But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is useless and about to be cursed; its fate is to be burned.

And it could be said that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid a tithe through Abraham.

They served only for matters of food and drink and various washings; they are external regulations imposed until the new order came.

then he says, “Their sins and their lawless deeds I will remember no longer.”

And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works,

By faith also Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning the future.

And others experienced mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

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 to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks of something better than Abel’s does.

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever!

For he gazes at himself and then goes out and immediately forgets what sort of person he was.

For where there is jealousy and selfishness, there is disorder and every evil practice.

that is, into an inheritance imperishable, undefiled, and unfading. It is reserved in heaven for you,

And he must turn away from evil and do good; he must seek peace and pursue it.

And if the righteous are barely saved, what will become of the ungodly and sinners?

and if he turned to ashes the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah when he condemned them to destruction, having appointed them to serve as an example to future generations of the ungodly,

All those I love, I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent!

Then he came and took the scroll from the right hand of the one who was seated on the throne,

So I looked and here came a pale green horse! The name of the one who rode it was Death, and Hades followed right behind. They were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill its population with the sword, famine, and disease, and by the wild animals of the earth.

They had hair like women’s hair, and their teeth were like lions’ teeth.