*, \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* ◄\add are like/have done\add*►) [MTY].  
\q1 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w sing|strong="G5214"\w* \w praise|strong="G5214"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* presence \w of|strong="G3686"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w congregation|strong="G1577"\w*!   
\p
\v 13 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* prophet wrote \add in\add* \w another|strong="G3739"\w* \add Scripture passage what Christ said about God\add*,  
\q1 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w trust|strong="G3982"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\p \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w another|strong="G3739"\w* \add Scripture passage, Christ said about those who are like his\add* \w children|strong="G3813"\w*,  
\q1 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ones \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w given|strong="G1325"\w* \w me|strong="G1325"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w here|strong="G2400"\w*.   
\s1 It is Jesus, not angels, who became a human to help us as our Supreme Priest.  
\sr Hebrews 2:14-18  
\p
\v 14 \w So|strong="G2443"\w*, \w since|strong="G1893"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add whom God calls his\add* \w children|strong="G3813"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w human|strong="G4561"\w* beings [MTY], \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w human|strong="G4561"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* \add just like them\add*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w devil|strong="G1228"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w power|strong="G2904"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w cause|strong="G1223"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add to be afraid\add* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* Christ \w became|strong="G3588"\w* \w human|strong="G4561"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* dying \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2673"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w devil|strong="G1228"\w* \w powerless|strong="G2673"\w*.  
\v 15  \add Jesus did that\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w free|strong="G3956"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* us \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* like \w slaves|strong="G1397"\w* [MET] \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* time \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add forced to\add* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* afraid \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Because|strong="G1063"\w* \add Jesus became a human being\add*, \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G3756"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* angels whom \w he|strong="G1063"\w* wants \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w help|strong="G1949"\w*. \w No|strong="G3756"\w*, \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G3756"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w who|strong="G3756"\w* trust God \w as|strong="G1063"\w* Abraham \w did|strong="G3756"\w* whom \w he|strong="G1063"\w* wants \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w help|strong="G1949"\w*.  
\v 17 \w So|strong="G2443"\w*, \add since he came to help humans, not angels\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* exactly \w like|strong="G3666"\w* \add us whom he calls\add* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* own brothers \add and sisters\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* wants \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* Supreme Priest \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add acts\add* mercifully \add to all people\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w faithfully|strong="G4103"\w* \w does|strong="G2316"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* wants, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* sinned \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* declared \w no|strong="G2532"\w* longer \w guilty|strong="G1096"\w*.  
\v 18  \add Specifically\add*, \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G1410"\w* help \w those|strong="G3588"\w*/\w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w tempted|strong="G3985"\w* \add to sin\add*. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w do|strong="G1410"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w suffered|strong="G3958"\w*, \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* also \w tempted|strong="G3985"\w* \add to sin like we are tempted to sin\add*.   
\c 3  
\s1 Our Supreme Priest, Jesus, deserves more honor than Moses does.  
\sr Hebrews 3:1-6  
\p
\v 1 \w My|strong="G1473"\w* fellow believers, \add God\add* \w has|strong="G2532"\w* \w set|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* apart \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G2532"\w* chosen \w you|strong="G2532"\w*, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* like \w he|strong="G2532"\w* chose \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w consider|strong="G2657"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*. \add He is God’s\add* messenger \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Supreme Priest \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w say|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* believe \w in|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w faithfully|strong="G4103"\w* \add served God\add*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w appointed|strong="G4160"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w faithfully|strong="G4103"\w* \add served\add* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w people|strong="G1510"\w* [MTY].  
\v 3-4 Just like every house is made by someone {as someone makes every house}, Jesus made everything, and he is God/Divine. So God has considered that Jesus is worthy \add that people honor\add* him more than they honor Moses, just like the one who builds a house deserves that people honor him more than they should honor the house \add he built\add*.  
\v 5 \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w faithfully|strong="G4103"\w* \add served God as he\add* ◄\add helped/cared for\add*► [MET] \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w people|strong="G3588"\w*, \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w servant|strong="G2324"\w* \add faithfully serves his master\add*. \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w testified|strong="G3142"\w* \w about|strong="G5613"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G2980"\w* later.  
\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add faithfully serves God as he\add* ◄\add helps/cares for\add*► \w his|strong="G1909"\w* own \w people|strong="G1510"\w* [MTY, MET], \w just|strong="G5613"\w* \w like|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \add son helps/cares for his own family\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w people|strong="G1510"\w* [MTY] \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w confidently|strong="G3954"\w* \add believe in Christ\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w continue|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w confidently|strong="G3954"\w* wait \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \add what God will do for us\add*.   
\s1 Do not stubbornly rebel against God as their Jewish ancestors did.  
\sr Hebrews 3:7-11  
\p
\v 7 \w The|strong="G3588"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add caused the Psalmist to write these words in the Scriptures to the Israelites\add*:  
\q1 Now, \w when|strong="G1437"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* \add (pl)\add* \w hear|strong="G5456"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w speaking|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w you|strong="G1437"\w* [MTY],  
\v 8 \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* stubbornly ◄\add disobey/refuse to\add* obey \add him\add*► [IDM], \add as your Jewish ancestors stubbornly disobeyed him\add* \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* rebelled \w against|strong="G2596"\w* \add him\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w*.  
\p \add At that time, God said to your ancestors\add*, “\w They|strong="G3588"\w* tried \w to|strong="G2596"\w* determine \w how|strong="G5613"\w* \w many|strong="G1722"\w* \add things that displeased me they could do\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w* \add without me punishing them\add*.  
\v 9 \w Your|strong="G2532"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w* repeatedly \w tested|strong="G3985"\w* \add whether I would be patient with them, even though\add* \w for|strong="G1722"\w* 40 \w years|strong="G2094"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* amazing \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\p
\v 10 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w became|strong="G3588"\w* disgusted \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* saw \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add about them\add*, ‘\w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* constantly disloyal \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w understand|strong="G1097"\w* \w how|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \add wanted them\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* conduct \w their|strong="G2532"\w* lives.’   
\p
\v 11 \w As|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w*, \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* angry \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* solemnly declared, ‘\w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G1473"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \add the land of Canaan\add* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w would|strong="G1722"\w* let \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w rest|strong="G2663"\w* [MTY]!’ ”   
\s1 Beware that you do not stop trusting in Christ.  
\sr Hebrews 3:12-15  
\p
\v 12 \w So|strong="G3379"\w*, \w my|strong="G1722"\w* fellow believers, \w be|strong="G1510"\w* careful \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w none|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w so|strong="G3379"\w* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* stop trusting \add in Christ\add*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w cause|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* reject \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* all-powerful.  
\v 13 Instead, \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w must|strong="G1538"\w* \w encourage|strong="G3870"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \w every|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w while|strong="G2250"\w* \add you still have\add* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* opportunity [IDM], \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w none|strong="G3361"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w may|strong="G2443"\w* stubbornly \add reject God\add* \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \add letting others\add* deceive \w you|strong="G5210"\w* (\w OR|strong="G3361"\w*, \w as|strong="G2596"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* deceive \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w*), \add with the result that\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add (sg)\add* sin [PRS].  
\v 14  \add We must encourage one another\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \add (inc)\add* benefit \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \add all\add* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add has done\add* only \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w firmly|strong="G2722"\w* \w keep|strong="G2722"\w* trusting \add in him\add* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* time \w when|strong="G1096"\w* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \w first|strong="G3588"\w* confidently \add trusted in him\add* \w until|strong="G3360"\w* \add the time when\add* \w we|strong="G1437"\w* die [EUP].  
\v 15  \add We can do this\add* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* paying attention \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \add what the Psalmist wrote in that Scripture passage in which\add* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\q1 \w Now|strong="G1722"\w*, \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w hear|strong="G5456"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w speaking|strong="G3004"\w* \add to you(pl)\add* [MTY], \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* stubbornly disobey \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \add your ancestors stubbornly disobeyed me\add* \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* rebelled \add against me\add*.   
\s1 It was your ancestors, ones for whom God did great things, who rebelled against God.  
\sr Hebrews 3:16-19  
\p
\v 16 ◄\add You must keep trusting in God\add* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G3956"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* remember \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w rebelled|strong="G3893"\w* \w against|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w although|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w him|strong="G3588"\w* speaking \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*./\w Do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3956"\w* remember \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w rebelled|strong="G3893"\w* \w against|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w although|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* heard \add him speaking to them\add*?► [RHQ] \w It|strong="G1063"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w certainly|strong="G1063"\w* experienced [LIT] \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s power. \w It|strong="G1063"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w whom|strong="G5101"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* led miraculously \w out|strong="G1831"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Egypt. [RHQ]  
\v 17 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* ◄\add you must remember\add* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* disgusted \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* 40 \w years|strong="G2094"\w*./\w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \add remember\add* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* disgusted \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* 40\w years|strong="G2094"\w*?► [RHQ] \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* sinned like \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* result \w died|strong="G4098"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w desert|strong="G2048"\w*! [RHQ]  
\v 18 \w And|strong="G1161"\w* ◄\add you must remember\add* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w whom|strong="G5101"\w* \w God|strong="G3361"\w* solemnly declared, “\w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* land \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G5101"\w* \w let|strong="G1161"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w rest|strong="G2663"\w*.”/\w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \add remember\add* \w about|strong="G1519"\w* \w whom|strong="G5101"\w* \add God\add* solemnly declared, “\w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* land \w where|strong="G1519"\w* \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \add would let them\add* \w rest|strong="G2663"\w*”?► [RHQ] \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* Israelites \w who|strong="G5101"\w* disobeyed \w God|strong="G3361"\w*.  
\v 19 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* example \w we|strong="G3754"\w* \add (inc)\add* realize \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* keep trusting \add in God\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w unable|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \add the land where they would rest\add*.   
\c 4  
\s1 The Israelites failed to enter the place where they would rest; we must be careful not to act like them.  
\sr Hebrews 4:1-5  
\p
\v 1  \add The Israelites did not enter the place where they would rest\add*. \w But|strong="G3767"\w* \add God\add* \w has|strong="G5100"\w* still \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G3767"\w* can \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* place \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w resting|strong="G2663"\w* \add in heaven eternally\add*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w we|strong="G3767"\w* \w must|strong="G5399"\w* beware \add of the possibility\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w may|strong="G5100"\w* consider \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G5210"\w* failed \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \add place of\add* \w resting|strong="G2663"\w* \add eternally as the Israelites did not enter the place where they would rest\add*.  
\v 2 \w We|strong="G1063"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \add about Christ\add*, \w just|strong="G2509"\w* \w like|strong="G2509"\w* \add the Israelites\add* heard \add what God promised\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add just like\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w benefit|strong="G5623"\w* \add most of\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* heard \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w believe|strong="G4102"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G2509"\w* \add Joshua and Caleb did, it\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add benefit us eternally if we do not keep believing it\add*.  
\v 3 \w We|strong="G1063"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w believed|strong="G4100"\w* \add in Christ\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* able \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G1096"\w* \w of|strong="G2041"\w* \w resting|strong="G2663"\w* \add eternally. We know there is a place where we will rest eternally\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*,  
\q1 \w Because|strong="G1063"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* angry \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* solemnly declared, “\w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* \w not|strong="G1473"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \add the land where\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w would|strong="G1096"\w* \w let|strong="G1096"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w rest|strong="G2663"\w*.”  
\p \add God said that\add* \w even|strong="G2531"\w* \w though|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* ceased \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w* \add of creating things\add* \w after|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* created \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*.  
\v 4 \w What|strong="G3588"\w* someone wrote \w somewhere|strong="G4225"\w* \add in the Scriptures\add* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w seventh|strong="G1442"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \add after he had spent six days creating the world\add*, supports \w that|strong="G3588"\w*:  
\q1 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w*, \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w seventh|strong="G1442"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w rested|strong="G2664"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w* \add of creating everything\add*.   
\p
\v 5 \w But|strong="G2532"\w* note \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Israelites \add in the\add* passage \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* quoted previously:  
\q1 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \add the land where\add* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w rest|strong="G2663"\w*.   
\s1 The Scriptures support the claim that there is a time when God’s people will rest eternally.  
\sr Hebrews 4:6-10  
\p
\v 6 \w Some|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* experience \w entering|strong="G1525"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add place of resting eternally. But\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add Israelites\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G4386"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* message \w preached|strong="G2097"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* {\w first|strong="G4386"\w* heard \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2097"\w* message} \add about what God promised them\add* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \add that place of resting\add*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w refused|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* believe \add God\add*.  
\v 7  \add But God\add* \w appointed|strong="G3724"\w* \w another|strong="G3825"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \add when we may enter that place of resting\add*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G3326"\w*! \add We know that is true because\add* \w much|strong="G5118"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w* \w than|strong="G3361"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \add the Israelites rebelled against God in the desert\add*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* caused \add King\add* \w David|strong="G1138"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* write \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1437"\w* \w have|strong="G5210"\w* \w already|strong="G5550"\w* quoted,  
\q1 \w Now|strong="G3326"\w*, \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* understand \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \add to you\add*, \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* stubbornly disobey \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 8 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w Joshua|strong="G2424"\w* \w had|strong="G2424"\w* \w led|strong="G2424"\w* \w the|strong="G1063"\w* Israelites \w to|strong="G3756"\w* \w enter|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G1063"\w* place \w of|strong="G4012"\w* resting, \w God|strong="G2980"\w* \w would|strong="G2250"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G3778"\w* \w spoken|strong="G2980"\w* \w later|strong="G3326"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w another|strong="G1438"\w* \add time when we could rest\add* [MET]. \add So we know God was speaking about another time when some people would enter that place of resting eternally\add*.  
\v 9 So, \w just|strong="G3588"\w* like \add God rested on\add* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* seventh \w day|strong="G3588"\w* \add after he finished making everything\add*, there remains \w a|strong="G2316"\w* time \w when|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w rest|strong="G4520"\w* eternally.  
\v 10 Specifically, \w whoever|strong="G3588"\w* \w enters|strong="G1525"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s place \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w resting|strong="G2663"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w ceased|strong="G2664"\w* \w doing|strong="G2041"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add to gain God’s favor\add*, \w just|strong="G5618"\w* \w like|strong="G5618"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w ceased|strong="G2664"\w* \w doing|strong="G2041"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w work|strong="G2041"\w* \add of creating everything\add*.   
\s1 We must be careful not to be insincere about trying to enter the place of eternal rest.  
\sr Hebrews 4:11-13  
\p
\v 11 \w God|strong="G3361"\w* severely punished \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add Israelites because they disbelieved his message\add*. \w So|strong="G2443"\w* \w we|strong="G2443"\w* \w must|strong="G5100"\w* \w strive|strong="G4704"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* experience \w entering|strong="G1525"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add place of\add* \w resting|strong="G2663"\w* \add eternally\add*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G5100"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* severely punish \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G5100"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* believing \add his message\add*.  
\v 12  \add Beware of being insincere about doing this\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add has given us\add* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* powerfully penetrates \w our|strong="G2316"\w* thinking \w more|strong="G5228"\w* \w than|strong="G5228"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w two-edged|strong="G1366"\w* \w sword|strong="G3162"\w* \add penetrates flesh\add* [MET]. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* penetrates \add deeply\add* \w into|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w souls|strong="G5590"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w*, \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \add a sharp sword can penetrate\add* \w into|strong="G2316"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* joints \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w marrow|strong="G3452"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \add is, by his message God\add* [PRS] discerns \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* think \w about|strong="G5228"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* discerns \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* desire \add to do\add* [MTY] (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add His message\add* exposes \add to us\add* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w thoughts|strong="G1761"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* desires).  
\v 13 \w God|strong="G2532"\w* knows \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*. \w Everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* completely \w exposed|strong="G5136"\w* [DOU] \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \add and he is\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* [SYN] \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w say|strong="G3056"\w* \w whether|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* approves \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* done.   
\s1 Let us come boldly to Christ, our Supreme Priest, to receive his gracious help.  
\sr Hebrews 4:14-16  
\p
\v 14 \w We|strong="G2192"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* Supreme Priest \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w ascended|strong="G3588"\w* \w through|strong="G1330"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w heavens|strong="G3772"\w* \add when he returned to God’s presence\add*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, ◄\w God|strong="G2316"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*/\w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*►. \w So|strong="G3767"\w* \w let|strong="G3767"\w* \w us|strong="G1330"\w* firmly profess \add what we believe about him\add*.  
\v 15 \w Our|strong="G3956"\w* Supreme Priest \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w indeed|strong="G1063"\w* [LIT] compassionately deal \w with|strong="G2596"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* tend \w to|strong="G2596"\w* sin \w easily|strong="G3756"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w tempted|strong="G3985"\w* \add to sin\add* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add tempted to sin\add*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w yet|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w did|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* sin.  
