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Today's Bible Reading :: Hebrews 11 - 13 (ESV)

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Hebrews 11

By Faith

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:1 - Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:2 - For by it the people of old received their commendation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:3 - By faith we understand that the universe was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of things that are visible.
(Gen 4:1–16; 5:18–24; 6:5—8:22 )

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:4 - By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he was commended as righteous, God commending him by accepting his gifts. And through his faith, though he died, he still speaks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:5 - By faith Enoch was taken up so that he should not see death, and he was not found, because God had taken him. Now before he was taken he was commended as having pleased God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:6 - And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:7 - By faith Noah, being warned by God concerning events as yet unseen, in reverent fear constructed an ark for the saving of his household. By this he condemned the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.
(Gen 15:1–6; 21:1–7 )

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:8 - By faith Abraham obeyed when he was called to go out to a place that he was to receive as an inheritance. And he went out, not knowing where he was going.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:9 - By faith he went to live in the land of promise, as in a foreign land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:10 - For he was looking forward to the city that has foundations, whose designer and builder is God.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:11 - By faith Sarah herself received power to conceive, even when she was past the age, since she considered him faithful who had promised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:12 - Therefore from one man, and him as good as dead, were born descendants as many as the stars of heaven and as many as the innumerable grains of sand by the seashore.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:13 - These all died in faith, not having received the things promised, but having seen them and greeted them from afar, and having acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:14 - For people who speak thus make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:15 - If they had been thinking of that land from which they had gone out, they would have had opportunity to return.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:16 - But as it is, they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.
(Gen 22:1–14; 48:8–16; 50:22–25 )

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:17 - By faith Abraham, when he was tested, offered up Isaac, and he who had received the promises was in the act of offering up his only son,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:18 - of whom it was said, “Through Isaac shall your offspring be named.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:19 - He considered that God was able even to raise him from the dead, from which, figuratively speaking, he did receive him back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:20 - By faith Isaac invoked future blessings on Jacob and Esau.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:21 - By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph, bowing in worship over the head of his staff.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:22

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:22 - By faith Joseph, at the end of his life, made mention of the exodus of the Israelites and gave directions concerning his bones.
(Exo 2:1–10; 12:31–51 )

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:23 - By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that the child was beautiful, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:24

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:24 - By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh’s daughter,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:25 - choosing rather to be mistreated with the people of God than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:26

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:26 - He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:27

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:27 - By faith he left Egypt, not being afraid of the anger of the king, for he endured as seeing him who is invisible.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:28

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:28 - By faith he kept the Passover and sprinkled the blood, so that the Destroyer of the firstborn might not touch them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:29 - By faith the people crossed the Red Sea as on dry land, but the Egyptians, when they attempted to do the same, were drowned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:30 - By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:31 - By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish with those who were disobedient, because she had given a friendly welcome to the spies.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:32

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:32 - And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets—

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:33 - who through faith conquered kingdoms, enforced justice, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:34

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:34 - quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, were made strong out of weakness, became mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:35

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:35 - Women received back their dead by resurrection. Some were tortured, refusing to accept release, so that they might rise again to a better life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:36 - Others suffered mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:37

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:37 - They were stoned, they were sawn in two,[fn] they were killed with the sword. They went about in skins of sheep and goats, destitute, afflicted, mistreated—

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:38

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:38 - of whom the world was not worthy—wandering about in deserts and mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:39 - And all these, though commended through their faith, did not receive what was promised,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:40

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:40 - since God had provided something better for us, that apart from us they should not be made perfect.
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Some manuscripts add they were tempted

Hebrews 12

Jesus, Founder and Perfecter of Our Faith

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:1 - Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us also lay aside every weight, and sin which clings so closely, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:2

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:2 - looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

Do Not Grow Weary

(Pro 3:11, 12 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:3 - Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary or fainthearted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:4

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:4 - In your struggle against sin you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:5 - And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons?
“My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord,
nor be weary when reproved by him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:6 - For the Lord disciplines the one he loves,
and chastises every son whom he receives.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:7

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:7 - It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline?

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:8 - If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:9 - Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live?

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:10

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:10 - For they disciplined us for a short time as it seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:11 - For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
(Gen 25:29–34; 27:30–40 )

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:12 - Therefore lift your drooping hands and strengthen your weak knees,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:13 - and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but rather be healed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:14 - Strive for peace with everyone, and for the holiness without which no one will see the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:15 - See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God; that no “root of bitterness” springs up and causes trouble, and by it many become defiled;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:16 - that no one is sexually immoral or unholy like Esau, who sold his birthright for a single meal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:17 - For you know that afterward, when he desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected, for he found no chance to repent, though he sought it with tears.

A Kingdom That Cannot Be Shaken

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:18 - For you have not come to what may be touched, a blazing fire and darkness and gloom and a tempest

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:19 - and the sound of a trumpet and a voice whose words made the hearers beg that no further messages be spoken to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:20 - For they could not endure the order that was given, “If even a beast touches the mountain, it shall be stoned.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:21 - Indeed, so terrifying was the sight that Moses said, “I tremble with fear.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:22

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:22 - But you have come to Mount Zion and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to innumerable angels in festal gathering,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:23

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:23 - and to the assembly[fn] of the firstborn who are enrolled in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of the righteous made perfect,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:24 - and to Jesus, the mediator of a new covenant, and to the sprinkled blood that speaks a better word than the blood of Abel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:25 - See that you do not refuse him who is speaking. For if they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, much less will we escape if we reject him who warns from heaven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:26 - At that time his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth but also the heavens.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:27

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:27 - This phrase, “Yet once more,” indicates the removal of things that are shaken—that is, things that have been made—in order that the things that cannot be shaken may remain.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:28

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:28 - Therefore let us be grateful for receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, and thus let us offer to God acceptable worship, with reverence and awe,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:29

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:29 - for our God is a consuming fire.
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Hebrews 13

Sacrifices Pleasing to God

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:1 - Let brotherly love continue.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:2 - Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:3 - Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:4 - Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:5 - Keep your life free from love of money, and be content with what you have, for he has said, “I will never leave you nor forsake you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:6 - So we can confidently say,
“The Lord is my helper;
I will not fear;
what can man do to me?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:7 - Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:8 - Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:9 - Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, which have not benefited those devoted to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:10 - We have an altar from which those who serve the tent[fn] have no right to eat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:11 - For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy places by the high priest as a sacrifice for sin are burned outside the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:12 - So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:13 - Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:14 - For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:15 - Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:16 - Do not neglect to do good and to share what you have, for such sacrifices are pleasing to God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:17 - Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they are keeping watch over your souls, as those who will have to give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with groaning, for that would be of no advantage to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:18 - Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a clear conscience, desiring to act honorably in all things.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:19 - I urge you the more earnestly to do this in order that I may be restored to you the sooner.

Benediction

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:20 - Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:21

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:21 - equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us[fn] that which is pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

Final Greetings

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:22 - I appeal to you, brothers,[fn] bear with my word of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:23 - You should know that our brother Timothy has been released, with whom I shall see you if he comes soon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:24 - Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those who come from Italy send you greetings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 13:25 - Grace be with all of you.
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