so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to take hold of the hope set before us.

But now He has obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises.

because God had provided something better for us, so that apart from us they would not be made perfect.

For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ.

For what the Law could not do,

weak as it was through the flesh, God did: sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and as an offering for sin, He condemned sin in the flesh,

to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus according to the commandment of God our Savior, and of Christ Jesus, who is our hope,

We

Therefore let us draw near with confidence to the throne of grace, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Therefore, brethren, since we have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus,

But as for me, the nearness of God is my good;
I have made the Lord God my refuge,
That I may tell of all Your works.

Jesus *said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.

through whom also we have obtained our introduction by faith into this grace in which we stand; and we exult in hope of the glory of God.

But now in Christ Jesus you who formerly were far off have been brought near

by the blood of Christ.

in whom we have boldness and

confident access through faith in Him.

General references

So it shall be a perpetual statute for them. And he who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and he who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening.