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aught, put that to mine account; I Paul write it with 19 mine own hand, I will repay it: that I say not unto thee how that thou owest to me even thine own self besides. Yea, brother, let me have joy of thee in the 20 Lord: refresh my heart in Christ. Having confidence 21 in thine obedience I write unto thee, knowing that thou wilt do even beyond what I say. But withal 22 prepare me also a lodging: for I hope that through your prayers I shall be granted unto you.

Epaphras, my fellow-prisoner in Christ Jesus, saluteth 23 thee; and so do Mark, Aristarchus, Demas, Luke, my 24 fellow-workers. our Lord Jesus Christ be with your 25

The grace of 2

omit Amen. spirit.

3 Amen.

THE EPISTLE

TO THE

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HEBREWS.

GOD, having of old time spoken unto the fathers in the prophets by divers portions and in divers 2 manners, hath at the end of these days spoken unto us in his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things, 3 through whom also he made the worlds; who being the effulgence of his glory, and the very image of his substance, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had made purification of sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; 4 having become by so much better than the angels, as he hath inherited a more excellent name than 5 they. For unto which of the angels said he at any time,

Thou art my Son,

This day have I begotten thee?

and again,

I will be to him a Father,

And he shall be to me a Son?

6*And when he again bringeth in the firstborn into the world he saith, And let all the angels of God worship

7 him. And of the angels he saith,

Who maketh his angels winds,

And his ministers a flame of fire:

8 but of the Son he saith,

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Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever;

And the sceptre of uprightness is the sceptre of
'thy kingdom.

Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated

quity;

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Therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee
With the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

Gr. a Son. Gr. ages. Or, the impress of his

substance

Or, And when he again,

bringeth in 5 Or, shall have brought in 6 Gr. the inhabited earth.

7 The two oldest Greek

ini- manuscripts

read his.

8 Or, Therefore, O God, thy God hath &c.

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1 Gr. distributions.

2 Gr. the inhabited earth.

3 Or, for a little while

lower

4 Many authorities

omit And didst...

hands.

And,

Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the founda-
tion of the earth,

And the heavens are the works of thy hands:
They shall perish; but thou continuest:
And they all shall wax old as doth a garment;
And as a mantle shalt thou roll them up,
As a garment, and they shall be changed:
But thou art the same,

And thy years shall not fail.

But of which of the angels hath he said at any time,
Sit thou on my right hand,

Till I make thine enemies the footstool of thy

feet?

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Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to do 14 service for the sake of them that shall inherit salvation?

Therefore we ought to give the more earnest heed 2 to the things that were heard, lest haply we drift away from them. For if the word spoken through angels 2 proved stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense of reward; how shall 3 we escape, if we neglect so great salvation? which having at the first been spoken through the Lord, was confirmed unto us by them that heard; God also 4 bearing witness with them, both by signs and wonders, and by manifold powers, and by 'gifts of the Holy Spirit, according to his own will.

For not unto angels did he subject the world to 5 come, whereof we speak. But one hath somewhere 6 testified, saying,

What is man, that thou art mindful of him?

Or the son of man, that thou visitest him?

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Thou madest him a little lower than the angels; 7
Thou crownedst him with glory and honour,

And didst set him over the works of thy hands:
Thou didst put all things in subjection under his 8

feet.

For in that he subjected all things unto him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we see not yet all things subjected to him. But we behold 9

little while

him who hath been made 'a little lower than the angels, 10r, for a even Jesus, because of the suffering of death crowned lower with glory and honour, that by the grace of God he 10 should taste death for every man. For it became him, for whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in bringing many sons unto glory, to make 2 Or, having the author of their salvation perfect through sufferings. 3 Or, captain 11 For both he that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are all of one: for which cause he is not ashamed to 12 call them brethren, saying,

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I will declare thy name unto my brethren,

brought

In the midst of the congregation will I sing thy 4Or, church praise.

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Gr. blood and flesh.

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Or, may "Or, hath

Gr. For

but he

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13 And again, I will put my trust in him. And again, Behold, I and the children whom God hath given 14 me. Since then the children are sharers in flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner partook of the same; that through death he might bring to nought him that had the power of death, that is, the 15 devil; and might deliver all them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage. 16 For verily not to angels doth he give help, but he 17 giveth help to the seed of Abraham. Wherefore it angels doth verily not of behoved him in all things to be made like unto his he take hold, brethren, that he might become a merciful and faithful taketh hold high priest in things pertaining to God, to make propi18 tiation for the sins of the people. For 10 in that he himself hath suffered being tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted. 3 Wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of a heavenly calling, consider the Apostle and High Priest of our 2 confession, even Jesus; who was faithful to him that appointed him, as also was Moses in all 12 his house. 12 That is, 3 For he hath been counted worthy of more glory than God's house. Moses, by so much as he that 13 built the house hath xii. 7. 4 more honour than the house. For every house is 13 Or, 18 builded by some one; but he that built all things is 5 God. And Moses indeed was faithful in all 12 his house as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were 6 afterward to be spoken; but Christ as a son, over 12 his house; whose house are we, if we hold fast our bold

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Or, For himself having been tempted in that wherein he hath suffered

10 Or, wherein 11 Gr. made.

See Num.

established

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ness and the glorying of our hope firm unto the end.
Wherefore, even as the Holy Spirit saith,
To-day if ye shall hear his voice,

Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation,
Like as in the day of the trial in the wilder-

ness,

1 Where your fathers tried me by proving me,
And saw my works forty years.

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Wherefore I was displeased with this generation, 19
And said, They do alway err in their heart:

But they did not know my ways;

2 As I sware in my wrath,

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Take heed, brethren, lest haply there shall be in any 12 one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in falling away from the living God: but exhort one another day by 13 day, so long as it is called To-day; lest any one of you be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin for we 14 are become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm unto the end: while 15 it is said,

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To-day if ye shall hear his voice,

Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.

For who, when they heard, did provoke? nay, did not 16 all they that came out of Egypt by Moses? And with 17 whom was he displeased forty years? was it not with them that sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness? And to whom sware he that they should not 18 enter into his rest, but to them that were disobedient? And we see that they were not able to enter in 19 because of unbelief.

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Let us fear therefore, lest haply, a promise being 4 left of entering into his rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it. For indeed we have 2 had good tidings preached unto us, even as also they: but the word of hearing did not profit them, because it was not united by faith with them that heard. For we who have believed do enter into that rest; 3 even as he hath said,

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As I sware in my wrath,

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'They shall not enter into my rest:

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