who does not need, as did the Levitical priests, to offer sacrifices, first for his own sins and then for those of the people; this latter is just what He did once for all when He offered up Himself.

Whereas God does find fault with the people of that covenant, when he says: The day is coming, saith the Lord, when I will conclude a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be on the lines of the covenant I made with their fathers,

which, as a symbol, remains to the present time, in which are offered both gifts and sacrifices that can not make perfect, as it respects the conscience, him that does the service;

But Christ appeared as a High Priest of the blessings that are soon to come by means of the greater and more perfect Tent of worship, a tent which has not been built with hands--that is to say does not belong to this material creation--

For such a Covenant takes effect only upon death, it does not come into force as long as the testator is alive.

And almost all things, according to the law, are cleansed with blood, and remission does not occur without bloodshed.

And He does not enter to offer Himself over and over again, as the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own;

(offerings regularly made under the law), and then it is added, Lo, I come to do thy will, he does away with the first, in order that he may establish the second.

And the Holy Ghost truly does witness to us: for afterward he said,

But the just shall live by faith; and, if he draw back, my soul does not take pleasure in him.

Through faith we understand that the worlds came into being, and still exist, at the command of God, so that what is seen does not owe its existence to that which is visible.

and apart from faith it is impossible to satisfy him, for the man who draws near to God must believe that he exists and that he does reward those who seek him.

Wherefore, since we are surrounded with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every incumbrance, and the sin which does so easily embarrass us, and let us pursue with constancy the course that is proposed to us:

Because of chastening ye endure; God is treating you as with sons, for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?

For they truly gave us punishment for a short time, as it seemed good to them; but he does it for our profit, so that we may become holy as he is.

Now chastening for the present does not seem to be joyous, but grievous. Nevertheless afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who are exercised by it.

and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and {to the sprinkled blood} that speaks better than Abel's [does].

See that ye refuse not him that speaks. For if those did not escape who had refused him who uttered the oracles on earth, much more we who turn away from him who does so from heaven:

But if any one of you lacks wisdom, he should pray to God, who gives to everyone generously and does not begrudge [the person who asks], and it will be given to him.

Such a man must not expect to get anything from the Lord??8 an irresolute person like him, who is uncertain about everything he does.

because he is double-minded and undecided in all that he does [i.e., he cannot make up his mind and follow through about anything].

When he is being tempted, let no one say, "It is God who tempts me," for God cannot be tempted with evil, nor does he tempt any man.

Be sure of that, my beloved brothers. Let everyone be quick to listen, slow to talk, slow to be angry ??20 for human anger does not promote divine righteousness;

For the wrath of man does not accomplish the righteousness of God.

For if anyone is [only] a listener to the word and does not practice it, he is like a person who sees his natural face in a mirror,

But the man who looks at the flawless law that makes men free, and keeps on looking, proving himself to be, not a forgetful hearer but an actual doer of what it requires, will be blessed in what he does.

If anyone thinks he is religious, and does not bridle his tongue, but deceives himself, his religious worship is worthless.

What use is it, my brothers, for a man to say that he has faith, if he does nothing? will such a faith give him salvation?

Suppose a brother or sister does not have any clothes or daily food

and one of you says to him, "Blessings on you, keep warm, eat until you have aplenty," without giving him the things that are needed for the body, what good does it do?

So too, faith, if it does not have works [to back it up], is by itself dead [inoperative and ineffective].

Thou believest that God is one; thou doest well: the demons also believe, and shudder.

You see that a man (believer) is justified by works and not by faith alone [that is, by acts of obedience a born-again believer reveals his faith].

For we all stumble in many things. If any man does not stumble in word, this is a perfect man, able also to bridle the whole body.

So, also, the tongue is a little member, and boasts great things. Behold, how great a forest does a little fire set in a blaze.

Does the spring pour out from the same opening the sweet and the bitter?

What wise, intelligent man is there among you? Let him show by his good life that what he does is done in the humility of wisdom.

Such wisdom does not come from above but is earthly, unspiritual, demonic.

Or does it seem to you that it is for nothing that the holy Writings say, The spirit which God put into our hearts has a strong desire for us?

So when a man knows what is right but does not do it, he is guilty of sin.

You have condemned, you have murdered the righteous [person]; he does not resist you.

Does any one among you suffer evil? let him pray. Is any happy? let him sing psalms.

to an incorruptible and undefiled inheritance that does not fade away, reserved in Heaven for you,

And if you address as Father, Him who judges everyone impartially in accordance with what he does, you must live reverently all your fleeting stay on earth,

because you have been born anew, not from a germ that perishes but from one that does not perish, by the word of the living and everlasting God.

What good does it do if, when you sin, you patiently receive punishment for it? But if you suffer for doing good and receive it patiently, you have God's approval.

For the Lord's eyes see what the righteous person does and He hears their [earnest] prayers, but the Lord looks with disapproval on the person who does wrong."

Corresponding to that [rescue through the flood], baptism [which is an expression of a believer’s new life in Christ] now saves you, not by removing dirt from the body, but by an appeal to God for a good (clear) conscience, [demonstrating what you believe to be yours] through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

so that for the future he does not pass the rest of this life in gratifying his sensual passions, but in conformity to the divine precepts.

