<t /><p class="bodytext">Now this <b><i>Melchizedeki>b>, <b><i>king of Salemi>b>, <b><i>priest of the most high Godi>b>, <b><i>met Abraham as he was returning from defeating the kingsi>b> and <b><i>blessed himi>b>.<n id="1" />

equip you with every good thing to do his will, working in us<n id="1" /> what is pleasing before him through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever.<n id="2" /> Amen.p>

<p class="bodytext">And,p> <p class="otpoetry">&#8220;<i><b>You founded the earth in the beginningb>, <b>Lordb>,i><n id="1" />p> <p class="otpoetry"><i><b>and the heavens are the works of your handsb>.i>p>

For we have become partners with Christ, if in fact we hold our initial confidence<n id="1" /> firm until the end.

And against whom was God<n id="1" /> provoked for forty years? Was it not those who sinned, <i>whose dead bodies fell in the wildernessi>?<n id="2" />

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

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

We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, sure and steadfast, which reaches inside behind the curtain,<n id="1" />

But Melchizedek<n id="1" /> who does not share their ancestry<n id="2" /> collected a tithe<n id="3" /> from Abraham and blessed<n id="4" /> the one who possessed the promise.

<p class="bodytext">When he speaks of a new covenant,<n id="1" /> he makes the first obsolete. Now what is growing obsolete and aging is about to disappear.<n id="2" />p>

So with these things prepared like this, the priests enter continually into the outer tent<n id="1" /> as they perform their duties.

<p class="bodytext">For if we deliberately keep on sinning after receiving the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins is left for us,<n id="1" />

For you need endurance in order to do God&#8217;s will and so receive what is promised.<n id="1" />

By faith we understand that the worlds<n id="1" /> were set in order at God&#8217;s command,<n id="2" /> so that the visible has its origin in the invisible.<n id="3" />

For he was looking forward to the city with firm foundations,<n id="1" /> whose architect and builder is God.

By faith Joseph, at the end of his life,<n id="1" /> mentioned the exodus of the sons of Israel<n id="2" /> and gave instructions about his burial.<n id="3" />p>

By faith he left Egypt without fearing the king&#8217;s anger, for he persevered as though he could see the one who is invisible.

By faith Rahab the prostitute escaped the destruction of<n id="1" /> the disobedient, because she welcomed the spies in peace.p>

Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.

Therefore, to sanctify the people by his own blood, Jesus also suffered outside the camp.