\v 16 \w So|strong="G2443"\w*, \w let|strong="G3767"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w come|strong="G4334"\w* \w boldly|strong="G3954"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add Christ\add* [MTY], \w who|strong="G3588"\w* rules [MET] \add from heaven\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G2983"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* deserve, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* experience \add his acting\add* mercifully \add toward us\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* experience \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w helping|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* kind way whenever \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w need|strong="G2121"\w* \add help\add*.   
\c 5  
\s1 As Christ suffered, he learned to be a compassionate Supreme Priest by obeying God.  
\sr Hebrews 5:1-10  
\p
\v 1 \w Every|strong="G3956"\w* \add Jewish\add* Supreme \w Priest|strong="G4374"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* chosen \w by|strong="G1537"\w* \add God\add* {\add God\add* chose \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \add Jewish\add* Supreme \w Priest|strong="G4374"\w*} \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \add ordinary\add* \w men|strong="G3956"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w appointed|strong="G2525"\w* {\add He\add* \w appointed|strong="G2525"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*} \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w before|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w on|strong="G1537"\w* \w behalf|strong="G5228"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*. \add Specifically, God appointed them\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w bring|strong="G2983"\w* \w gifts|strong="G1435"\w* \add to him on behalf of the people\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="G2378"\w* \add animals to him\add* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* sinned.  
\v 2 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* Supreme Priests \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w deal|strong="G3356"\w* \w gently|strong="G3356"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* ignorantly sinned, \w since|strong="G1893"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Supreme Priests themselves tended \w to|strong="G2532"\w* sin easily.  
\v 3 \w As|strong="G2531"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* result, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w offer|strong="G4374"\w* something \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* sins, \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \add they had to offer something to God\add* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \add other\add* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* sinned.  
\v 4 \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \add it is an honor to be a Supreme Priest\add* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w honors|strong="G5092"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \add by appointing himself to become a Supreme Priest\add*. Instead, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* chose \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w man|strong="G5100"\w* \add to become a Supreme Priest\add*, \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* chose Aaron \add to be the first Supreme Priest\add*.  
\v 5 Similarly, \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w honor|strong="G1392"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* appointing \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* Supreme Priest. Instead, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \add appointed him by\add* \w saying|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add him what he never said to any other priest, what the\add* Psalmist wrote \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Scriptures,  
\q1 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1473"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*! \w Today|strong="G4594"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w declared|strong="G2980"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \w Father|strong="G1080"\w*!   
\p
\v 6 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to Christ what the Psalmist wrote\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w Scripture|strong="G3004"\w* passage,  
\q1 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* eternally \w just|strong="G2531"\w* \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w Melchizedek|strong="G3198"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w*.   
\p
\v 7 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* Christ \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w earth|strong="G4561"\w* [MTY], \w he|strong="G2532"\w* prayed [DOU] \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* tearfully \w cried|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* loudly \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \add Specifically\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* asked \add God\add*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w able|strong="G1410"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* help \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G1410"\w* \add fear the sufferings just before\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G2288"\w*. \w As|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w result|strong="G1537"\w*, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* listened \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G1537"\w* Christ reverently submitted \add to what God wanted him to do\add*.  
\v 8 \w Although|strong="G2539"\w* Christ \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \add God’s own Son\add*, \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w learned|strong="G3129"\w* \w to|strong="G1510"\w* \w obey|strong="G5218"\w* \add God\add* \w by|strong="G3739"\w* \w suffering|strong="G3958"\w* \add before he died\add*.  
\v 9 \w By|strong="G2532"\w* \w becoming|strong="G1096"\w* ◄\w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add that\add* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* intended \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w*/\w perfect|strong="G5048"\w*►, \add he has now\add* \w become|strong="G1096"\w* fully qualified \add to be our Supreme Priest. As a result, he is the one who saves\add* eternally \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w obey|strong="G5219"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 10 Furthermore, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w designated|strong="G4316"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w be|strong="G2316"\w* \add our\add* Supreme Priest \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Melchizedek|strong="G3198"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G5259"\w* Supreme Priest.   
\s1 You are not ready for more advanced spiritual truth.  
\sr Hebrews 5:11-14  
\p
\v 11 \w Although|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w much|strong="G4183"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \add to you(pl)\add* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \add how Christ resembles Melchizedek\add*, \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w hard|strong="G4183"\w* \add for me\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w explain|strong="G1421"\w* \add to you\add* \w because|strong="G1893"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* understand \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* slowly.  
\v 12  \add You became Christians long ago. So\add* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w should|strong="G5100"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w teaching|strong="G1321"\w* \add spiritual truths to others\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* still \w need|strong="G5532"\w* \w someone|strong="G5100"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w again|strong="G3825"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* truths \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* revealed. \add I am talking about\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* truths \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \add when they\add* \w first|strong="G3588"\w* \add believe in Christ\add*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w need|strong="G5532"\w* \add those elementary truths\add* like babies \w need|strong="G5532"\w* \w milk|strong="G1051"\w* [MET]. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add ready for advanced teaching, which is like\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w solid|strong="G4731"\w* \w food|strong="G5160"\w* \add which mature people need\add* [MET].  
\v 13 Remember \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add who are still learning these elementary truths\add* [MET] \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* \w become|strong="G1510"\w* familiar \w with|strong="G3056"\w* \add what God\add* \w says|strong="G3056"\w* \w concerning|strong="G3056"\w* becoming/\w being|strong="G1510"\w* righteous. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add just like\add* [MET] babies \add who need\add* \w milk|strong="G1051"\w*!  
\v 14 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add the more advanced spiritual truth\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add spiritually\add* \w mature|strong="G5046"\w*, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G4314"\w* [MET] \w solid|strong="G4731"\w* \w food|strong="G5160"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \add people who are physically\add* \w mature|strong="G5046"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* can tell \w the|strong="G2532"\w* difference \w between|strong="G4314"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w evil|strong="G2556"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w trained|strong="G1128"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1510"\w* \add to keep doing that\add*.   
\c 6  
\s1 If you believers later reject the message about Christ, God will reject you.  
\sr Hebrews 6:1-8  
\p
\v 1 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \add (inc)\add* \w must|strong="G5547"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w keep|strong="G3361"\w* \add discussing\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* elementary principles \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w*. Instead, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G5547"\w* proceed \add to the teaching that will make us spiritually\add* mature [MTY]. \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G5547"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \add be people who always need someone to teach them\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* elementary truths \add about Christ that are like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w foundation|strong="G2310"\w*. \add I am referring to the teaching that people who do sinful\add* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w must|strong="G5547"\w* turn away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* sinful \w behavior|strong="G2041"\w*, \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add those who are spiritually\add* [MET] \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*. \add I am referring to the teaching\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w must|strong="G5547"\w* \w believe|strong="G4102"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 2  \add I am referring to the teaching about what\add* various \add Jewish and Christian\add* rituals \w for|strong="G2532"\w* purifying people \add signify. I am referring to the teaching about how elders enable people to receive spiritual gifts by\add* \w laying|strong="G1936"\w* \w hands|strong="G5495"\w* \add on them\add* [MTY]. \add I am referring to the teaching that God will\add* ◄\add cause\add* \w those|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* died \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*/\w raise|strong="G2532"\w* people \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w*►. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \add I am referring to the teaching that God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* judge \add some people and punish them\add* eternally.  
\v 3  \add Instead of continuing to discuss these elementary truths\add*, \w we|strong="G1437"\w* \add (inc)\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w*) \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \add go on to give people mature teaching\add*, \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w allows|strong="G2010"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 4  \add I will explain why it is important to do that. Some\add* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* time fully \w understood|strong="G3588"\w* \add the message about Christ\add* [MET]. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* experienced \add a relationship with Jesus Christ\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* [EUP/MTY] \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \add to them\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* received \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \add others have\add*.  
\v 5 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* experienced \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w message|strong="G4487"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G2570"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* experienced \add now\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* know how \add God will work\add* powerfully \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w future|strong="G3195"\w*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G2532"\w* people reject \add the message about Christ\add*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* possible \w for|strong="G2532"\w* anyone \w to|strong="G2532"\w* persuade \w them|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* turn away \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* sinful behavior \w again|strong="G2532"\w*!  
\v 6 \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add believers who later renounce the message about Christ do is as though\add* [MET] \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* nailing \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cross \w again|strong="G3825"\w*! \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* causing \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* publicly despise Christ.  
\v 7 Think \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w*: \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w rain|strong="G5205"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* frequently fallen [PRS] \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* plants grow [PRS] \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w useful|strong="G2111"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* prepare \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* blessed. \add Similarly, it is those believers who have received many good things from God and who do good deeds/things that please God, whom God will bless\add* [MET].  
\v 8 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add what will happen to believers who do deeds/things that do not please God will be like what happens to land\add* \w on|strong="G1519"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \add only\add* thorns \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w thistles|strong="G5146"\w* grow [MET]. \add Such land\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* worthless. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* almost \w become|strong="G1161"\w* land \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w curse|strong="G2671"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* eventually \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* burn \add its vegetation\add* [MTY].   
\s1 But God will not overlook all you have done for him.  
\sr Hebrews 6:9-12  
\p
\v 9 \w Although|strong="G1487"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* writing \add to you\add* \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \add warning\add*, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w certain|strong="G2532"\w* \w concerning|strong="G4012"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* love \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add you are doing\add* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. Specifically, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* \w sure|strong="G3982"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add you are doing\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* appropriate \add for those whom God\add* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w saved|strong="G4991"\w*.  
\v 10 \w Since|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* always acts justly [LIT], \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* overlook \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G2041"\w* \add for him. He will also not overlook\add* [MTY] \add your showing that you love\add* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* helped \w your|strong="G2532"\w* fellow believers \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add by the way you still\add* help \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \add Instead, God will reward you for doing good deeds\add*.  
\v 11 \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* much want \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G1680"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* diligently continue \w to|strong="G4314"\w* fully expect \w to|strong="G4314"\w* receive \add what God has provided for you\add*, until \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w finally|strong="G5056"\w* \add receive everything that you have confidently expected to receive\add*.  
\v 12 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* want \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* lazy. \add Instead, I want\add* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* imitate \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w patiently|strong="G3115"\w* \w continued|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* trust \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \add God\add*, \w are|strong="G3588"\w* receiving \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 We are confident that God will bless us as he promised; he made an oath to confirm that he would do that.  
\sr Hebrews 6:13-20  
\p
\v 13 \w When|strong="G2192"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w promised|strong="G1861"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \add do things for\add* Abraham, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* said \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2316"\w* punish \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \add if he did not do that\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w there|strong="G1063"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w greater|strong="G3173"\w* importance \w to|strong="G2596"\w* ask \w to|strong="G2596"\w* punish \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add if he did not do it\add*.  
\v 14 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add to Abraham\add*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w certainly|strong="G2532"\w* \w bless|strong="G2127"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w certainly|strong="G2532"\w* \w increase|strong="G4129"\w* \add the number of\add* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \add descendants\add* [SYN].”  
\v 15 \w As|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* result, \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w Abraham|strong="G2013"\w* \w patiently|strong="G3114"\w* \w waited|strong="G3114"\w* \add for God to do what he promised\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* received \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 16  \add Keep in mind that when people promise something\add*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* ask \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G3173"\w* \w important|strong="G3173"\w* person \w to|strong="G1519"\w* punish \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* promise. \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* ask \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* punish \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add if they do not tell the truth\add*, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* causes \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* disputing \w to|strong="G1519"\w* stop disputing.  
\v 17 \w So|strong="G3739"\w*, \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w wanted|strong="G1014"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* demonstrate \w very|strong="G3588"\w* clearly ◄\w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w*/\w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w*► \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w would|strong="G1014"\w* receive \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w would|strong="G1014"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* change \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G2316"\w* purposed \add to do\add*, \w he|strong="G3739"\w* solemnly guaranteed \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w would|strong="G1014"\w* declare himself guilty if \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G2316"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G1722"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w*.  
\v 18 \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* strongly encourage \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w result|strong="G2443"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \add knowing\add* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add God has done\add* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* cannot change. \add Namely, he promised to bless us, and he solemnly declared that he would declare himself guilty if he did not bless us\add*. \w We|strong="G3739"\w* \add know\add* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G2316"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, cannot \w lie|strong="G5574"\w*. \w We|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w fled|strong="G2703"\w* \add to him\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w might|strong="G2316"\w* continue confidently \w to|strong="G2443"\w* expect \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w receive|strong="G2192"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* promised \w us|strong="G1722"\w*.  
\v 19  \add Our confidently expecting\add* [SYN] \add to receive what he has promised is like\add* \w an|strong="G2192"\w* anchor [MET] \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* firmly [DOU] \add holds us fast. The one we confidently expect to help us\add* [SYN] \add is Jesus, who\add* goes \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \add God’s very presence, just like the Supreme Priests went\add* behind \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w curtain|strong="G2665"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* innermost \add part of the tent in the barren area\add* [MET].  
\v 20 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \add into God’s presence\add* \w ahead|strong="G1519"\w* \w of|strong="G2596"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \add (inc)\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add help\add* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w when|strong="G1096"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* Supreme Priest eternally \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Melchizedek|strong="G3198"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* Supreme Priest.   
\c 7  
\s1 There are ways in which Melchizedek was like God’s Son.  
\sr Hebrews 7:1-3  
\p
\v 1  \add Now I will say more about\add* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \add man\add* \w Melchizedek|strong="G3198"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w Salem|strong="G4532"\w* \add city and was\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* greater \add than anyone else\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w met|strong="G4876"\w* Abraham \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w returning|strong="G5290"\w* \add home\add* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \add he and his men\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* defeated \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add armies of four\add* \w kings|strong="G3588"\w* [SYN]. \w Melchizedek|strong="G3198"\w* \add asked God to\add* \w bless|strong="G2127"\w* Abraham.  
\v 2 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* Abraham \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w tenth|strong="G1181"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add the spoils he\add* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* winning \add the battle. Melchizedek’s name\add* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* firstly ‘king \add who rules\add* \w righteously|strong="G1343"\w*’, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w since|strong="G1161"\w* \w Salem|strong="G4532"\w* \w means|strong="G1510"\w* ‘\w peace|strong="G1515"\w*’, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ‘king \add who rules\add* peacefully’.  
\v 3  \add In the Scriptures there is\add* \w no|strong="G3383"\w* \add record of who his\add* father \add was\add*, \w nor|strong="G3383"\w* \add is there any record of who his\add* mother \add was\add*, \w nor|strong="G3383"\w* \add is there any record of who his\add* ancestors \add were\add*. \w There|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3383"\w* \add record of when he was\add* born, \w nor|strong="G3383"\w* \add is there any record of when he\add* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*. \add For these reasons\add*, \add it is as though\add* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w continues|strong="G3306"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* reason \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*.   
\s1 Melchizedek was greater than Abraham.  
\sr Hebrews 7:4-10  
\p
\v 4 \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w can|strong="G1325"\w* realize \w how|strong="G1161"\w* \w great|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \add man Melchizedek was\add* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w fact|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* Abraham, \add our famous\add* ancestor, \w gave|strong="G1325"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* ◄\w a|strong="G2532"\w* tithe/\w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w tenth|strong="G1181"\w*► \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* spoils \add from the battle\add*.  
\v 5 \w According|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add God gave Moses\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w descendants|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \add Abraham’s great-grandson\add* \w Levi|strong="G3017"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* priests, \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w take|strong="G2983"\w* tithes \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \add God’s\add* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* relatives, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* Abraham’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* \w descendants|strong="G5207"\w*.  
\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \add Melchizedek\add*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w among|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* descendants \add of Levi\add*, \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w tithes|strong="G1183"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* Abraham. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \add asked God to\add* \w bless|strong="G2127"\w* Abraham, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w man|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \add many descendants\add*.  
\v 7 \w We|strong="G1161"\w* know \w for|strong="G1161"\w* certain \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w more|strong="G3956"\w* \add important people\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add ask God to\add* \w bless|strong="G2127"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w less|strong="G1640"\w* important \w people|strong="G3956"\w*. \add And Melchizedek blessed Abraham. So we conclude that Melchizedek was greater than Abraham\add*.  
\v 8 \w In|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w case|strong="G5602"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add the priests who are descendants of Levi\add*, men \w who|strong="G3748"\w* \w some|strong="G3303"\w* day \w will|strong="G2532"\w* die \w receive|strong="G2983"\w* \w tithes|strong="G1181"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w case|strong="G5602"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add Melchizedek it is as if God\add* \w testifies|strong="G3140"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* still \w living|strong="G2198"\w*, \add since there is no record in Scriptures about his death\add*.  