This is why the good news was preached to the dead too, that they may be judged in their physical nature as men are, but live in the Spirit as God does.

If one preaches, let him do it like one who utters the words of God; if one does some service, let him do it as with strength which God supplies, so that in everything God may be glorified through Jesus Christ. To him belong glory and dominion forever and ever. Amen.

When the chief Shepherd is revealed, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away.

Your sister church in Babylon, elect with you, sends you salutations, and so does Marcus, my son.

For [if] these [things] are yours and are increasing, this does not make [you] useless or unproductive in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ.

recognizing this above all, that every prophecy of scripture does not come about from one's own interpretation,

They will exploit you in their greed with deceptive words. Their condemnation, pronounced long ago, is not idle, and their destruction does not sleep.

The Lord does not loiter over his promise, as some men esteem loitering; but he is longsuffering toward you, not purposing that any should perish, but that all should pass on to repentance.

Then all these things being dissolved, what kind of people does it behoove you to be in holy deportment and godliness,

speaking of it as he does in all his letters. In them are some things hard to understand, which the ignorant and unsteady twist to their ruin, as they do the rest of the Scriptures.

If we say we have no sin [refusing to admit that we are sinners], we delude ourselves and the truth is not in us. [His word does not live in our hearts.]

My little children, I write these things to you so that ye may not sin. And if any man does sin, we have an advocate with the Father--righteous Jesus Christ.

He who says, I know him, and does not keep his commandments, is a liar, and the truth is not in this man.

But whoever continues to hate his brother is in darkness and is living in darkness, and he does not know where he is going, because the darkness has blinded his eyes.

And the world passes away, and the lust of it, but he who does the will of God abides into the age.

Every man who denies the Son, also does not have the Father.

As for you, let the teaching which you have received from the very beginning continue in your hearts. If that teaching does continue in your hearts, you also will continue to be in union with the Son and with the Father.

If you have knowledge that he is upright, it is clear to you that everyone who does righteousness is his offspring.

Behold what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we may be called children of God. Because of this the world does not know you, because it did not know him.

beloved, we are now the sons of God, tho' it does not yet appear what we shall be: but we know, that when this change shall be, his immediate presence will give us a divine resemblance.

Every man doing sin also does lawlessness, and sin is lawlessness.

Every man abiding in him does not sin. Every man who is sinning has not seen him, nor has known him.

My little children, let no man take you out of the true way: he who does righteousness is upright, even as he is upright;

Anyone who is a child of God does no sin, because he still has God's seed in him; he is not able to be a sinner, because God is his Father.

In this way it is clear who are the children of God and who are the children of the Evil One; anyone who does not do righteousness or who has no love for his brother, is not a child of God.

We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love our brothers. Whoever does not continue to love continues still in death.

Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer, and you know that every murderer does not have eternal life residing in him.

But whoever has the world's living, and sees his brother having need, and closes his bowels from him, how does the love of God abide in him?

My loved ones, if our heart does not say that we have done wrong, we have no fear before him;

All who obey his commands keep in union with him, and he does with them; and this is how we know that he keeps in union with us??y the Spirit which he has given us.

and every spirit that does not confess Jesus Christ has come in flesh is not of God. And this is that of the antichrist, which ye have heard that it comes, and is now in the world already.

We are of God. He who knows God hears us. He who is not of God does not hear us. From this we know the spirit of truth, and the spirit of error.

He who does not love does not know God, because God is love.

This is the way we know that we keep in union with him and he does with us??ecause he has given us some of his Spirit.

Fear does not exist in love; but love, when it is perfect, drives out fear. For fear has always torment, and he who has fear is not yet perfected in love.

If any man says, I love God, and hates his brother, he is a liar. For he who does not love his brother whom he has seen, how can he love God whom he has not seen?

For this is [real evidence of] our love for God: [It is] obeying what He commands us to do. And obeying His commands does not cause us any grief [or, unpleasantness].

He who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself. He who does not believe God has made him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has testified about his Son.

He who has the Son has the life. He who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.

If anyone sees his brother committing a sin that does not lead to death, he will ask and God will grant him life; yea, He will grant it to any who do not commit a sin that leads to death. There is a sin that leads to death; I do not say that one should pray for that.

All wrongdoing is sin, and there is sin that does not lead to death [one can repent of it and be forgiven].

We know that every man who has been begotten from God does not sin, but he who was begotten from God keeps himself, and the evil does not touch him.

Every man transgressing, and not abiding in the doctrine of the Christ, does not have God. The man abiding in the doctrine of the Christ, this man has both the Father and the Son.

If any man comes to you, and does not bring this doctrine, do not receive him into a house, and do not speak to him to rejoice.

My loved one, it is my prayer that you may do well in all things, and be healthy in body, even as your soul does well.

Dearly beloved, thou dost faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers,

I have written somewhat to the church; but Diotrephes, who love to take the lead among them, does not receive me.

Because of this, if I come, I will remember his works that he does, prating against us with evil words. And not being satisfied in these, he himself does not even accept the brothers, and he forbids those who would, and expels them

Do not imitate what is evil, beloved, but that which is good. He who does good is of God; he who does evil has never gazed on God.

All men bear testimony to Demetrius, and so does the truth itself. I also bear testimony to him; and you know that my testimony is true.

I gave her time to repent, but she does not want to repent of her sexual immorality.