For our God is indeed a devouring fire.

For the one who enters God’s rest has also rested from his works, just as God did from his own works.

Consequently a Sabbath rest remains for the people of God.

And this is what we intend to do, if God permits.

For by it the people of old received God’s commendation.

For you need endurance in order to do God’s will and so receive what is promised.

You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. So God, your God, has anointed you over your companions with the oil of rejoicing.”

and he was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.

It is a terrifying thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

who is faithful to the one who appointed him, as Moses was also in God’s house.

but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume God’s enemies.

For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.

tasted the good word of God and the miracles of the coming age,

and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded you to keep.”

Remember your leaders, who spoke God’s message to you; reflect on the outcome of their lives and imitate their faith.

By faith we understand that the worlds were set in order at God’s command, so that the visible has its origin in the invisible.

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

By faith Abel offered God a greater sacrifice than Cain, and through his faith he was commended as righteous, because God commended him for his offerings. And through his faith he still speaks, though he is dead.

how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, purify our consciences from dead works to worship the living God.