\v 9 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w though|strong="G5613"\w* \w Levi|strong="G3018"\w* himself, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add all the priests descended from him\add*—\w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w tithes|strong="G1181"\w* \add from the people\add*—\w paid|strong="G1183"\w* \w tithes|strong="G1181"\w* \add to Melchizedek\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G5613"\w* Abraham \w paid|strong="G1183"\w* \w tithes|strong="G1181"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \add was as though Levi and all the priests descended from him acknowledged that the work Melchizedek did as a priest was greater than the work Levi did\add*,  
\v 10 \w since|strong="G1063"\w* \add the sperm from which all those priests were eventually born\add* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* Abraham’s body [EUP] \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w Melchizedek|strong="G3198"\w* \w met|strong="G4876"\w* Abraham.   
\s1 The former Jewish priests were not adequate, so a new one like Melchizedek had to come.  
\sr Hebrews 7:11-19  
\p
\v 11  \add God\add* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* laws \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w at|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G1909"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* regulations \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w*. \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* descended \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Levi \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* provided \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* completely \add forgive\add* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \add for disobeying those laws\add*, \w certainly|strong="G1909"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w other|strong="G2087"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w Melchizedek|strong="G3198"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* \w necessary|strong="G5532"\w*. [RHQ] Instead, \w priests|strong="G2409"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* descended \w from|strong="G2532"\w* Aaron, \add Levi’s descendant, would have been adequate\add*.  
\v 12  \add But we know they were not adequate, because a new type of priest like Melchizedek has come\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w since|strong="G1537"\w* \add God\add* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* appointed \w a|strong="G1096"\w* new type \w of|strong="G1537"\w* priest, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w change|strong="G3331"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* regulations \add concerning how priests were appointed\add* {\add he appointed priests\add*}.  
\v 13  \add Jesus\add*, \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w am|strong="G3588"\w* \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w*, \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1909"\w* descendant \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w someone|strong="G3739"\w* \w else|strong="G2087"\w*, \add not a descendant of Levi\add*. \w None|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w men|strong="G3778"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G3004"\w* descended \w ever|strong="G3762"\w* served \w as|strong="G3739"\w* priests [MTY].  
\v 14  \add We know that\add* \w since|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w obvious|strong="G4271"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \add the tribe of\add* \w Judah|strong="G2455"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w our|strong="G2962"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* descended. \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w never|strong="G3762"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w any|strong="G3762"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w Judah|strong="G2455"\w*’\w s|strong="G2962"\w* descendants \w would|strong="G3762"\w* \add become\add* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w*.  
\v 15 \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \add we know that the priests who were descended from Levi were inadequate, since\add* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G2089"\w* obvious \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w another|strong="G2087"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \w has|strong="G1510"\w* appeared \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w Melchizedek|strong="G3198"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Jesus|strong="G3756"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* priest, \w but|strong="G3551"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w because|strong="G2596"\w* \add he fulfilled\add* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \add God’s\add* \w law|strong="G3551"\w* required \add about being a descendant of Levi\add*. Instead, \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G2596"\w* kind \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w power|strong="G1411"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add came from a\add* \w life|strong="G2222"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w* can destroy (\w OR|strong="G3739"\w*, \add enabled him to\add* live \add again after he was\add* killed).  
\v 17  \add We know this\add* \w since|strong="G3754"\w* \add God\add* confirmed \w it|strong="G3754"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \add the Scripture passage in which he said to his Son\add*,  
\q1 \w You|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* eternally \w just|strong="G2596"\w* \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w Melchizedek|strong="G3198"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w*.   
\p
\v 18 \w On|strong="G4254"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w hand|strong="G3303"\w*, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* canceled \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w commanded|strong="G1785"\w* \w previously|strong="G4254"\w* \add concerning the priests\add* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* failed \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w every|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G1223"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* enable anyone \add to become all that God intended\add*.  
\v 19 Remember \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* able \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w become|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* intended \add by obeying\add* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add that God gave Moses\add*. \w On|strong="G1161"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w hand|strong="G1448"\w*, \add God caused that we could\add* confidently expect \w better|strong="G2909"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add than we could expect by obeying God’s laws\add*. \add He did that by his establishing Christ as priest\add*. \w Now|strong="G1161"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w means|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \add Christ sacrificing himself for us\add* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w can|strong="G1063"\w* \w come|strong="G1448"\w* \w near|strong="G1448"\w* \w to|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus lives eternally as a Supreme Priest to plead with God for us.  
\sr Hebrews 7:20-25  
\p
\v 20 \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, \add when God appointed Christ, it was when God\add* solemnly declared \add that Christ would be a priest\add* [LIT]. \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \add God appointed former\add* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* solemnly declaring \add that they would be priests\add*.  
\v 21 \w However|strong="G1161"\w*, \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add appointed Christ to be a priest\add*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w these|strong="G3326"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add the Psalmist wrote in Scripture\add*:  
\q1 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* solemnly declared \add to the Messiah\add*,  
\q1 —\w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w change|strong="G3338"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w mind|strong="G2532"\w*—  
\q1 “\w You|strong="G4771"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*!”   
\p
\v 22 \w Because|strong="G2596"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w*, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* guarantees \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \add the new\add* \w covenant|strong="G1242"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* \add than the old one\add*.   
\p
\v 23 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* formerly, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w* \w could|strong="G1096"\w* \w not|strong="G1510"\w* keep serving \add as priests\add*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G2288"\w* [PRS]. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w* \add to take the place of the ones who died\add*.  
\v 24 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \add Jesus\add* \w lives|strong="G3306"\w* eternally, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G2192"\w* \w continue|strong="G3306"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* Supreme Priest \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 25 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w completely|strong="G3838"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* eternally \w save|strong="G4982"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w come|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \add trusting in what Jesus has done for them\add*, \w since|strong="G1223"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w lives|strong="G2198"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* plead \add with God\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* help \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 Jesus is the kind of Supreme Priest we need, because he was sinless.  
\sr Hebrews 7:26-28  
\p
\v 26 \w Jesus|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w kind|strong="G5108"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Supreme Priest \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* need. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w holy|strong="G3741"\w*; \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* wrong; \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* completely innocent. \add God\add* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w taken|strong="G1096"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* highest \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w separated|strong="G5563"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \add living among\add* sinners.  
\v 27  \add The other\add* Supreme Priests \w need|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="G2378"\w* \add animals\add* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \add as well as year by year\add*. \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w*, firstly, \add to atone\add* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* sins, \w and|strong="G2250"\w* \w then|strong="G1899"\w* \add to atone for other\add* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \add who have sinned\add*. \add But because Jesus never sinned\add*, \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w does|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w need|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* atone \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* sin. \w The|strong="G2596"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* \w thing|strong="G3778"\w* \add he needed to do to save people\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="G2378"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \w once|strong="G2178"\w*!  
\v 28  \add We need a Supreme Priest like\add* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add that God gave Moses\add* [PRS] \w the|strong="G1519"\w* ones \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G3056"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w appointed|strong="G2525"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* priests \w would|strong="G3056"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w men|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* tended \add to sin easily\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add God\add* solemnly \add declared\add* [PRS] \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \add he had given\add* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add to Moses\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add he would appoint\add* ◄\w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*/\w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G1519"\w*► \add to be a Supreme Priest. Now\add* ◄\add his Son/the man who is also God\add*► \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w* \w become|strong="G2192"\w* \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G1519"\w* intends \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w*.   
\c 8  
\s1 The rituals that were performed by the Jewish high priests were only a model of what Jesus our high priest does in heaven.  
\sr Hebrews 8:1-6  
\p
\v 1 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w main|strong="G2774"\w* \w point|strong="G1909"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* \add all\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add I\add* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w written|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* Supreme Priest \w like|strong="G5108"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* rule [MTY] \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G3004"\w* [EUP] \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G1909"\w* greatest honor \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*.  
\v 2 \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w ministers|strong="G3011"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Most Holy \w Place|strong="G3739"\w*, \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w*, \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G3739"\w* \add of worship in heaven\add*. \w That|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add Moses’\add* \w tent|strong="G4633"\w* \add represented\add*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w set|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \w place|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* worship. \w No|strong="G3756"\w* human \add set it up\add*.   
\p
\v 3 \w Every|strong="G3956"\w* Supreme \w Priest|strong="G4374"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w appointed|strong="G2525"\w* {\add God\add* \w appointed|strong="G2525"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* Supreme \w Priest|strong="G4374"\w*} \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w offer|strong="G4374"\w* \add to God\add* \w gifts|strong="G1435"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \add for people who sinned\add*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \w since|strong="G1063"\w* \add Christ became a Supreme Priest\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w offer|strong="G4374"\w* \w something|strong="G5100"\w*.  
\v 4 \w Since|strong="G2596"\w* \w there|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* already \add Jewish\add* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w offer|strong="G4374"\w* \w gifts|strong="G1435"\w* \w as|strong="G2596"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add require\add*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* Christ \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \add now living\add* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* Supreme \w Priest|strong="G2409"\w*.  
\v 5 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jewish\add* priests \w perform|strong="G4160"\w* rituals \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w model|strong="G5179"\w* [DOU] \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \add what Christ would do in heaven\add* [MTY]. \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* told \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G3195"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w set|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w tent|strong="G4633"\w* \add for worshipping him supports the idea that those rituals were only a model. God said\add*, “\w Be|strong="G2532"\w* sure \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w make|strong="G4160"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w model|strong="G5179"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w showed|strong="G1166"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \add Sinai\add* \w Mountain|strong="G3735"\w*!”  
\v 6 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w as|strong="G3745"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \add Christ\add* ministers \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G3745"\w* \w excellent|strong="G1313"\w* way \add than the Jewish priests do\add*. \w Likewise|strong="G2532"\w*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add new\add* \w covenant|strong="G1242"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w established|strong="G3549"\w* \add between God and people\add* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* \add than the old one. When the new covenant was established\add* {\add God established the new covenant\add*}, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w us|strong="G1909"\w* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* \w things|strong="G3745"\w* \add than the laws that God gave Moses did\add*.   
\s1 The first covenant was not adequate, so God needed a new one.  
\sr Hebrews 8:7-13  
\p
\v 7 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* covenant \w had|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* perfectly adequate [LIT], \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* thought \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* needed \w another|strong="G3588"\w* \add covenant/agreement to replace it\add*. \w But|strong="G1487"\w* \add it was not adequate, so he needed a new one\add*.  
\v 8 \w Because|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* declared \add that the Israelites\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* guilty \add of not obeying the first covenant, he wanted a new covenant. This is what\add* ◄\add a prophet/Jeremiah\add*► \add wrote about that\add*:  
\q1 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Listen|strong="G2400"\w*! \w There|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* soon \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w*  
\q1 \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \w covenant|strong="G1242"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* [MTY] \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Israel|strong="G2474"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* [MTY] \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w Judah|strong="G2455"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9 \w That|strong="G3754"\w* \w covenant|strong="G1242"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w covenant|strong="G1242"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w made|strong="G4160"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w ancestors|strong="G3962"\w*  
\q1 \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w led|strong="G1806"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w out|strong="G1537"\w* \w of|strong="G1537"\w* Egypt [MET] \add like a father leads a child\add* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w hand|strong="G5495"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w continue|strong="G1696"\w* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* \add obey\add* \w my|strong="G1722"\w* \w covenant|strong="G1242"\w*,  
\q1 \w so|strong="G2504"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* rejected \w them|strong="G3588"\w*,” \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10 “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w covenant|strong="G1242"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w make|strong="G1303"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Israelites [MTY],  
\q1 \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \add the first covenant has ended\add* [MTY],” \w says|strong="G3004"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*:  
\q1 “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* enable \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* understand \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* [MTY],  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* enable \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w obey|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w truly|strong="G1909"\w* know \w them|strong="G3588"\w*) [MTY] sincerely.  
\q1 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* [DOU].   
\q1
\v 11  \add As a result\add*, \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G1538"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add need to\add* \w teach|strong="G1321"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w fellow|strong="G4177"\w* \w citizen|strong="G4177"\w*  
\q1 \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w fellow|strong="G4177"\w* kinsmen, ‘\add You need to\add* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w*,’  
\q1 \w because|strong="G3754"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \add my people\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*:  
\q1 \add My people\add* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* status \add will know me\add*.   
\q1
\v 12 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* mercifully \add forgive them for\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w wicked|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G3361"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w longer|strong="G2089"\w* \add consider\add* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add they are guilty for\add* [DOU] \add their\add* sins.”   
\p
\v 13 \w Since|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \add covenant\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* considered \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \add covenant\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* longer \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w use|strong="G3588"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w soon|strong="G1722"\w* disappear, \w just|strong="G2532"\w* like \add anything that\add* gets \w old|strong="G3822"\w* \add will disappear\add* [MET, DOU].   
\c 9  
\s1 A description of the man-made sanctuary that accompanied the first covenant.  
\sr Hebrews 9:1-5  
\p
\v 1  \add To continue\add*: \w In|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \add covenant, God\add* regulated how \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add should perform\add* rituals, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add he told them to make\add* [MTY] \w a|strong="G2192"\w* sanctuary.  
\v 2  \add That sanctuary\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w tent|strong="G4633"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add the Israelites\add* \w set|strong="G2532"\w* \w up|strong="G1722"\w*. \w In|strong="G1722"\w* its \w outer|strong="G4413"\w* room \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w lampstand|strong="G3087"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w table|strong="G5132"\w* \add on which they put\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* bread \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add the priests\add* presented \add to God. That room\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* ‘\w the|strong="G1722"\w* holy \w place|strong="G1722"\w*’.  
\v 3 \w Behind|strong="G3326"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w curtain|strong="G2665"\w* inside \add the holy place\add* \w there|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \add another\add* room. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w called|strong="G3004"\w* ‘\w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* holy place’.  
\v 4 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w an|strong="G2192"\w* \w altar|strong="G2369"\w*, \add made from\add* \w gold|strong="G5553"\w*, \add for burning\add* \w incense|strong="G2369"\w*. \add It also had the chest which they called\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* chest \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w covenant|strong="G1242"\w*. \w All|strong="G2532"\w* its \w sides|strong="G3840"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w covered|strong="G4028"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w gold|strong="G5553"\w*. \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w golden|strong="G5552"\w* \w pot|strong="G4713"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* contained \add pieces of the food they called\add* \w manna|strong="G3131"\w*. \add That was the food with which God miraculously fed the people before they entered the promised land\add*. \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* chest \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* Aaron’\w s|strong="G2192"\w* walking stick \w that|strong="G3739"\w* budded \add to prove that he was God’s true priest\add*. \w In|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* chest \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* stone \w tablets|strong="G4109"\w* \add on which God had written\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Ten|strong="G2192"\w* Commandments.  
\v 5 \w On|strong="G2596"\w* top \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \add the chest\add* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \add figures of\add* winged creatures \add that symbolized God’s\add* \w glory|strong="G1391"\w*. \w Their|strong="G2596"\w* \add wings\add* overshadowed \w the|strong="G1161"\w* chest’s lid \w where|strong="G3739"\w* \add the high priest sprinkled the blood\add* ◄\w to|strong="G2596"\w* \add atone for/to forgive\add*► \add those who had sinned. I\add* \w do|strong="G3004"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add need\add* \w to|strong="G2596"\w* write \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w these|strong="G3739"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w detail|strong="G3313"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w*.   
\s1 Offerings that were made under the first covenant were not able to remove a sense of guilt for sin.  
\sr Hebrews 9:6-10  
\p
\v 6 \w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w prepared|strong="G2680"\w* {\w After|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w had|strong="G3588"\w* \w prepared|strong="G2680"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*} \add in the two rooms of the tent\add*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w priests|strong="G2409"\w* habitually \w went|strong="G1524"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w outer|strong="G4413"\w* \add room of the\add* \w tent|strong="G4633"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w perform|strong="G2005"\w* \w their|strong="G3956"\w* rituals.  
\v 7 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* inner room, \w only|strong="G3441"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Supreme \w Priest|strong="G4374"\w* \add went\add*, \w once|strong="G3739"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w year|strong="G1763"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* always \w took|strong="G2532"\w* [LIT] \w the|strong="G2532"\w* blood \add of animals that they had slaughtered\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add to God\add* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w* \add sins\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* sins \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* committed. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* included sins \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* realize \add were sinful\add*.  
