For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, of joints and marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

Even though we speak like this, beloved, we are confident of better things in your case, things that accompany salvation.

See how great he was! Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the spoils.

One might even say that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid tithes through Abraham,

This becomes even more evident if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,

Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary.

This is why even the first covenant was not ratified without blood.

By faith Abel offered God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as a righteous man, when God spoke well of his gifts. And through faith he still speaks, even though he is dead.

By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, because she considered him faithful who had promised.

He considered that God was able to raise men even from the dead; from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back.

For they could not endure the order that was given, "If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned."