For this man Melchizedek, king of Salem and priest of the Most High God, who met Abraham as he was coming back from the defeat of the kings, and put his blessing on him,

For we know who it was that said, "Vengeance belongs to me, I will pay back!" and again, "The Lord will be His people's judge."

Meantime, my righteous servant will live by faith. But if a man draws back, my soul has no delight in him."

But we are not of a disposition to draw back so as to perish, but we have faith that leads to the saving of the soul.

And if they had been cherishing the memory of the country they had left, they would have had an opportunity to go back.

For he considered the fact that God was able to raise people from the dead; and so from the dead, in a figure, he did receive him back.

And more especially do I beg you to do so, that I may very soon be brought back to you.

May God, who gives us peace, who brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, who through the blood by which He ratified the everlasting covenant, is now the Great Shepherd of the sheep,