\v 8 \w By|strong="G4151"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* indicated \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add just like God\add* \w did|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G5319"\w* \w reveal|strong="G5319"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w way|strong="G3598"\w* \add for ordinary people\add* \w to|strong="G3778"\w* enter into \w the|strong="G3588"\w* inner room \w while|strong="G3778"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w outer|strong="G4413"\w* room \w still|strong="G2089"\w* existed [MET], \add similarly he did not reveal the way for ordinary people to enter the presence of God while the Jewish system of offering sacrifices was in effect\add*.  
\v 9  \add The things that the priests did inside the outer room\add* [MTY] symbolized \add what was true\add* \w during|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2540"\w* \add when the first covenant was in effect\add*. \w According|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add the first covenant\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add In that outer room\add*), \add priests\add* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* \w gifts|strong="G1435"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add by offering them\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G4374"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w brought|strong="G4374"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w unable|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w make|strong="G5048"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1519"\w* feel \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w longer|strong="G3361"\w* guilty \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w having|strong="G2532"\w* sinned.  
\v 10  \add They brought those gifts and made those sacrifices\add* \w according|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add regulations concerning\add* things \w to|strong="G2532"\w* eat \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w drink|strong="G4188"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add according to rules that required people to\add* \w wash|strong="G2532"\w* \w various|strong="G1313"\w* things. \add God\add* declared \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G2532"\w* \w regulations|strong="G1345"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* bodies \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* effect \w until|strong="G3360"\w* \add he put into effect the new covenant\add*; \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* better system.   
\s1 Christ redeemed us by offering his own blood as a sacrifice.  
\sr Hebrews 9:11-14  
\p
\v 11 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w came|strong="G1096"\w* \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* Supreme Priest, \add he brought\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G1223"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* available. \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w appeared|strong="G1096"\w*, \add he went into God’s presence in heaven. That is like a\add* [MET] \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w perfect|strong="G5046"\w* \w tent|strong="G4633"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* humans {\w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w human|strong="G5499"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w*} [SYN]; \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w part|strong="G2532"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* world \add God\add* \w created|strong="G2937"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* better \add than the tent Moses set up here on earth\add*.  
\v 12  \add When a Supreme Priest goes into the inner room in the tent each year, he takes\add* \w goats|strong="G5131"\w*’ blood \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w calves|strong="G3448"\w*’ blood \add to offer as a sacrifice\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* Christ \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \add do that. It was as though\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* holy place \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w once|strong="G2178"\w*, taking \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* blood \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w By|strong="G1223"\w* doing \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* eternally \w redeemed|strong="G3085"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 13 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* priests sprinkle \w on|strong="G4314"\w* \w people|strong="G4561"\w* \w goats|strong="G5131"\w*’ blood \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w bulls|strong="G5022"\w*’ blood \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add the water that has been filtered through\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ashes|strong="G4700"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \add red\add* \w heifer|strong="G1151"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \add completely burned. By performing that ritual, they can ritually\add* \w cleanse|strong="G4472"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* bodies \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add ceremonially\add* \w unclean|strong="G2840"\w*. \w Furthermore|strong="G2532"\w*, performing \w those|strong="G3588"\w* rituals enabled \w people|strong="G4561"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* fellowship \w with|strong="G4314"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 14  \add So, because we know what\add* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add accomplished when\add* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* blood flowed \add when he died for us\add* [PRS, MTY], \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* certain \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* guilty \add of having\add* \w done|strong="G2041"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add that those who are spiritually\add* \w dead|strong="G3498"\w* \w do|strong="G1223"\w*. \add As a result\add*, \w we|strong="G3739"\w* can \w serve|strong="G3000"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* all-powerful. \add The priests always offer to God animals\add* \w with|strong="G1223"\w* \w no|strong="G3739"\w* defects. Similarly, \w when|strong="G3739"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* \add as a sacrifice\add* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* sinless [MET]. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* \w did|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \add God’s\add* eternal \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \add helping him\add*.   
\s1 Christ has put the new covenant into effect with his own blood.  
\sr Hebrews 9:15-22  
\p
\v 15  \add By\add* dying \add for us\add*, \add Christ\add* ◄\add redeemed/\add*\w set|strong="G1096"\w* free \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* penalty \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* sins► \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* disobeyed \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add conditions of\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add during the time of\add*) \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \w covenant|strong="G1242"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \add because\add* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* \add one could be made perfect by obeying the old covenant\add*, \w now|strong="G2532"\w* Christ establishes \add between God and people\add* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w new|strong="G2537"\w* \w covenant|strong="G1242"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w order|strong="G3704"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* chosen \w may|strong="G2532"\w* eternally \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \add the blessings that God\add* \w has|strong="G1096"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 16 \w A|strong="G1063"\w* \w covenant|strong="G1242"\w* \add is like a will. In the case of a will\add*, \add in order to put its provisions into effect\add*, someone \w must|strong="G3588"\w* prove \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G1303"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w has|strong="G2288"\w* \w died|strong="G2288"\w*.  
\v 17 \w A|strong="G1909"\w* \w will|strong="G3498"\w* goes \w into|strong="G1909"\w* effect \add only when the one who makes the will\add* \w has|strong="G2480"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*. \w It|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3379"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* effect \w when|strong="G3753"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w made|strong="G1303"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* still \w alive|strong="G2198"\w*.  
\v 18 \w And|strong="G4413"\w* \w so|strong="G3606"\w* \add God\add* put \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* covenant into effect only [LIT] \w by|strong="G3588"\w* means \w of|strong="G3588"\w* \add animals’\add* blood \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* shed \add when they were slaughtered\add*.  
\v 19 \w After|strong="G3326"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w declared|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Israelites \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w commanded|strong="G1785"\w* \w in|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add that God gave him\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w took|strong="G2983"\w* \w calves|strong="G3448"\w*’ \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w goats|strong="G5131"\w*’ blood \add mixed\add* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w water|strong="G5204"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \add dipped into it\add* \w scarlet|strong="G2847"\w* \w wool|strong="G2053"\w* \add that he tied around\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* sprig \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \w hyssop|strong="G5301"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sprinkled|strong="G4472"\w* \add with some of the blood\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* scroll itself containing \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*. \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sprinkled|strong="G4472"\w* \add more of that blood on all the\add* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*,  
\v 20 \w saying|strong="G3004"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, “\w This|strong="G3778"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* blood \add which brings into effect\add* \w the|strong="G4314"\w* \w covenant|strong="G1242"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w commanded|strong="G1781"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \add obey\add*.”  
\v 21 \w Likewise|strong="G3668"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sprinkled|strong="G4472"\w* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* blood \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w tent|strong="G4633"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w object|strong="G4632"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* used \w in|strong="G2532"\w* performing rituals.  
\v 22 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \add sprinkling\add* blood \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \add ritually\add* \w cleansed|strong="G2511"\w* \w almost|strong="G4975"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add was stated in\add* \w God|strong="G2532"\w*’s \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*. \w If|strong="G2532"\w* blood \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* shed \add when people offer a sacrifice, God\add* \w cannot|strong="G3756"\w* forgive \add the person who is making the sacrifice\add*.   
\s1 The Jewish priests kept offering the blood of animal sacrifices every year, but Christ sacrificed himself once to take away our guilt.  
\sr Hebrews 9:23-28  
\p
\v 23 \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \w by|strong="G1722"\w* rituals like \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w necessary|strong="G3767"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \add the priests\add* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w cleanse|strong="G2511"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* symbolized \w what|strong="G3588"\w* Christ does [MTY] \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \add consecrate\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \add people who will enter\add* [MTY] \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \add by means of\add* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \w than|strong="G3844"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 24 \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w did|strong="G1525"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w enter|strong="G1525"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* sanctuary \w that|strong="G3588"\w* humans \w made|strong="G5499"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* represented \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* \add sanctuary\add*. Instead, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* itself, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w now|strong="G3568"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w presence|strong="G4383"\w* \add to plead with\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 25 \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \add Jewish\add* Supreme \w Priest|strong="G4374"\w* \w enters|strong="G1525"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* holy \w place|strong="G1722"\w* once \w every|strong="G2596"\w* \w year|strong="G1763"\w*, taking blood \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w his|strong="G1438"\w* \w own|strong="G1438"\w*, \add to offer it as a sacrifice\add*. \w But|strong="G3588"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* Christ \w entered|strong="G1525"\w* heaven, \w it|strong="G2443"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3761"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w offer|strong="G4374"\w* \w himself|strong="G1438"\w* repeatedly \w like|strong="G5618"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w*.  
\v 26  \add If that were so\add*, \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w would|strong="G2889"\w* \w have|strong="G1163"\w* \w needed|strong="G1163"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w suffer|strong="G3958"\w* \add and shed his blood\add* repeatedly \w since|strong="G1893"\w* \add the time when God\add* created \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* final \w age|strong="G2889"\w*, \add Christ\add* \w has|strong="G2889"\w* \w appeared|strong="G5319"\w* once \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* sacrificing \w himself|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w cause|strong="G1223"\w* \add that people\add* \w no|strong="G3588"\w* \w longer|strong="G1909"\w* \w will|strong="G2889"\w* \w be|strong="G1163"\w* \add punished for their\add* sins.  
\v 27 \w All|strong="G3745"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* die once, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* judge \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add for their sins\add*.  
\v 28 \w Likewise|strong="G2532"\w*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add died\add*, \add God\add* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* once \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* sacrifice, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* punish \w him|strong="G3588"\w* instead \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* \add people who had\add* sinned. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \add to earth\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \w time|strong="G1208"\w*, \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \add in order to sacrifice himself again for those who\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* sinned, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \add complete\add* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w saving|strong="G4991"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* expectantly wait \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\c 10  
\s1 The blood of animals can never take away the guilt for sins.  
\sr Hebrews 10:1-4  
\p
\v 1 \w Just|strong="G2596"\w* \w like|strong="G2596"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w shadow|strong="G4639"\w* vaguely represents \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w thing|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w shadow|strong="G4639"\w* \w of|strong="G3551"\w*, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G1519"\w* \add gave Moses\add* \w only|strong="G3756"\w* poorly represent [MET] \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w come|strong="G3195"\w* \w later|strong="G3195"\w*. \w Those|strong="G3588"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w all|strong="G2596"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w good|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w themselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G1519"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* promised. \w So|strong="G1519"\w*, \w by|strong="G2596"\w* \w offering|strong="G4374"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w same|strong="G3739"\w* kinds \w of|strong="G3551"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \w every|strong="G2596"\w* \w year|strong="G1763"\w*, \w people|strong="G4374"\w* [PRS] \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w approach|strong="G4334"\w* \w God|strong="G1519"\w* \w can|strong="G1410"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w become|strong="G2192"\w* ◄\w perfect|strong="G5048"\w*/\w all|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G1519"\w* intends \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w*►.  
\v 2 If \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* removed \w the|strong="G1223"\w* guilt \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w having|strong="G2192"\w* sinned \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w brought|strong="G4374"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* sacrifices, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G1893"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* feel \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* guilty. \w So|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G1893"\w* \w certainly|strong="G2192"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w stopped|strong="G3973"\w* \w offering|strong="G4374"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* sacrifices! [RHQ]  
\v 3 But rather, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* fact \w that|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G1722"\w* offer \w those|strong="G1722"\w* sacrifices \w each|strong="G2596"\w* \w year|strong="G1763"\w* reminds \w them|strong="G1722"\w* \w that|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G1722"\w* \w are|strong="G1722"\w* still guilty \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w their|strong="G2596"\w* sins.  
\v 4 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* principle \w is|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G2532"\w* blood \w of|strong="G2532"\w* animals \w such|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w bulls|strong="G5022"\w* \w or|strong="G2532"\w* \w goats|strong="G5131"\w* \w can|strong="G1063"\w* never remove \w the|strong="G2532"\w* guilt \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* sinned.   
\s1 Christ set us apart for God by offering his own body once as a sacrifice.  
\sr Hebrews 10:5-10  
\p
\v 5 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \add Christ\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w coming|strong="G1525"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w world|strong="G2889"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G3004"\w* \add to his Father about offering himself as a sacrifice for people’s sin. The Psalmist wrote this that Christ said\add*:  
\q1 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w offerings|strong="G4376"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \add (sg)\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w*,  
\q1 \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3004"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w prepared|strong="G2675"\w* \w for|strong="G1519"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w body|strong="G4983"\w* \add to serve you\add*.   
\q1
\v 6 Animals \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* completely burned \w up|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* sacrifices \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w pleased|strong="G2106"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \add other sacrifices that atone\add* \w for|strong="G4012"\w* \w those|strong="G4012"\w* \w who|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* sinned \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w pleased|strong="G2106"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w* \add because of this\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w My|strong="G3708"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, ◄\w listen|strong="G2400"\w*!/\w here|strong="G2400"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w*!►  
\q1 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w come|strong="G2240"\w* \add here\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* order \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w want|strong="G2307"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add to do\add*,  
\q1 \add just like\add* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w been|strong="G4160"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w* {\w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w written|strong="G1125"\w*} \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* Scriptures.”   
\p
\v 8 First, \add Christ\add* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3748"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w offerings|strong="G3646"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* animals \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add the priests\add* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* completely burned \w up|strong="G4374"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w other|strong="G4012"\w* \add offerings to atone for\add* \w those|strong="G4012"\w* \w who|strong="G3748"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* sinned \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* really \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w pleased|strong="G2106"\w* \w you|strong="G3754"\w*.” \add Christ said that even though\add* \w those|strong="G4012"\w* \w things|strong="G3748"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* {\w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G4012"\w* \w things|strong="G3748"\w*} \w according|strong="G2596"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add God gave Moses\add*!  
\v 9 \w Then|strong="G5119"\w*, \add concerning his offering himself as a sacrifice to atone for people’s sin\add*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w Listen|strong="G2400"\w*! \w I|strong="G2443"\w* \w have|strong="G4160"\w* \w come|strong="G2240"\w* \add here\add* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* \w want|strong="G2307"\w* \w me|strong="G3004"\w* \add to do\add*!” \w In|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* way Christ got rid \w of|strong="G2307"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w first|strong="G4413"\w* \add way of atoning for sin\add*, \w in|strong="G3004"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w establish|strong="G2476"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w second|strong="G1208"\w* \add way of atoning for\add* sin.  
\v 10 \w Because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add doing what God\add* wanted \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* \w do|strong="G1510"\w*, \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* \w been|strong="G1510"\w* dedicated \w to|strong="G1722"\w* {\add he\add* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* set \w us|strong="G1722"\w* apart \w for|strong="G1223"\w*} \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w offering|strong="G4376"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* own \w body|strong="G4983"\w* only \w once|strong="G2178"\w* \add as a sacrifice, a sacrifice that will not need to be repeated\add*.   
\s1 Scripture supports the claim that Christ made one sacrifice that will be adequate forever.  
\sr Hebrews 10:11-18  
\p
\v 11 \w As|strong="G2596"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \add Jewish\add* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \w stands|strong="G2476"\w* \w daily|strong="G2250"\w* \add in front of the altar\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* performs rituals \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w offers|strong="G4374"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w kind|strong="G3956"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w could|strong="G1410"\w* \w never|strong="G3763"\w* remove \add the guilt from anyone who\add* sinned [MTY].  
\v 12 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add Christ\add* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="G2378"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add will be adequate\add* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w only|strong="G1520"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w time|strong="G1336"\w*! \w Then|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w sat|strong="G2523"\w* \w down|strong="G2523"\w* \add to rule\add* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* highest honor [MTY].  
\v 13 \w From|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G3063"\w* \w on|strong="G3588"\w*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w waiting|strong="G1551"\w* \w for|strong="G1551"\w* \add God\add* \w to|strong="G2193"\w* \w completely|strong="G2193"\w* subdue \add all\add* Christ’s \w enemies|strong="G2190"\w* [MTY].  
\v 14 \w By|strong="G1519"\w* \w offering|strong="G4376"\w* \w himself|strong="G1519"\w* once, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G1519"\w* provided \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w has|strong="G1519"\w* set apart will \w be|strong="G1519"\w* eternally \w made|strong="G5048"\w* ◄\w perfect|strong="G5048"\w*/\w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G1519"\w* intends \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w*►.  
\v 15 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Holy|strong="G4151"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* confirms \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G3004"\w* \add that this is true\add*. \w First|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G3588"\w* \w says|strong="G3004"\w*:   
\q1
\v 16 \w When|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* [MTY] \add when the first covenant that God made\add* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w has|strong="G2962"\w* ended,  
\q1 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G1303"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* new \w covenant|strong="G1242"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* [MTY].  
\q1 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G4314"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*:  
\q1 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w cause|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* understand \w my|strong="G1325"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w*  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w cause|strong="G1325"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w obey|strong="G3326"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, enable \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* know \w them|strong="G3588"\w* sincerely).   
\p
\v 17 \w Then|strong="G2532"\w* \add the Lord said\add*:  
\q1 \add I will forgive them for\add* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* [DOU] sins,  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \add consider\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w longer|strong="G2089"\w* \add guilty for\add* \w having|strong="G2532"\w* sinned.   
\p
\v 18 \w When|strong="G1161"\w* \add God\add* \w has|strong="G3778"\w* forgiven someone’s sins, \w that|strong="G3778"\w* \w person|strong="G3778"\w* does \w not|strong="G3765"\w* \add need to make\add* \w any|strong="G3765"\w* \w more|strong="G3765"\w* \w offerings|strong="G4376"\w* \add to atone for his sin\add*!   
\s1 Let us come to God and let him make us pure and help us to keep believing his truth and do things that please him.  
\sr Hebrews 10:19-25  
\p
\v 19 \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \w my|strong="G1722"\w* fellow believers, \w because|strong="G1722"\w* \w we|strong="G2192"\w* \add trust in what Jesus accomplished when\add* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* own blood \add flowed for us\add*, \w we|strong="G2192"\w* can \w confidently|strong="G3954"\w* \w go|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \add God’s very presence\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \add symbolized\add* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w very|strong="G3588"\w* holy \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \add in the tent\add* [MTY].  
\v 20 \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w* enabled \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w go|strong="G3739"\w* \w into|strong="G1223"\w* \add God’s presence\add* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w making|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w new|strong="G4372"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* effective \w way|strong="G3598"\w*. \add Specifically\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add offered\add* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w body|strong="G4561"\w* \add as a sacrifice\add* \w for|strong="G1223"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add in order that nothing would stop us\add* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* entering \add God’s presence, just like\add* [MET] \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w curtain|strong="G2665"\w* \add of the very holy place prevented people from entering God’s presence\add*.  
\v 21 Christ \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w priest|strong="G2409"\w* \add who rules over us, who are\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w people|strong="G3588"\w* [MTY].  
\v 22  \add Just like the priests\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w sprinkled|strong="G4472"\w* {\add as Moses\add* \w sprinkled|strong="G4472"\w* \add the priests\add*} \add with blood\add* [MET] \w to|strong="G2532"\w* symbolize \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* longer guilty \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \w having|strong="G2532"\w* sinned, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w no|strong="G2532"\w* longer \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \add guilty for having done\add* \w evil|strong="G4190"\w*. \add Just like the priests ceremonially\add* \w washed|strong="G3068"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* \w bodies|strong="G4983"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w pure|strong="G2513"\w* water \add to prepare themselves to serve God\add*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* allowing \add God\add* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* continually \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w pure|strong="G2513"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \add (inc)\add* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w approach|strong="G4334"\w* \add God\add* sincerely \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w confidently|strong="G3326"\w* trusting \add in him\add*.  
\v 23 \w We|strong="G1063"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* unwaveringly \w keep|strong="G2722"\w* holding tight \add to what we believe. Since God\add* \w faithfully|strong="G4103"\w* \add does all\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w promised|strong="G1861"\w* \add to do\add*, \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* confidently expect \add him to keep doing that\add*.  
\v 24  \add Since God\add* faithfully \add does all that\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* promised \add to do\add*, \w let|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w consider|strong="G2657"\w* \w how|strong="G2657"\w* \w each|strong="G1519"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* can motivate other believers, \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \add believers \add* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* love \w each|strong="G1519"\w* other, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w that|strong="G2532"\w* \w each|strong="G1519"\w* \w one|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w things|strong="G2570"\w*.  
\v 25 \w We|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G5100"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* \w assembling|strong="G1997"\w* \w ourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \add to worship the Lord\add*, \w as|strong="G2531"\w* \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G3361"\w*. \w Instead|strong="G3123"\w*, \w each|strong="G1438"\w* \w one|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G2250"\w* us \w must|strong="G5100"\w* \w encourage|strong="G3870"\w*/\w exhort|strong="G3870"\w* \w other|strong="G1438"\w* believers. \add Let us do that\add* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* since \w we|strong="G2532"\w* know \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w day|strong="G2250"\w* \add that the Lord will return\add* [MTY] \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w near|strong="G1448"\w*.   
\s1 If we have known and then rejected the message about Christ, God will surely punish us.  
\sr Hebrews 10:26-31  
\p
\v 26  \add We(inc) must do those things\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* if \w we|strong="G2249"\w* deliberately \w and|strong="G2983"\w* habitually sin \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* known \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G1922"\w* \add message about Christ\add*, \w no|strong="G3765"\w* \w other|strong="G4012"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="G2378"\w* \w will|strong="G1473"\w* remove \w our|strong="G4012"\w* guilt \w for|strong="G1063"\w* having sinned \w in|strong="G3326"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* way.  
\v 27 \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w we|strong="G2532"\w* \w must|strong="G5100"\w* fearfully expect \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God will\add* judge \w and|strong="G2532"\w* angrily \add punish\add* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* enemies \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* furious \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* [MET].  
\v 28 Everyone \w who|strong="G5100"\w* rejected \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w laws|strong="G3551"\w* \add that God gave\add* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w was|strong="G3475"\w* mercilessly killed \w when|strong="G5100"\w* \add at least\add* \w two|strong="G1417"\w* \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w three|strong="G5140"\w* \w people|strong="G5100"\w* testified \w that|strong="G5100"\w* \w they|strong="G5100"\w* \w had|strong="G2228"\w* done \w that|strong="G5100"\w*.  
\v 29  \add That was severe punishment\add*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add Christ\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* ◄\w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w Son|strong="G5207"\w*/\w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w man|strong="G5207"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*►. \w His|strong="G1722"\w* blood, \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w means|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \add he put into effect\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* new \w covenant|strong="G1242"\w*, \w is|strong="G3588"\w* sacred. \w Because|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \add Christ’s\add* [MTY] blood \add flowing for us when he died\add*, \add God\add* freed \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* guilt. \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* can \w be|strong="G2532"\w* sure [RHQ] \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w anyone|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* shows contempt \w for|strong="G1722"\w* \add those truths\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* \w insults|strong="G1796"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w Spirit|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* acts \w with|strong="G1722"\w* kindness \w toward|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* deserve, deserves \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* punished \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w worse|strong="G5501"\w* \w than|strong="G2532"\w* \add those Israelis were punished\add* [MET]!  
\v 30  \add We can be sure of that\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \add need to think about that carefully\add*) \w since|strong="G1063"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w myself|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w get|strong="G2532"\w* \w revenge|strong="G1557"\w* \w on|strong="G2919"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* sinned, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w punish|strong="G1557"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* deserve [DOU].” \add Moses wrote\add*, “\w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w judge|strong="G2919"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*.”  
\v 31 \w It|strong="G1519"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w terrible|strong="G5398"\w* \w thing|strong="G5398"\w* if \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* all-powerful [MTY] seizes \w and|strong="G2316"\w* punishes \w you|strong="G1519"\w* [IDM]!   
\s1 Remember how you accepted persecution because of your faith in Christ, and do not be discouraged if you are persecuted now.  
\sr Hebrews 10:32-39  
\p
\v 32 Recall previous times \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \add first\add* \w understood|strong="G3588"\w* [MET] \add the message about Christ\add*. \w You|strong="G3739"\w* \w endured|strong="G5278"\w* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w hard|strong="G4183"\w* struggle, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \add continued to trust him\add* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* suffered \add because you believed in Christ\add*.  
\v 33 \w At|strong="G1161"\w* times \w you|strong="G3779"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* publicly insulted {\w people|strong="G3778"\w* publicly insulted \w you|strong="G3779"\w*} \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G3779"\w* suffered {\w people|strong="G3778"\w* persecuted \w you|strong="G3779"\w*}. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w you|strong="G3779"\w* showed \w great|strong="G2532"\w* concern \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* treated \w like|strong="G3779"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 34 \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* kind \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* prison \add because they believed in Christ\add*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w accepted|strong="G4327"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w joyfully|strong="G5479"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \add unbelievers\add* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w away|strong="G3326"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w possessions|strong="G5225"\w*. \w You|strong="G5210"\w* \w accepted|strong="G4327"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G1438"\w* \w knew|strong="G1097"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* eternal \w possessions|strong="G5225"\w* \add in heaven\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* much \w better|strong="G2909"\w* \add than those that they took from you\add*!  
\v 35 \w So|strong="G3767"\w*, \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w become|strong="G2192"\w* discouraged \add when they cause you to suffer\add* {\add you are persecuted\add*}, \w because|strong="G3748"\w* \add if you continue to trust in God\add*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G3748"\w* \w greatly|strong="G3173"\w* \w reward|strong="G3405"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.  
\v 36 \w You|strong="G4160"\w* \w must|strong="G4160"\w* patiently \w continue|strong="G4160"\w* \add to trust in him\add* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \w your|strong="G2192"\w* \w doing|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w wants|strong="G2307"\w* \w you|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w*, \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w give|strong="G4160"\w* \w you|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w has|strong="G2192"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w*.  
\v 37  \add You must do that\add* \w since|strong="G1063"\w* \add a prophet wrote\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Scriptures \add that God said about the Messiah\add*,  
\q1 \w In|strong="G2532"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w short|strong="G3588"\w* \w time|strong="G5549"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \add I promised\add* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2064"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* surely \w come|strong="G2064"\w*;  
\q1 \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w delay|strong="G5549"\w* \w coming|strong="G2064"\w*.   
\q1
\v 38 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* summoned, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \add act\add* righteously, \w must|strong="G3588"\w* continually \w live|strong="G2198"\w* trusting \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="G1537"\w* \w if|strong="G1437"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w*, \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* cowardly manner, cease \add to trust in me\add*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w*  
\q1 ◄\w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w pleased|strong="G2106"\w*/\w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* angry► \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\p
\v 39 \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* ones \w who|strong="G3756"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* cowardly manner stop \add trusting in God\add*, \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G1519"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* severely punish \w us|strong="G1519"\w*. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* ones \w who|strong="G3756"\w* trust \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G1519"\w*, \w with|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w that|strong="G1519"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* save \w us|strong="G1519"\w* [SYN] eternally.   
\c 11  
\s1 Because of our faith, we confidently expect to receive God’s promises.  
\sr Hebrews 11:1-3  
\p
\v 1 \w It|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w because|strong="G1161"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w trust|strong="G1679"\w* \add God\add* \w that|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* sure \w that|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G1510"\w* \w receive|strong="G4102"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w things|strong="G4229"\w* \w that|strong="G1161"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* confidently \w expect|strong="G1679"\w* \add God to give them\add*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w also|strong="G1161"\w* certain \add that they will see those things\add*, \w though|strong="G1161"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3756"\w* sees \w them|strong="G1510"\w* \w yet|strong="G1161"\w*.  
\v 2 \w It|strong="G1063"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w our|strong="G1722"\w* ancestors trusted \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* pleased \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 3 \w It|strong="G1096"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1537"\w* \w we|strong="G3588"\w* trust \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G3588"\w* \w understand|strong="G3539"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w formed|strong="G1096"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* universe \w by|strong="G1537"\w* commanding \add it to exist\add*. \w The|strong="G1519"\w* \w result|strong="G1537"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G3588"\w* \w see|strong="G3539"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w from|strong="G1537"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* already existed.   
\s1 Because of his faith, Abel offered a better sacrifice than his brother Cain did.  
\sr Hebrews 11:4  
\p
\v 4 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \add Adam’s son\add* Abel trusted \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* sacrificed \w something|strong="G4183"\w* \w better|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w than|strong="G3844"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* \add his older brother\add* \w Cain|strong="G2535"\w* \w offered|strong="G4374"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w Because|strong="G1223"\w* Abel \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w spoke|strong="G2980"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w what|strong="G3739"\w* Abel sacrificed, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w declared|strong="G2980"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* Abel \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w righteous|strong="G1342"\w*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w although|strong="G2532"\w* Abel \w is|strong="G1510"\w* dead, \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w still|strong="G2089"\w* learn \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add about trusting God\add*.   
\s1 Because of their faith, God blessed Enoch, Noah, and Abraham.  
\sr Hebrews 11:5-12  
\p
\v 5 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w Enoch|strong="G1802"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \add God that God\add* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \add up to heaven\add*. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* result \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w die|strong="G2288"\w*. \w No|strong="G3756"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w taken|strong="G3331"\w* \w up|strong="G3346"\w* {\add God\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w removed|strong="G3346"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*} \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G2532"\w* \add to heaven\add*. \w Before|strong="G4253"\w* \add God\add* \w took|strong="G2532"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* away, \add he\add* \w testified|strong="G3140"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w Enoch|strong="G1802"\w* \w pleased|strong="G2100"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w well|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 6 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* possible \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w please|strong="G2100"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w trust|strong="G4100"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w because|strong="G3754"\w* anyone \w who|strong="G3588"\w* wants \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G1096"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w must|strong="G1163"\w* \w first|strong="G3588"\w* \w believe|strong="G4100"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* exists \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* rewards \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w seek|strong="G1567"\w* \add to know\add* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w Noah|strong="G3575"\w* trusted \add God\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w after|strong="G2596"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w warned|strong="G5537"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w God|strong="G5537"\w* {\w after|strong="G2596"\w* \add God\add* \w warned|strong="G5537"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*} \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \add a flood that\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3739"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w happened|strong="G1096"\w*, \w Noah|strong="G3575"\w* \add showed that he\add* revered \w God|strong="G5537"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* building \w a|strong="G1096"\w* huge ship \w to|strong="G1519"\w* save \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w family|strong="G3624"\w*. \w By|strong="G1223"\w* \w doing|strong="G1096"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add showed all the people who did not believe him\add* [MTY] \add that they deserved to be condemned\add* {\add that God would\add* \w condemn|strong="G2632"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*}. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* \w someone|strong="G3739"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G5537"\w* declared \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w be|strong="G1096"\w* righteous \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* trusting \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w God|strong="G5537"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w because|strong="G2532"\w* Abraham trusted \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* told \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w* {\w when|strong="G2532"\w* \add God\add* told \w him|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w go|strong="G1831"\w*}, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w obeyed|strong="G5219"\w* \add God\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \add his own country\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w went|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G5117"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* \w give|strong="G2064"\w* \w him|strong="G3739"\w*. Abraham \w left|strong="G1831"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* own country, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w know|strong="G1987"\w* \w where|strong="G4226"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G3195"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w going|strong="G3195"\w*.  
\v 9 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1722"\w* Abraham trusted \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w lived|strong="G2730"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w though|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* foreigner \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. Abraham \w lived|strong="G2730"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w tents|strong="G4633"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* son \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* grandson \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w*. \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* give \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* give Abraham.  
\v 10 Abraham \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w waiting|strong="G1551"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \add in heaven\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* exist forever [MET]. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* building [DOU].  
\v 11 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1893"\w* Abraham trusted \w God|strong="G1861"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G1861"\w* \w gave|strong="G2532"\w* Abraham \w strength|strong="G1411"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add was\add* able \w to|strong="G1519"\w* produce \w a|strong="G2532"\w* son. \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* wife \w Sarah|strong="G4564"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w past|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w age|strong="G2244"\w* \add when women bear children\add*, \add God\add* \w promised|strong="G1861"\w* \add that he would give her a son\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* Abraham \w considered|strong="G2233"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G1861"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w promised|strong="G1861"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 12 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \w although|strong="G2532"\w* Abraham \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w also|strong="G2532"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* \w old|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G1080"\w*, \w so|strong="G2532"\w* many \w people|strong="G4128"\w* descended \w from|strong="G3844"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w man|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* numerous \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* stars \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sky|strong="G3772"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* countless \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* grains \w of|strong="G2532"\w* sand \w along|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w seashore|strong="G2281"\w*, \add just like God promised him\add*.   
\s1 All those people who trusted in God died without receiving what God promised.  
\sr Hebrews 11:13-16  
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\v 13 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w while|strong="G1510"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* still trusted \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w yet|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w give|strong="G3670"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \add it was as though\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w distance|strong="G4207"\w*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* glad \add to know\add* \w about|strong="G1909"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w as|strong="G2596"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* admitted \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3778"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*, \w but|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w only|strong="G2532"\w* \w here|strong="G1510"\w* temporarily.  
\v 14 \w As|strong="G3004"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G5108"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* talk \w like|strong="G5108"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* clearly show \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* long \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \add a place that will become\add* \w their|strong="G3588"\w* \w true|strong="G3588"\w* native land.  
