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

and in one case tithes are received by mortal men, while in the other by him who is affirmed to be alive.

For a will takes effect only at death, since it carries no force while the one who made it is alive.

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

and set free those who were held in slavery all their lives by their fear of death.

See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has an evil, unbelieving heart that forsakes the living God.

by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,

So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.

But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.

Besides, we have experienced discipline from our earthly fathers and we respected them; shall we not submit ourselves all the more to the Father of spirits and receive life?

For the word of God is living and active and sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing even to the point of dividing soul from spirit, and joints from marrow; it is able to judge the desires and thoughts of the heart.

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.