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And when you were [spiritually] dead because of your sins and your lack of being physically circumcised [Note: This refers to their having been unconverted Gentiles and therefore outside of a relationship with God], God made you alive [again] together with Christ, having forgiven us for all of our sins.

Verse ConceptsAbility, Of God To SaveSpiritual DeathFaultsFall Of Man, Consequences Ofeternal life, experience ofBeing Born AgainOrigins Of Spiritual LifePaul, Teaching OfRegenerationResurrection, SpiritualSalvation, Nature OfSin, Effects OfUncircumcisionSpiritual Life, Nature OfSpiritual Life, Described ByBeing Dead In SinLife With ChristSpiritually DeadGod Has ForgivenOur ResurrectionFeeling Lost

Therefore, when we could no longer endure our separation [from you], we thought it best to be left behind, alone at Athens,

Verse ConceptsIsolated PersonsPeople Abandoning People

Because of this God will send upon them a misleading influence, [an activity of error and deception] so they will believe the lie,

Verse ConceptsBelievingTrusting Deceptive ThingsGod DeceivingErrorDeceptionLying And Deceitatheismlieing

He must also have a good reputation among outsiders [i.e., non-Christians], or else he could fall into reproach [i.e., from worldly people] and [therefore] into the devil's trap.

Verse ConceptsConsistencyBondage, SpiritualOutsidersReputationSatan, As DeceiverSatan, As TempterEvil TrappingAttitudes Towards ForeignersBeing ReprovedLeadership Qualitiesprepping

and will therefore receive condemnation because they have renounced their original pledge.

Verse ConceptsPeople Promisingrelaxing

For this reason I [am ready to] patiently endure all things for the sake of those who are the elect (God’s chosen ones), so that they too may obtain the salvation which is in Christ Jesus and with it the reward of eternal glory.

Verse Conceptseternal life, nature ofEndurance, Results Ofelection, to salvationChristiansGlorySalvation, Described AsEternal BlessingEnduringThe Gospel Of SalvationTemporary Affliction Of SaintsSelflessness

Endeavour therefore to come to me before winter. Eubulus saluteth thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and Claudia, and indeed all the brethren.

Verse ConceptsWinterBrotherhoodeffort

Therefore, though I have much boldness in Christ to command thee that which is befitting,

Verse ConceptsMen's OrdersBoldness

Whom I have sent again: thou therefore receive him, that is, mine own bowels:

Verse ConceptsOther References To The Heart

For perhaps he therefore departed for a season, that thou shouldest receive him for ever;

Verse ConceptsPeople PartingEternal BlessingWhy It Happened

'Tis not therefore to the angels that he has subjected the gospel state of which we are treating.

Verse ConceptsThe Future AgeAngelsPerspectiveconnectedness

Therefore I was angry with that generation, and said, They are always led astray in their heart, and they did not know my ways.

Verse ConceptsKnowing God's WaysWay, TheHeart, Of Unregenerate PeoplePeople Going Astray

Since therefore it remains for some to enter into it, and those who formerly had good-news did not enter because of disobedience,

Verse ConceptsSpiritual FailureExclusionEntering LifeCauses of failure indisobedience

and is therefore bound to offer sacrifices for sins, not only for the People, but equally so for himself.

Verse ConceptsNecessityAtoning By SacrificesOffering Sacrifices

If indeed therefore perfection was through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people had received the law), what further need is there for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not be designated

Verse ConceptsAaron, As High PriestHigh Priest, In OtMelchizedekRestored In Jesus ChristPerfection, HumanPriesthood, In NtRitual LawAaron, PositionChrist, The High PriestPeople Made PerfectThe Law Given To IsraelRoyal Priesthoodpriests

So therefore, Jesus has become the guarantee of a better Agreement [between God and mankind].

Verse ConceptsCovenant, the newGuaranteePast, Thecovenant

but Jesus remains for all time, and therefore the priesthood that he holds is never liable to pass to another.

Verse ConceptsJesus Christ, Eternity OfGod, Living And Self sustainingpriests

For every high priest is appointed in order to offer both gifts and sacrifices; therefore [it was] necessary [for] this one also to have something that he offers.

Verse ConceptsLeaders, SpiritualOffering Sacrifices

If, indeed, therefore, he had been on earth, he had not, in that case, even been a priest, since there are those who are offering the gifts, according to the law: -

Verse ConceptsFulfilling The Law

Not according tot he covenant which I made with their forefathers, On the day when I took them by the hand to lead them forth out of the land of Egypt; For they did not continue in my covenant, And therefore I disregarded them," says the Lord.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtGod's HandNot Like ThingsBreaking The CovenantGod Has Guided

For this reason He is the Mediator and Negotiator of a new covenant [that is, an entirely new agreement uniting God and man], so that those who have been called [by God] may receive [the fulfillment of] the promised eternal inheritance, since a death has taken place [as the payment] which redeems them from the sins committed under the obsolete first covenant.

Verse ConceptsFreedom, Through Jesus ChristCovenant, the newAtonement, in NTHeirsReceiving An InheritanceInheritance, SpiritualMediationMoses, Significance OfNewnessRansomRedemption, In NtRevelation, In OtTypesChrist, The MediatorGod's Call, ResultsAdvocatesEternal PossessionThe Effect Of Christ's DeathRedemptionPromisesThe Blood Of JesuscovenantNew

Therefore not even the first [covenant] was ratified without blood.

Verse ConceptsApproachabilityBlood Of The Covenant

It was necessary therefore that the copies of the things in the heavens should be cleansed with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

Verse ConceptsCopies Of AltarsRight Sacrificescleansing

Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, Sacrifice and offering thou did not desire, but thou prepared for me a body.

Verse Conceptsequipping, spiritualBody Of ChristSacrificesPreparationSacrificeVolunteeringgirlfriends

And therefore from one man, and these things having become deadened, were begotten as the stars of the heaven for multitude, and as the sand of the seashore, countless.

Verse ConceptsAn Innumerable NumberStarsSeashoresOnly One PersonSand And Gravel

I desire you therefore somewhat the more abundantly, that ye so do, that I may be restored to you quickly.

Verse Conceptsencouragement, examples ofMeeting PeoplePraying For Others

Be not therefore deceived, my beloved brethren: for every good gift,

Verse ConceptsSin Producing DeathDeceiving OneselfBeing Positive