\v 15 \w If|strong="G1487"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w been|strong="G2192"\w* \w thinking|strong="G3421"\w* \w about|strong="G2532"\w* \add that place being\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w place|strong="G3739"\w* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w which|strong="G3739"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2192"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* taken \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w opportunity|strong="G2540"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* return \w there|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 16 \w But|strong="G1161"\w*, \w instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* desired \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* \add place in which to live\add*; \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w*, \w they|strong="G1161"\w* desired \add a home\add* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* \w heaven|strong="G2032"\w*. \w So|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* \w prepared|strong="G2090"\w* \w a|strong="G1510"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* live \add with him\add*, \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* pleased [LIT] \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* say \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w their|strong="G1438"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
\s1 It was because Abraham, Isaac, Joseph, Moses, the Israelite people, and Rahab trusted God that he blessed them.  
\sr Hebrews 11:17-31  
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\v 17 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G2532"\w* Abraham trusted \add God\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add was ready to\add* kill \w his|strong="G2532"\w* son \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* sacrifice \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \add God\add* \w tested|strong="G3985"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* man \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \add God\add* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \add to give\add* ◄\add a son/many descendants\add*► \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w going|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* sacrifice \add that same son\add*, \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w only|strong="G3439"\w* son \add whom his own wife had borne\add*!  
\v 18 \w It|strong="G3754"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* Abraham \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w God|strong="G4314"\w* \w said|strong="G2980"\w*, “\w It|strong="G3754"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \add only\add* \w from|strong="G2980"\w* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* consider \w your|strong="G1722"\w* family \w to|strong="G4314"\w* descend.”  
\v 19 Abraham \w considered|strong="G3049"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \add to fulfill that promise\add*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w could|strong="G1415"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \add Isaac\add* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* \w again|strong="G1453"\w* \add even if\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w had|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w* \add after Abraham sacrificed him\add*! \w The|strong="G1722"\w* \w result|strong="G1537"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w when|strong="G2532"\w* Abraham \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w receive|strong="G2865"\w* Isaac \w back|strong="G2865"\w* \add after God told him not to harm Isaac\add*, \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w as|strong="G1722"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w received|strong="G2865"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w back|strong="G2865"\w* \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*.   
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\v 20 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G4012"\w* \w Isaac|strong="G2464"\w* trusted \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add prayed that after he died, God would\add* \w bless|strong="G2127"\w* \add his\add* sons \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w Esau|strong="G2269"\w*.   
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\v 21 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jacob|strong="G2384"\w* trusted \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* dying, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \add prayed that God would\add* \w bless|strong="G2127"\w* \w each|strong="G1538"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w sons|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \add his own son Joseph\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w worshipped|strong="G4352"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* leaned \w upon|strong="G1909"\w* \w his|strong="G1909"\w* walking stick \add before he died\add*.  
\v 22 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G4012"\w* \w Joseph|strong="G2501"\w* trusted \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w die|strong="G5053"\w* \add in Egypt\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* anticipated \w the|strong="G2532"\w* time \w when|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* Israelis \w would|strong="G2532"\w* leave Egypt; \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* instructed \add that\add* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \add should carry\add* \w his|strong="G4012"\w* \w bones|strong="G3747"\w* \add with them when they\add* ◄\add left Egypt/returned to Canaan\add*►.   
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\v 23 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1360"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*’ \w father|strong="G3962"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* mother trusted \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w hid|strong="G2928"\w* \add their son\add* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w three|strong="G5150"\w* \w months|strong="G5150"\w* shortly \w after|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w born|strong="G1080"\w*, \w because|strong="G1360"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w saw|strong="G3708"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* beautiful. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* \add disobeying\add* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w of|strong="G5259"\w* Egypt \w had|strong="G2532"\w* commanded, \add namely, that all the Jewish male babies must be killed\add*.  
\v 24 \w The|strong="G3004"\w* \w daughter|strong="G2364"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G3004"\w* \add king, whom they called\add* \w Pharaoh|strong="G5328"\w*, \add raised\add* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w*, but \w when|strong="G1096"\w* \w he|strong="G3004"\w* \w had|strong="G1096"\w* \w grown|strong="G3173"\w* up, \w it|strong="G1096"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* because \w he|strong="G3004"\w* trusted \w God|strong="G3004"\w* \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w he|strong="G3004"\w* refused \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \add accept the privileges that would have been his if people\add* considered \w that|strong="G3004"\w* \w he|strong="G3004"\w* \w was|strong="G1096"\w* ◄\w the|strong="G3004"\w* \w son|strong="G5207"\w* \w of|strong="G5207"\w* \w the|strong="G3004"\w* king’s \w daughter|strong="G2364"\w*/\w the|strong="G3004"\w* king’s own grandson►.  
\v 25 \w He|strong="G3588"\w* decided \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w better|strong="G3123"\w* \w for|strong="G2316"\w* \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2228"\w* mistreat \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G2316"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* time along \w with|strong="G2316"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, \w than|strong="G2228"\w* \w to|strong="G2228"\w* temporarily \w enjoy|strong="G2192"\w* \w living|strong="G2192"\w* sinfully \add in the King’s palace\add*.  
\v 26 \w This|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* decided \w that|strong="G3588"\w* if \w he|strong="G3588"\w* suffered \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w Messiah|strong="G5547"\w*, \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w would|strong="G5547"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* worth \w far|strong="G3588"\w* \w more|strong="G3173"\w* \add in God’s sight\add* \w than|strong="G3173"\w* \w his|strong="G1519"\w* owning \w all|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w treasures|strong="G2344"\w* \w of|strong="G3588"\w* Egypt \add that he would receive as Pharaoh’s heir. He decided that\add* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* looked \w forward|strong="G1519"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w time|strong="G3173"\w* \w when|strong="G3588"\w* \add God would give him\add* \w an|strong="G1519"\w* \add eternal\add* \w reward|strong="G3405"\w*.  
\v 27 \w It|strong="G1063"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* trusted \w God|strong="G3361"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w left|strong="G2641"\w* Egypt. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w king|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2641"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w angry|strong="G2372"\w* \add because of his doing that\add*. \w He|strong="G3588"\w* ◄\w kept|strong="G2641"\w* going/\w did|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* turn back► \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \add it was as though\add* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w kept|strong="G2641"\w* \w seeing|strong="G3708"\w* \add God\add*, \w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w no|strong="G3361"\w* \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w can|strong="G1063"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w*.  
\v 28 \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G2532"\w* Moses \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \add that God would save his own people\add* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* instituted \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add festival called\add* \w Passover|strong="G3957"\w*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add by commanding that the people should kill lambs and\add* sprinkle \w their|strong="G2532"\w* blood \add on their\add* doorposts. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G4160"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add the angel who\add* \w causes|strong="G4160"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* die \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* kill [EUP] \w the|strong="G2532"\w* oldest male Israelites \add when he killed the oldest sons in each Egyptian family\add*.   
\p
\v 29 \w It|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* trusted \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \add when \add* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \add Israelite\add* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* walked \w through|strong="G1223"\w* \add where\add* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w Red|strong="G2063"\w* \w Sea|strong="G2281"\w* \add had been, it was\add* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \add though they walked\add* \w on|strong="G3739"\w* \w dry|strong="G3584"\w* \w land|strong="G1093"\w*! \w But|strong="G3588"\w*, \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \add army of\add* Egypt also \w attempted|strong="G3984"\w* \w to|strong="G1093"\w* \add cross that same water\add*, \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w drowned|strong="G2666"\w*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \add the sea came back and flooded them\add*!   
\p
\v 30 \w It|strong="G3588"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w because|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \add Israeli\add* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* trusted \w God|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w walls|strong="G5038"\w* \w around|strong="G1909"\w* \w Jericho|strong="G2410"\w* \add city\add* \w collapsed|strong="G4098"\w*, \w after|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* Israelis marched \w around|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G1909"\w* \w walls|strong="G5038"\w* \w for|strong="G1909"\w* \w seven|strong="G2033"\w* \w days|strong="G2250"\w*.   
\p
\v 31 \w Rahab|strong="G4460"\w* \add had been\add* \w a|strong="G3756"\w* \w prostitute|strong="G4204"\w*, \w but|strong="G3588"\w* because \w she|strong="G3588"\w* trusted \w God|strong="G3588"\w*, \w she|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w perish|strong="G4881"\w* \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \add inside Jericho\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* disobeyed \add God. Joshua sent some spies\add* \w into|strong="G4102"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* city \add in order\add* \w to|strong="G3756"\w* find ways \w to|strong="G3756"\w* destroy \w it|strong="G3588"\w*, \w but|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* saved \w her|strong="G3588"\w* because \w she|strong="G3588"\w* \w welcomed|strong="G1209"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w spies|strong="G2685"\w* \add peaceably\add*.   
\s1 Some who trusted God gained great victories and others were tortured and killed.  
\sr Hebrews 11:32-38  
\p
\v 32 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w do|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G2532"\w* know \w what|strong="G5101"\w* \w more|strong="G2089"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* [RHQ] \add about others who trusted in God\add*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* \w take|strong="G2532"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w* much \w time|strong="G5550"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w tell|strong="G3004"\w* \w about|strong="G4012"\w* \w Gideon|strong="G1066"\w*, Barak, \w Samson|strong="G4546"\w*, \w Jephthah|strong="G2422"\w*, \w David|strong="G1138"\w*, \w Samuel|strong="G4545"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* \w prophets|strong="G4396"\w*.  
\v 33 \w It|strong="G3739"\w* \w was|strong="G3739"\w* \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G3739"\w* trusted God \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w some|strong="G3739"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w them|strong="G3739"\w* \add did great things for him\add*. \w Some|strong="G3739"\w* \w conquered|strong="G2610"\w* lands ruled \w by|strong="G1223"\w* powerful \w men|strong="G3739"\w*. \w Some|strong="G3739"\w* ruled \add Israel\add* \w and|strong="G4102"\w* justly \add punished those men and nations who rebelled against God\add*. \w Some|strong="G3739"\w* \w obtained|strong="G2013"\w* \add from God\add* \w the|strong="G1223"\w* \w things|strong="G3739"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w to|strong="G3739"\w* give \w them|strong="G3739"\w* [MTY].  
\v 34 \w Some|strong="G1722"\w* forced lions \w to|strong="G1722"\w* keep \w their|strong="G1722"\w* \w mouths|strong="G4750"\w* shut. \w Some|strong="G1722"\w* \w escaped|strong="G5343"\w* \w from|strong="G5343"\w* \w being|strong="G1096"\w* destroyed \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w*. \w Some|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G1411"\w* \w those|strong="G1722"\w* people \w escaped|strong="G5343"\w* \w from|strong="G5343"\w* \add being killed with\add* \w a|strong="G1096"\w* \w sword|strong="G3162"\w* [MTY]. \w Some|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G1411"\w* \w those|strong="G1722"\w* \add people who trusted God\add* \w were|strong="G1096"\w* \w made|strong="G1096"\w* \w strong|strong="G2478"\w* {\w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w mighty|strong="G2478"\w*} again \w after|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G1722"\w* \w had|strong="G1096"\w* once \w been|strong="G1096"\w* weak. \w Some|strong="G1722"\w* \w became|strong="G1096"\w* \w powerful|strong="G2478"\w* \w when|strong="G1722"\w* \w they|strong="G1722"\w* fought \w wars|strong="G4171"\w*. \w Some|strong="G1722"\w* caused \w armies|strong="G3925"\w* \add that came from foreign lands\add* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* run \w away|strong="G5343"\w* \w from|strong="G5343"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w*.  
\v 35 \w Some|strong="G3588"\w* \w women|strong="G1135"\w* \add who trusted God\add* \w received|strong="G2983"\w* \add their relatives\add* \w back|strong="G2983"\w* \w again|strong="G1537"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \add God\add* ◄\add made them live again after they had died/raised them from the dead\add*►. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \add others who trusted God\add* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w tortured|strong="G5178"\w* until \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*. \w They|strong="G1161"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w tortured|strong="G5178"\w* \w because|strong="G1537"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* \w refused|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* agree \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \add their captors said, “We will\add* release \w you|strong="G1537"\w* \add if you deny that you believe in God.” They refused to do that\add*, \w because|strong="G1537"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* wanted \w to|strong="G2443"\w* live \w with|strong="G1537"\w* \w God|strong="G3588"\w* forever, \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* \w than|strong="G3756"\w* \add continuing to live on earth\add* \w after|strong="G1161"\w* \w having|strong="G5177"\w* almost \w died|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 36 \w Other|strong="G2087"\w* \add people who trusted God\add* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* mocked; \add some had their backs\add* \w cut|strong="G2532"\w* \add open by being struck\add* \w with|strong="G2532"\w* leaded whips. \w Some|strong="G2087"\w* \w were|strong="G2532"\w* chained \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w prison|strong="G5438"\w*.  
\v 37  \add Some of\add* \w those|strong="G1722"\w* believers were \w stoned|strong="G3034"\w* \w to|strong="G1722"\w* death {People \add killed some of those believers by\add* throwing stones \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w*}. Others were cut completely \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w two|strong="G4249"\w*. Others were killed \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w swords|strong="G3162"\w*. Others \w of|strong="G1722"\w* \w these|strong="G1722"\w* people who trusted God wandered \w around|strong="G4022"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* land \add wearing garments made only of\add* \w skins|strong="G1192"\w* \w from|strong="G1722"\w* sheep \w and|strong="G3162"\w* goats. \w They|strong="G1722"\w* \w did|strong="G3985"\w* not \w have|strong="G3985"\w* \w any|strong="G1722"\w* money. \w They|strong="G1722"\w* were continually oppressed \w and|strong="G3162"\w* \w tormented|strong="G2558"\w* {People continuously oppressed \w them|strong="G1722"\w* \w and|strong="G3162"\w* \w tormented|strong="G2558"\w* \w them|strong="G1722"\w*}.  
\v 38  \add The people on earth who caused those who trusted in God to suffer were so bad that\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* deserve \add to live with people who trusted God. Some who trusted God\add* \w wandered|strong="G4105"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w deserts|strong="G2047"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w mountains|strong="G3735"\w*. \w Some|strong="G3739"\w* \w lived|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w caves|strong="G4693"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w other|strong="G3739"\w* \add large\add* \w holes|strong="G3692"\w* \w in|strong="G1909"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w ground|strong="G1093"\w*.   
\s1 Only when we are together with all these people who trusted God will we receive all God has promised.  
\sr Hebrews 11:39-40  
\p
\v 39 \w Although|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* \w commended|strong="G3140"\w* \add by God\add* {\add God\add* \w commended|strong="G3140"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w these|strong="G3778"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*} \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* trusted \w him|strong="G3588"\w*, \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w give|strong="G3140"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w promised|strong="G1860"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add while they were alive\add*.  
\v 40 \w God|strong="G2316"\w* knew ahead \w of|strong="G4012"\w* time \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w give|strong="G1473"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \add later\add* \w would|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* \w than|strong="G3361"\w* giving \add them immediately what he promised\add*. \w What|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* intends \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* only \w when|strong="G5100"\w* \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w and|strong="G2316"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* together \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* \w all|strong="G3361"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* intends \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w have|strong="G1473"\w*.   
\c 12  
\s1 Since we know so many people with faith like that, we must put aside anything, especially sin, which hinders us, and we must strive to achieve God’s will and concentrate on Jesus.  
\sr Hebrews 12:1-2  
\p
\v 1 \w We|strong="G2249"\w* \add know about\add* \w many|strong="G5118"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w* like \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add who showed they trusted in God\add*. \w They|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* like \w a|strong="G2192"\w* crowd \w of|strong="G1223"\w* spectators \add who are cheering for us inside a stadium\add* [MET]. Knowing \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w must|strong="G2192"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* away \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* hinder \w us|strong="G2249"\w*, \add as a runner puts aside everything that would hinder him because they are heavy\add* [MET]. Especially \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w must|strong="G2192"\w* \w put|strong="G2532"\w* away sinful actions \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \add hinder us, as a runner\add* sets aside clothes \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w does|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G1223"\w* \w need|strong="G2192"\w*, clothes \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* entangle \w him|strong="G3588"\w* [MET]. \w Let|strong="G2532"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add wholeheartedly strive to achieve what God has planned for us, as someone\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* race wholeheartedly \w runs|strong="G5143"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w course|strong="G5143"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w before|strong="G4295"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* [MET].  
