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

But as it is, Christ has obtained a ministry that is as much more excellent than the old as the covenant he mediates is better, since it is enacted on better promises.

since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.

For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.

For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh,

To them God chose to make known how great among the Gentiles are the riches of the glory of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope,

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

Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the holy places by the blood of Jesus,

But for me it is good to be near God; 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 except through me.

Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

But now in Christ Jesus you who once were far off have been brought near by the blood of Christ.

in whom we have boldness and access with confidence through our faith in him.

General references

And it shall be a statute forever for them. The one who sprinkles the water for impurity shall wash his clothes, and the one who touches the water for impurity shall be unclean until evening.