And, truly, the good news came to us, even as it did to them; but the hearing of the word did them no good, because they were not united in faith with the true hearers.

And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,

You must stop being carried away with varied and strange teachings. For it is a good thing for the heart to be strengthened by God's spiritual strength, not by special kinds of food, from which those adhering to them have gotten no good.

For our earthly fathers disciplined us for only a short time as seemed best to them; but He disciplines us for our good, so that we may share His holiness.

But Christ becoming the high-priest of future good things, through a better and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this creation;

For the Law, having a shadow of the good to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect those who draw near.

Let us consider how to provoke one another to love and good works,

Therefore as many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as innumerable as the sand which is by the sea shore, were fathered by one man, and him as good as dead.

Seeing therefore it remains that some should enter therein, and they to whom the good news was before preached failed to enter in because of disobedience,

But solid food is for those who are full grown, who by reason of use have their senses exercised to discern good and evil.

So that with good courage we say, "The Lord is my helper. I will not fear. What can man do to me?"

and tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the age to come,

But do not forget to be doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Pray for us, for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to live honorably in all things.

make you complete in every good thing to do his will, working in us that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever. Amen.