\v 2 \w And|strong="G2532"\w* \w let|strong="G2706"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \add keep our minds on\add* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \add as a runner\add* keeps \w his|strong="G1519"\w* eyes \w on|strong="G1722"\w* \add the goal\add* [MET]. \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w should|strong="G2316"\w* imitate \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* perfectly trusted \add God. When he died on\add* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w cross|strong="G4716"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w endured|strong="G5278"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* suffered \w greatly|strong="G5479"\w* [MTY], instead \w of|strong="G2316"\w* \add thinking about the things he would\add* \w rejoice|strong="G2532"\w* \w about|strong="G1722"\w* \add later\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* disregarded \w being|strong="G2532"\w* disgraced \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \add dying that way\add*. \w He|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w sitting|strong="G2523"\w* \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w place|strong="G1722"\w* \w of|strong="G2316"\w* highest honor [MTY] \w at|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w throne|strong="G2362"\w* \add where God rules\add*.   
\s1 Do not become discouraged when you are suffering as you struggle against evil.  
\sr Hebrews 12:3-6  
\p
\v 3  \add Jesus\add* \w patiently|strong="G5278"\w* \w endured|strong="G5278"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w* \w when|strong="G4771"\w* sinful \w people|strong="G5590"\w* acted \w so|strong="G2443"\w* hostilely \w against|strong="G1519"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. Try \w to|strong="G1519"\w* act \w the|strong="G1519"\w* way \w he|strong="G3588"\w* \w did|strong="G3361"\w*, \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* give \w up|strong="G1519"\w* \add trusting\add* \w God|strong="G3361"\w* \w or|strong="G3361"\w* \w become|strong="G3361"\w* discouraged.  
\v 4 While you \w have|strong="G3588"\w* struggled \w against|strong="G4314"\w* \add being tempted to\add* sin, you \w have|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3768"\w* \w yet|strong="G3768"\w* bled \add and died because of resisting evil, as Jesus did\add*.  
\v 5 \w Do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* forget [RHQ] \w these|strong="G3588"\w* \w words|strong="G2532"\w* \add that Solomon spoke to his son, that are the same as God\add* \w would|strong="G2532"\w* exhort \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* \w children|strong="G5207"\w*:  
\q1 \w My|strong="G1473"\w* \w child|strong="G5207"\w*, pay attention [LIT] \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* disciplining \w you|strong="G5210"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* discouraged \w when|strong="G5613"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* punishes \w you|strong="G5210"\w* [DOU],   
\q1
\v 6 \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3739"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* loves \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w disciplines|strong="G3811"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* punishes \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w* \w whom|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* accepts \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w child|strong="G5207"\w*.   
\s1 Since our sufferings are to discipline us, if we have not experienced God’s discipline we are not his true children. We should accept God’s discipline, because it is always to help us.  
\sr Hebrews 12:7-11  
\p
\v 7 \w It|strong="G1063"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* order \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w may|strong="G2316"\w* \w discipline|strong="G3809"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* requires \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G1519"\w* \w endure|strong="G5278"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* disagreeable \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add that happen to you\add*. \add When God disciplines you\add* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* treating \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* \w father|strong="G3962"\w* treats \w his|strong="G1519"\w* \w children|strong="G5207"\w*. \w All|strong="G3588"\w* \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* [RHQ] \w discipline|strong="G3809"\w* \w their|strong="G1519"\w* \w children|strong="G5207"\w* [LIT].  
\v 8 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* experienced \w God|strong="G2532"\w* disciplining \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w just|strong="G2532"\w* \w like|strong="G5207"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* disciplines \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w his|strong="G3956"\w* \w other|strong="G1161"\w* \w children|strong="G5207"\w*, \w you|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \add not true children of God\add* [MET]. \add You are like\add* \w illegitimate|strong="G3541"\w* \w children|strong="G5207"\w*; \add no father disciplines them\add*.  
\v 9 \w Furthermore|strong="G1534"\w*, \w our|strong="G2532"\w* natural \w fathers|strong="G3962"\w* disciplined \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add when we were young\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w respected|strong="G1788"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w for|strong="G2532"\w* doing \w that|strong="G3588"\w*. \w So|strong="G2532"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* \w certainly|strong="G3303"\w* \w more|strong="G3123"\w* readily accept \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w our|strong="G2532"\w* \w spiritual|strong="G4151"\w* \w Father|strong="G3962"\w* disciplining \w us|strong="G2249"\w*, \w with|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* result \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w live|strong="G2198"\w* eternally [RHQ]!  
\v 10 \w Our|strong="G2596"\w* \w natural|strong="G2596"\w* fathers \w disciplined|strong="G3811"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w short|strong="G3641"\w* \w time|strong="G2250"\w* \w in|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w way|strong="G2596"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G1161"\w* considered \w right|strong="G1519"\w*, \add but it wasn’t always right\add*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G4314"\w* always \w disciplines|strong="G3811"\w* \w us|strong="G1519"\w* \add in a right way\add*, \w to|strong="G1519"\w* help \w us|strong="G1519"\w*. \w He|strong="G1161"\w* \w does|strong="G3811"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w so|strong="G1161"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w may|strong="G1161"\w* \w be|strong="G1519"\w* holy \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 11 \w During|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G3956"\w* time \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G4314"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* disciplining us, \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w does|strong="G1510"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w seem|strong="G1380"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w something|strong="G1510"\w* \w about|strong="G4314"\w* \w which|strong="G3588"\w* \w we|strong="G1161"\w* \w should|strong="G3588"\w* rejoice. \w Instead|strong="G1161"\w*, \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w is|strong="G1510"\w* \w something|strong="G1510"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* pains us. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w later|strong="G5305"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* causes \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w have|strong="G1510"\w* learned \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w it|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w peaceful|strong="G1516"\w* \w and|strong="G1161"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \add live\add* \w righteously|strong="G1343"\w*.   
\s1 Renew yourselves spiritually; go forward in your Christian life; try to live peacefully with everyone; seek to be holy; guard against bitterness; do not be immoral; and do not refuse to listen to God.  
\sr Hebrews 12:12-17  
\p
\v 12 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \add instead of acting as though you were spiritually exhausted\add*, renew yourselves [MET] spiritually.  
\v 13 \w Go|strong="G2532"\w* \w straight|strong="G3717"\w* forward \add in your Christian life\add* [MET], \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* believers \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* uncertain \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* faith \add will imitate you\add* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* ◄\add leave God’s way/\add*\w become|strong="G4160"\w* useless \add to God\add*► [MET]. \w Instead|strong="G3123"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* spiritually restored [MET] \w as|strong="G1161"\w* \w an|strong="G2532"\w* injured \w and|strong="G2532"\w* useless limb \w is|strong="G3588"\w* restored.  
\v 14 Try \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w live|strong="G2532"\w* peacefully \w with|strong="G3326"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w people|strong="G3956"\w*. \w Seek|strong="G1377"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* holy, \w since|strong="G3326"\w* \w no|strong="G3762"\w* \w one|strong="G3762"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w if|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w not|strong="G3762"\w* holy.  
\v 15 Beware \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w none|strong="G3361"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* stops \add trusting in\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \add who has done kind things for us that we did not deserve\add* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, Beware \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w never|strong="G3361"\w* \add experienced\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* kindly \add saving you\add*). \w Be|strong="G2532"\w* \w on|strong="G5100"\w* \w guard|strong="G2532"\w* \w lest|strong="G3361"\w* \w any|strong="G5100"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \add act in an evil way towards others\add*, \w because|strong="G1223"\w* \w your|strong="G1223"\w* doing \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \add grow like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w root|strong="G4491"\w* \add grows into a big plant\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* result \add of your\add* doing \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w many|strong="G4183"\w* believers \w will|strong="G2316"\w* sin \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w become|strong="G3361"\w* unacceptable \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.  
\v 16 \w Do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w let|strong="G2228"\w* \w anyone|strong="G5100"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w immoral|strong="G4205"\w*, \w or|strong="G2228"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* irreligious \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w Esau|strong="G2269"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w*. \w He|strong="G3739"\w* exchanged \w the|strong="G3588"\w* rights \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w had|strong="G3739"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w a|strong="G5613"\w* firstborn son \w for|strong="G1520"\w* \w only|strong="G1438"\w* \w one|strong="G1520"\w* \w meal|strong="G1035"\w*.  
\v 17 \w You|strong="G3754"\w* \w know|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w after|strong="G3326"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w did|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w wanted|strong="G2309"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* receive \add what his father would promise to give him if\add* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* blessed \w him|strong="G3588"\w*. \w But|strong="G2532"\w* \add his father\add* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w unable|strong="G3756"\w* \add to change what he had already done\add*. \w And|strong="G2532"\w* Esau \w found|strong="G2147"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* way \w to|strong="G2532"\w* change \w things|strong="G3588"\w*, \w even|strong="G2532"\w* \w though|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w sought|strong="G1567"\w* tearfully \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G1492"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w*.   
\s1 You have not experienced the terrifying things your ancestors did; you have come to Christ and benefited from his blood flowing for you.  
\sr Hebrews 12:18-24  
\p
\v 18 \w In|strong="G2532"\w* \w coming|strong="G4334"\w* \add to God\add* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \add experienced things like what the Israeli people experienced\add* \w at|strong="G3756"\w* \add Sinai\add* Mountain. \add They\add* \w approached|strong="G4334"\w* \add a mountain that God told them they\add* \w should|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w touch|strong="G5584"\w*. \add They approached\add* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w blazing|strong="G2545"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* gloomy \w and|strong="G2532"\w* dark [DOU], \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2532"\w* hurricane/cyclone.  
\v 19 \w They|strong="G2532"\w* heard \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w trumpet|strong="G4536"\w* sounding \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* heard \add God\add* speak. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* result \w was|strong="G3588"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* heard \w it|strong="G2532"\w* pleaded \w for|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* speak \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* like \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w again|strong="G4369"\w*.  
\v 20 \w When|strong="G3756"\w* \add God\add* \w commanded|strong="G1291"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* saying, “\w If|strong="G2579"\w* \add a person or\add* \w even|strong="G2579"\w* \w an|strong="G3735"\w* animal \w touches|strong="G2345"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w mountain|strong="G3735"\w*, \add you\add* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \add kill him/it by\add* throwing \w stones|strong="G3036"\w* \w at|strong="G3756"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*/\w it|strong="G1063"\w*,” \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w were|strong="G3588"\w* terrified.  
\v 21 Truly, \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w Moses|strong="G3475"\w* \w was|strong="G1510"\w* \w terrified|strong="G1630"\w* \w after|strong="G2532"\w* seeing \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w happened|strong="G3588"\w* \add on the mountain\add*, \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w*, “\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w trembling|strong="G1790"\w* \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G1510"\w* \w very|strong="G2532"\w* \w afraid|strong="G1630"\w*!”  
\v 22 Instead, \add it is as though\add* \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G4334"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \add the presence of God in heaven\add* [MET]. \add That is like what your ancestors did when they came to worship\add* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w on|strong="G2198"\w* \w Zion|strong="G4622"\w* \w Hill|strong="G3735"\w*, \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jerusalem|strong="G2419"\w*, \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \w of|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w who|strong="G2316"\w* \w is|strong="G2316"\w* all-powerful. \w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G4334"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w you|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* \w coming|strong="G4334"\w*) \w to|strong="G2532"\w* where \w there|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* countless angels, \w who|strong="G2316"\w* \w are|strong="G2532"\w* rejoicing \w as|strong="G2532"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* gathered \w together|strong="G2532"\w*.  
\v 23 \w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* joined \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* believers \add who have privileges like\add* \w firstborn|strong="G4416"\w* sons, \w whose|strong="G2532"\w* names \add God\add* \w has|strong="G2316"\w* written down \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*. \w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3956"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w judge|strong="G2923"\w* \w everyone|strong="G3956"\w*. \w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w where|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w spirits|strong="G4151"\w* \w of|strong="G4151"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*’s \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w are|strong="G3956"\w*, \w people|strong="G3956"\w* \w who|strong="G3956"\w* \w lived|strong="G2532"\w* righteously \add before they died\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w who|strong="G3956"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w been|strong="G2532"\w* \w made|strong="G5048"\w* \w perfect|strong="G5048"\w* \add in heaven\add*.  
\v 24 \w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w come|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* arranged \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w new|strong="G3501"\w* \w covenant|strong="G1242"\w* \add between us and God\add*. \w You|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* accepted \add what he accomplished when\add* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* blood flowed \add when he died on the cross. His doing that made it possible for God to forgive us\add*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w better|strong="G2909"\w* \w than|strong="G3844"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* blood \w of|strong="G2532"\w* Abel, \add who just\add* wanted revenge \w because|strong="G2532"\w* \w his|strong="G2532"\w* brother Cain murdered \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.   
\s1 We should be in awe before God, who will punish us if we reject him.  
\sr Hebrews 12:25-29  
\p
\v 25 Beware \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w* \w do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w refuse|strong="G3868"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* listen \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \add God\add* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w speaking|strong="G2980"\w* \w to|strong="G1909"\w* \w you|strong="G1487"\w*. \w The|strong="G1909"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="G4183"\w* \w did|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w escape|strong="G1628"\w* \add God punishing them\add* \w when|strong="G2980"\w* \add Moses\add* (\w OR|strong="G3361"\w*, \add God\add*) \w warned|strong="G5537"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* here \w on|strong="G1909"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w*. \w So|strong="G3361"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w shall|strong="G1093"\w* \w surely|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w escape|strong="G1628"\w* \add God punishing us\add* \w if|strong="G1487"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w reject|strong="G3868"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w when|strong="G2980"\w* \w he|strong="G3588"\w* warns \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w*! [RHQ]  
\v 26 \w The|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w shook|strong="G4579"\w* [PRS] \w then|strong="G2532"\w* \w when|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w spoke|strong="G3004"\w* [MTY] \add at Sinai Mountain\add*. \w But|strong="G1161"\w* \w now|strong="G1161"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* \w promised|strong="G1861"\w*, “\w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w shake|strong="G4579"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w earth|strong="G1093"\w* \w again|strong="G2089"\w*, \w one|strong="G3739"\w* \w more|strong="G2089"\w* \w time|strong="G5119"\w*, \w but|strong="G1161"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w shake|strong="G4579"\w* \w heaven|strong="G3772"\w* \w too|strong="G2532"\w*.”  
\v 27 \w The|strong="G1161"\w* words “\w again|strong="G2089"\w*, \w one|strong="G3588"\w* \w more|strong="G2089"\w* time” indicate \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add on earth\add* \w will|strong="G4160"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w shaken|strong="G4531"\w* {\w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add he\add* \w will|strong="G4160"\w* \w shake|strong="G4531"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add on earth\add*}, meaning \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G1161"\w* \w will|strong="G4160"\w* \w set|strong="G2443"\w* aside \w all|strong="G3361"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add he\add* has \w created|strong="G4160"\w*, \w in|strong="G3306"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \add in heaven\add* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w cannot|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* \w shaken|strong="G4531"\w* {\w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3361"\w* \w can|strong="G3306"\w* \w shake|strong="G4531"\w*} \w may|strong="G2443"\w* \w remain|strong="G3306"\w* forever.  
\v 28 \w So|strong="G2532"\w*, \w let|strong="G2532"\w* us \w thank|strong="G5485"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* becoming members \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* kingdom \w that|strong="G3739"\w* nothing can shake. \w Let|strong="G2532"\w* us \w worship|strong="G3000"\w*/\w serve|strong="G3000"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w way|strong="G1223"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* pleases \w him|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w being|strong="G2532"\w* greatly \w in|strong="G2532"\w* awe [DOU] \w before|strong="G3588"\w* \w him|strong="G3588"\w*.  
\v 29 Remember \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \add worship/serve\add* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* like \w a|strong="G2532"\w* \w fire|strong="G4442"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* burns \w up|strong="G2532"\w* everything \add that is impure\add* [MET]!   
\c 13  
\s1 Love one another, be hospitable, and help imprisoned and other mistreated believers.  
\sr Hebrews 13:1-3  
\p
\v 1 \w Continue|strong="G3306"\w* \w to|strong="G3588"\w* \w love|strong="G5360"\w* \w your|strong="G3588"\w* fellow believers.  
\v 2 \w Do|strong="G3361"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w forget|strong="G1950"\w* \w to|strong="G5100"\w* \w be|strong="G3361"\w* hospitable \w to|strong="G5100"\w* needy travelers [LIT]. \w You|strong="G3778"\w* need \w to|strong="G5100"\w* know \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \w being|strong="G3361"\w* hospitable, \w some|strong="G5100"\w* \w people|strong="G3778"\w* \w have|strong="G5100"\w* \w entertained|strong="G3579"\w* angels \w without|strong="G3361"\w* \w knowing|strong="G2990"\w* \w it|strong="G1063"\w*.  
