For you have not come to something that can be touched, ¹  to a burning fire and darkness and gloom and a whirlwind

But you have come to Mount Zion, the city ¹  of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the assembly

Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help. ¹ 

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

let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, ¹  because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience ²  and our bodies washed in pure water.

Now without faith it is impossible to please him, for the one who approaches God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

For the law possesses a shadow of the good things to come but not the reality itself, and is therefore completely unable, by the same sacrifices offered continually, year after year, to perfect those who come to worship. ¹