At my first defense no one appeared in my support; instead they all deserted me – may they not be held accountable for it.

Such testimony is true. For this reason rebuke them sharply that they may be healthy in the faith

But when he again brings his firstborn into the world, he says, “Let all the angels of God worship him!”

while God confirmed their witness with signs and wonders and various miracles and gifts of the Holy Spirit distributed according to his will.

Now Moses was faithful in all God’s house as a servant, to testify to the things that would be spoken.

And to whom did he swear they would never enter into his rest, except those who were disobedient?

Therefore we must be wary that, while the promise of entering his rest remains open, none of you may seem to have come short of it.

Therefore it remains for some to enter it, yet those to whom it was previously proclaimed did not enter because of disobedience.

But we passionately want each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of your hope until the end,

For people swear by something greater than themselves, and the oath serves as a confirmation to end all dispute.

But Melchizedek who does not share their ancestry collected a tithe from Abraham and blessed the one who possessed the promise.

And above the ark were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Now is not the time to speak of these things in detail.

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

and he reasoned that God could even raise him from the dead, and in a sense he received him back from there.

By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, mentioned the exodus of the sons of Israel and gave instructions about his burial.

and the blast of a trumpet and a voice uttering words such that those who heard begged to hear no more.

Remember those in prison as though you were in prison with them, and those ill-treated as though you too felt their torment.

By his sovereign plan he gave us birth through the message of truth, that we would be a kind of firstfruits of all he created.

But you have dishonored the poor! Are not the rich oppressing you and dragging you into the courts?

Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered Isaac his son on the altar?