So that we, who have gone in flight from danger to the hope which has been put before us, may have a strong comfort in two unchanging things, in which it is not possible for God to be false;

But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.

Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us.

For the law was given through Moses; grace and the true way of life are ours through Jesus Christ.

For what the law was not able to do because it was feeble through the flesh, God, sending his Son in the image of the evil flesh, and as an offering for sin, gave his decision against sin in the flesh:

To whom God was pleased to give knowledge of the wealth of the glory of this secret among the Gentiles, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory:

Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ, by the order of God our Saviour and Christ Jesus our hope;

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Then let us come near to the seat of grace without fear, so that mercy may be given to us, and we may get grace for our help in time of need.

So then, my brothers, being able to go into the holy place without fear, because of the blood of Jesus,

But it is good for me to come near to God: I have put my faith in the Lord God, so that I may make clear all his works.

Jesus said to him, I am the true and living way: no one comes to the Father but by me.

Through whom, in the same way, we have been able by faith to come to this grace in which we now are; and let us have joy in hope of the glory of God.

But now in Christ Jesus you who at one time were far off are made near in the blood of Christ.

By whom we come near to God without fear through faith in him.

General references

This is to be a law for them for ever: he who puts the water on the unclean person is to have his clothing washed; and anyone touching the water will be unclean till evening.