And there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. The glory of the heavenly body is one sort and the earthly another.

Like the one made of dust, so too are those made of dust, and like the one from heaven, so too those who are heavenly.

and he raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus,

so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow – in heaven and on earth and under the earth –

But you have come to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the assembly

If I have told you people about earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

And just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, let us also bear the image of the man of heaven.

This power he exercised in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms

Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess,

For it is impossible in the case of those who have once been enlightened, tasted the heavenly gift, become partakers of the Holy Spirit,

Blessed is the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms in Christ.

The purpose of this enlightenment is that through the church the multifaceted wisdom of God should now be disclosed to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly realms.

So it was necessary for the sketches of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves required better sacrifices than these.

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.

For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the powers, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavens.

The Lord will deliver me from every evil deed and will bring me safely into his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever! Amen.

The place where they serve is a sketch and shadow of the heavenly sanctuary, just as Moses was warned by God as he was about to complete the tabernacle. For he says, “See that you make everything according to the design shown to you on the mountain.”