\v 3 \w Remember|strong="G3403"\w* \add to help\add* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G4887"\w* \add because they are Christians\add*, \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w though|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w were|strong="G1510"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w prison|strong="G4887"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*. \w Remember|strong="G3403"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* \w being|strong="G1510"\w* mistreated {\w whom|strong="G3588"\w* \w people|strong="G1510"\w* \w are|strong="G1510"\w* mistreating} \add because they are believers. As you do that\add*, \w consider|strong="G5613"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w could|strong="G3588"\w* \w suffer|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G5613"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w do|strong="G2532"\w*.   
\s1 Respect the marriage relationship, and avoid covetousness.  
\sr Hebrews 13:4-6  
\p
\v 4 \w You|strong="G1722"\w* \w must|strong="G2919"\w* ◄\w respect|strong="G3956"\w*/keep sacred► \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w marriage|strong="G1062"\w* relationship \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G1722"\w* \w must|strong="G2919"\w* keep \w sexual|strong="G2845"\w* relations [EUP] pure, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* surely \w condemn|strong="G2919"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w act|strong="G2919"\w* immorally \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w act|strong="G2919"\w* adulterously.  
\v 5 Live \w without|strong="G3361"\w* constantly coveting money, \w and|strong="G3588"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* content \w with|strong="G3756"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* possess, remembering \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \add Moses\add* wrote \add that God\add* \w has|strong="G3761"\w* \w said|strong="G3004"\w* \add about supplying what you need\add*,  
\q1 \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w will|strong="G3761"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w leave|strong="G1459"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w*,  
\q1 \w I|strong="G1063"\w* \w will|strong="G3761"\w* \w never|strong="G3756"\w* \w stop|strong="G3361"\w* providing \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w you|strong="G4771"\w* [DOU].   
\p
\v 6 \w So|strong="G5620"\w* \w we|strong="G2249"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w say|strong="G3004"\w* \w confidently|strong="G2292"\w* \add as the Psalmist said\add*,  
\q1 Since \w the|strong="G3004"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w is|strong="G5101"\w* \w the|strong="G3004"\w* \w one|strong="G5101"\w* \w who|strong="G5101"\w* helps \w me|strong="G1473"\w*, \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w will|strong="G5101"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w be|strong="G3756"\w* \w afraid|strong="G5399"\w*! \w People|strong="G4160"\w* \w can|strong="G3004"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w nothing|strong="G3756"\w* \w to|strong="G3004"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \add that will deprive me of God’s blessings\add* [RHQ].   
\s1 Remember how your former spiritual leaders lived and imitate their faith; since Christ never changes, do not be diverted to strange teachings.  
\sr Hebrews 13:7-9  
\p
\v 7 \w Your|strong="G3588"\w* spiritual \w leaders|strong="G2233"\w* used \w to|strong="G2980"\w* \w tell|strong="G2980"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w the|strong="G3588"\w* \w message|strong="G3056"\w* \w from|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w* \add before they died\add*. \w Remember|strong="G3421"\w* how \w they|strong="G3588"\w* conducted \w their|strong="G3588"\w* lives. \w By|strong="G2980"\w* \w considering|strong="G2233"\w* ◄how \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w died|strong="G3588"\w*/\w what|strong="G3739"\w* resulted \w from|strong="G3588"\w* how \w they|strong="G3588"\w* lived►, \w imitate|strong="G3401"\w* how \w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w believed|strong="G3588"\w* \add in Christ/God\add*.  
\v 8 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add is\add* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w now|strong="G2532"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w was|strong="G3588"\w* previously, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w same|strong="G2532"\w* \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*.  
\v 9  \add So\add*, \w do|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w let|strong="G1063"\w* \w yourselves|strong="G4043"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* diverted {\w let|strong="G1063"\w* anything divert \w you|strong="G3739"\w*} \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G3739"\w* believe \w various|strong="G4164"\w* \w teachings|strong="G1322"\w* \add that are contrary to God’s truth\add*. \w It|strong="G2532"\w* \w is|strong="G3588"\w* \w good|strong="G2570"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* acts kindly \w toward|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w* \w so|strong="G2532"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w we|strong="G3739"\w* \w may|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* strengthened spiritually. \add Obeying rules about\add* \w various|strong="G4164"\w* \w foods|strong="G1033"\w*, rules \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w benefited|strong="G5623"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* obeyed \w them|strong="G3588"\w*, \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w benefit|strong="G5623"\w* \w us|strong="G1722"\w*.   
\s1 We must stop practicing Jewish sacrifices and rituals, and go to Jesus to be saved, since we do not have a city like Jerusalem where we must offer sacrifices, but instead we wait for a future everlasting heavenly city.  
\sr Hebrews 13:10-14  
\p
\v 10 \w We|strong="G3739"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \add Jesus\add* [MTY]. \w All|strong="G3588"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w who|strong="G3739"\w* continue \w to|strong="G1849"\w* observe \w the|strong="G1537"\w* Jewish rituals [MTY] \w of|strong="G1537"\w* sacrifice \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w no|strong="G3756"\w* \w right|strong="G1849"\w* \w to|strong="G1849"\w* \w obtain|strong="G2192"\w* \w the|strong="G1537"\w* benefits \w of|strong="G1537"\w* \w his|strong="G2192"\w* sacrifice [MET].  
\v 11 \w After|strong="G1223"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* high priest \w brings|strong="G1519"\w* \w into|strong="G1519"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* most holy \w place|strong="G3739"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* blood \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w animals|strong="G2226"\w* \add that they have sacrificed to atone\add* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* sins, \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w bodies|strong="G4983"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w animals|strong="G2226"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w burned|strong="G2618"\w* {\w they|strong="G3588"\w* \w burn|strong="G2618"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w bodies|strong="G4983"\w* \w of|strong="G4012"\w* \w those|strong="G3588"\w* \w animals|strong="G2226"\w*} \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w the|strong="G1519"\w* \w camp|strong="G3925"\w*.  
\v 12 Similarly, \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w suffered|strong="G3958"\w* \add and died\add* \w outside|strong="G1854"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w gate|strong="G4439"\w* \add of Jerusalem\add* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w might|strong="G2532"\w* \w make|strong="G2532"\w* \add us\add*, \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w people|strong="G2992"\w*, holy \w by|strong="G1223"\w* \add offering\add* \w his|strong="G1223"\w* \w own|strong="G2398"\w* blood \add as a sacrifice to atone for our sins\add*.   
\p
\v 13 \w So|strong="G4314"\w*, \w we|strong="G3588"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* abandon \add performing Jewish\add* sacrifices \w and|strong="G1831"\w* rituals [MET] \add in order to be saved\add*, \w and|strong="G1831"\w* let us \w go|strong="G1831"\w* \w to|strong="G4314"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w* \add to be saved\add*. \w As|strong="G1831"\w* \w we|strong="G3588"\w* \w do|strong="G1831"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w we|strong="G3588"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \add be willing to\add* let \w others|strong="G3588"\w* \w reproach|strong="G3680"\w* us \w just|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G4314"\w* \w people|strong="G3588"\w* reproached \w Jesus|strong="G1831"\w*.  
\v 14 \w Here|strong="G5602"\w* \w on|strong="G4172"\w* earth, \w we|strong="G1063"\w* believers \w do|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G3756"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \add such as Jerusalem where we must\add* continually \add offer sacrifices\add* [MET]. Instead, \w we|strong="G1063"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w waiting|strong="G3306"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w a|strong="G2192"\w* \w future|strong="G3195"\w* \add heavenly\add* \w city|strong="G4172"\w* \add that will last forever\add*.   
\s1 Since Christ sacrificed himself for us, let our continual praise of God be our sacrifice.  
\sr Hebrews 13:15  
\p
\v 15 \w With|strong="G1223"\w* \add the help of\add* \w Jesus|strong="G1510"\w*, \w we|strong="G3778"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w continually|strong="G1223"\w* praise \w God|strong="G2316"\w*. \w That|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w be|strong="G1510"\w* \w something|strong="G1510"\w* \w we|strong="G3778"\w* can \w sacrifice|strong="G2378"\w* \add to him\add* [MET] \add instead of our sacrificing animals only at specific times\add*. Specifically, \w we|strong="G3778"\w* \w must|strong="G3588"\w* \w say|strong="G1223"\w* openly [MTY] \add that we have trusted\add* \w in|strong="G2316"\w* Christ [MTY].   
\s1 Continually do good deeds and share with others, because this too will be a sacrifice pleasing to God.  
\sr Hebrews 13:16  
\p
\v 16 \w Be|strong="G2532"\w* continually [LIT] \w doing|strong="G2140"\w* \w good|strong="G2140"\w* deeds \add for others\add*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* continually \w sharing|strong="G2842"\w* \add with others the things you have\add*, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w doing|strong="G2140"\w* \w things|strong="G3588"\w* \w like|strong="G5108"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \add also\add* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \add as though you are offering\add* \w sacrifices|strong="G2378"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w will|strong="G2316"\w* \w please|strong="G2100"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*.   
\s1 Obey your spiritual leaders.  
\sr Hebrews 13:17  
\p
\v 17 \w Obey|strong="G3982"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \add spiritual\add* \w leaders|strong="G2233"\w*; \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* tell \w you|strong="G5210"\w*, \w since|strong="G5613"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* ones \w who|strong="G3588"\w* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* \w looking|strong="G2532"\w* \w out|strong="G2532"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* spiritual \w welfare|strong="G3588"\w* [SYN]. \add Some day\add* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w stand|strong="G5210"\w* \w before|strong="G3588"\w* \w God|strong="G2532"\w* \w so|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G4160"\w* \w say|strong="G3056"\w* \w if|strong="G5613"\w* \w he|strong="G2532"\w* approves \w of|strong="G3056"\w* \w what|strong="G3588"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w done|strong="G4160"\w*. \w Obey|strong="G3982"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w order|strong="G2443"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w can|strong="G4160"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \w work|strong="G3056"\w* \w of|strong="G3056"\w* guarding \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w joyfully|strong="G5479"\w*, \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* sadly, \w because|strong="G1063"\w* \w if|strong="G5613"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w cause|strong="G4160"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w it|strong="G2532"\w* sadly, \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w certainly|strong="G1063"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* help \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w* (\w OR|strong="G2532"\w*, \w they|strong="G2532"\w* \w will|strong="G2532"\w* \w not|strong="G3361"\w* \w be|strong="G2532"\w* \w able|strong="G4160"\w* \w to|strong="G2443"\w* help \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w at|strong="G3588"\w* \w all|strong="G2532"\w*).   
\s1 Pray for me that God will quickly remove the things that hinder my coming to you.  
\sr Hebrews 13:18-19  
\p
\v 18 \w Pray|strong="G4336"\w* \w for|strong="G1063"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w*. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w am|strong="G1473"\w* certain \w that|strong="G3754"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* \w not|strong="G2309"\w* \w done|strong="G2309"\w* \w anything|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3754"\w* displeases God. \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w have|strong="G2192"\w* tried \w to|strong="G2309"\w* act \w honorably|strong="G2573"\w* \add toward you\add* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w every|strong="G3956"\w* \w way|strong="G1722"\w*.  
\v 19 \w I|strong="G1161"\w* \w urge|strong="G3870"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* earnestly \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w pray|strong="G3870"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* \add God\add* \w will|strong="G3778"\w* \w quickly|strong="G5032"\w* remove \w the|strong="G1161"\w* \w things|strong="G3778"\w* \w that|strong="G2443"\w* hinder \w my|strong="G4160"\w* coming \w to|strong="G2443"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.   
\s1 May God equip you with everything good that you need, and may Christ be praised forever.  
\sr Hebrews 13:20-21  
\p
\v 20 \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \add provides for us\add*, \add protects us, and guides us as\add* \w a|strong="G1722"\w* \w great|strong="G3173"\w* \w shepherd|strong="G4166"\w* \w does|strong="G2316"\w* \w for|strong="G1161"\w* \w his|strong="G1722"\w* \w sheep|strong="G4263"\w* [MET]. \w And|strong="G1161"\w* \w God|strong="G2316"\w*, \w who|strong="G3588"\w* gives \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \add inner\add* \w peace|strong="G1515"\w*, \w brought|strong="G1161"\w* \w our|strong="G2316"\w* \w Lord|strong="G2962"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* back \w to|strong="G1722"\w* life. \w By|strong="G1722"\w* doing \w that|strong="G3588"\w*, \w God|strong="G2316"\w* ratified \w his|strong="G1722"\w* eternal \w covenant|strong="G1242"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w us|strong="G2249"\w* \w by|strong="G1722"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* blood \add that flowed from Jesus when he died on the\add* cross.  
\v 21 \w So|strong="G1519"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* pray \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w God|strong="G1519"\w* \w will|strong="G2307"\w* \w equip|strong="G2675"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w with|strong="G1722"\w* \w everything|strong="G3956"\w* \w good|strong="G1223"\w* \add that you need in order\add* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w may|strong="G3956"\w* \w do|strong="G4160"\w* \w the|strong="G1722"\w* \w things|strong="G3956"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w desires|strong="G2307"\w*. \w May|strong="G3956"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w accomplish|strong="G4160"\w* \w in|strong="G1722"\w* \w our|strong="G2424"\w* lives \w whatever|strong="G3739"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* considers \w pleasing|strong="G2101"\w* \w as|strong="G1519"\w* \w a|strong="G1519"\w* \w result|strong="G1519"\w* \w of|strong="G1223"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \add equipping us\add*. \w May|strong="G3956"\w* \w Jesus|strong="G2424"\w* \w Christ|strong="G5547"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* praised \w forever|strong="G1519"\w*. ◄Amen!/\w May|strong="G3956"\w* \w it|strong="G4160"\w* \w be|strong="G3956"\w* \w so|strong="G1519"\w*!►   
\s1 Patiently consider what I have written in this short exhortation.  
\sr Hebrews 13:22  
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\v 22 \w My|strong="G2532"\w* fellow believers, \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w appeal|strong="G3870"\w* \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* patiently \w consider|strong="G3056"\w* \add what\add* \w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w have|strong="G2532"\w* \w written|strong="G1989"\w* \w in|strong="G2532"\w* \w this|strong="G3588"\w* \w short|strong="G3588"\w* \w letter|strong="G1989"\w*, \w to|strong="G2532"\w* \w exhort|strong="G3870"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.   
\s1 Since Timothy has been released from prison, he will accompany me when I go to see you.  
\sr Hebrews 13:23  
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\v 23 \w I|strong="G1473"\w* want \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w know|strong="G1097"\w* \w that|strong="G3739"\w* \w our|strong="G3326"\w* fellow believer \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w* \w has|strong="G3739"\w* been released {\add the authorities\add* \w have|strong="G1473"\w* released \w our|strong="G3326"\w* fellow believer \w Timothy|strong="G5095"\w*} \add from prison\add*. \w If|strong="G1437"\w* \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w comes|strong="G2064"\w* here \w soon|strong="G5032"\w*, \w he|strong="G3739"\w* \w will|strong="G3739"\w* \w accompany|strong="G3326"\w* \w me|strong="G1473"\w* \w when|strong="G2064"\w* \w I|strong="G1473"\w* \w go|strong="G2064"\w* \w to|strong="G2064"\w* \w see|strong="G3708"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*.   
\s1 Greet your spiritual leaders and all other believers; the believers who are from Italy send you their greetings.  
\sr Hebrews 13:24  
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\v 24 Tell \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w your|strong="G2532"\w* \add spiritual\add* \w leaders|strong="G2233"\w* \w and|strong="G2532"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w* \w the|strong="G2532"\w* \add other\add* fellow believers \add in your city\add* \w that|strong="G3588"\w* ◄\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* thinking fondly \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w them|strong="G3588"\w*/\w I|strong="G2532"\w* \w am|strong="G2532"\w* sending \w them|strong="G3588"\w* \w my|strong="G3956"\w* greetings►. \w The|strong="G2532"\w* believers \add in this area who have come\add* \w from|strong="G2532"\w* \w Italy|strong="G2482"\w* \add want you to know they\add* \w are|strong="G3588"\w* ◄thinking \w about|strong="G3588"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w*/sending \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w their|strong="G2532"\w* greetings►.   
\s1 May God act graciously to you all.  
\sr Hebrews 13:25  
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\v 25  \add I pray that\add* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w will|strong="G3956"\w* continue \w to|strong="G3326"\w* experience \w God|strong="G3588"\w*’s acting kindly \w toward|strong="G3326"\w* \w you|strong="G5210"\w* \w all|strong="G3956"\w*.