“Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness.

teaching about baptisms, laying on of hands, resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

So do not throw away your confidence, because it ¹  has great reward.

God had told him, “Through Isaac descendants will carry on your name,” ¹ 

Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, ¹  partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess, ² 

But to which of the angels ¹  has he ever said, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet”? ² 

and make straight paths for your feet, ¹  so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed.

and to Jesus, the mediator ¹  of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks of something better than Abel’s does. ² 

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

Therefore we must progress beyond ¹  the elementary ²  instructions about Christ ³  and move on ⁴  to maturity, not laying this foundation again: repentance from dead works and faith in God,

“And there will be no need at all ¹  for each one to teach his countryman or each one to teach his brother saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ since they will all know me, from the least to the greatest. ² 

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.