Bible in 90 Days

God Has Spoken To Us Through Not a Prophet, But a Son

1 God, having spoken long-ago in-many-portions and in-many-ways to the fathers by the prophets, ² spoke to us at the last^[a] of these days by a Son^[b], Whom He appointed inheritor of all things, through Whom also He made the worlds^[c],

The Son Sat Down At God’s Right Hand, Having Become Better Than Angels

³ ...Who— being the radiance^[d] of His glory and exact-representation^[e] of His essence^[f], and upholding all things by the word of ^[g] His power— having made purification of sins, sat-down at the right hand of the Majesty on high, ⁴ having become so-much better than the angels by-as-much-as He has inherited a more-excellent name than they.

For God Commands The Angels To Worship His Son

⁵ For to which of the angels did He ever say “You are my Son. Today I have fathered you”? [Ps 2:7]; and again, “I will be a father to Him, and He will be a son to Me”? [1 Chron 17:13]. ⁶ And again^[h], when He brings the Firstborn into the world He says [in Deut 32:43] “And let all the angels of God give-worship to Him”.

And God Says His Son Will Rule Forever Over What He Created

⁷ And with regard to the angels He says [in Ps 104:4] “The One making His angels winds and His ministers a flame of ^[i] fire”. ⁸ But with regard to the Son He says:

“Your throne, God^[j], is forever and ever. And the scepter of ^[k] straightness^[l] is the scepter of Your kingdom. ⁹ You loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. For this reason God, your God, anointed You with the oil of gladness beyond Your companions” [Ps 45:6-7].

¹⁰ And, “You^[m], Lord, laid-the-foundation-of the earth at the beginnings, and the heavens are works of Your hands. ¹¹ They will perish, but You continue^[n]. Indeed they will all become-old like a garment, ¹² and You will roll them up as-if a cloak. They will indeed be changed like a garment. But You are the same, and Your years will not end” [Ps 102:25-27].

And God Will Make His Son’s Enemies His Footstool

¹³ And with regard to which of the angels has He ever said “Be sitting on My right side until I put Your enemies as a footstool of Your feet”? [Ps 110:1]. ¹⁴ Are they not all ministering spirits being sent-forth for service for the sake of the ones going to inherit salvation?

Therefore We Must Pay More Attention To What God Said Through His Son

2 For this reason^[o], we must pay more attention to the things having been heard, that we may not-ever drift-away. ² For if the word having been spoken through angels proved-to-be firm, and every transgression and disobedience received a just penalty, ³ how shall we escape, having neglected^[p] so great a salvation?— which, having begun to be spoken by the Lord, was confirmed to^[q] us by the ones having heard, ⁴ God testifying-with both signs and wonders and various miracles and distributions of the Holy Spirit according to His will.

For The Coming World Is Subject To Jesus, Who Tasted Death For All And Was Crowned

⁵ For He^[r] did not subject to angels the coming world concerning which we are speaking. ⁶ But one solemnly-testified somewhere saying, “What is man that You remember^[s] him, or the son^[t] of man that You look-after him? ⁷ You made him lower^[u] than angels for a little^[v] while. You crowned him with glory and honor. ⁸ You subjected all things under his feet” [Ps 8:4-6]. For^[w] in the subjecting all things to him, He left nothing not-subject to him. But now we do not yet see all things having been subjected to him. ⁹ But^[x] we see the One having been made lower than angels for a little while— Jesus— having been crowned with glory and honor because-of the suffering of the death, so-that by the grace of God He might taste death for everyone.

For It Was Fitting For God To Perfect The Author of Salvation Through Sufferings

¹⁰ For it was fitting^[y] for Him^[z] for-the-sake-of Whom are all things and through Whom are all things, that in bringing many sons to glory He should perfect^[aa] the Author^[ab] of their salvation through sufferings. ¹¹ For both the One making-holy and the ones being made holy are all from one Father^[ac], for which reason He is not ashamed to be calling them brothers, ¹² saying “I will declare Your name to My brothers. I will sing-praise to You in the midst of the congregation” [Ps 22:22]; ¹³ and again [in Isa 8:17], “I will be trusting^[ad] in Him”; and again [in Isa 8:18], “Behold— I and the children whom God gave to Me”.

So The Son Took On Mortal Flesh And Died To Release Us From The Power of Death

¹⁴ Therefore, since the children have shared of blood and flesh, He Himself also similarly partook of the same things in order that through death He might do-away-with^[ae] the one having the power of death (that is, the devil), ¹⁵ and release these: all-who by the fear of death were subject-to^[af] slavery through all their living. ¹⁶ For He surely does not take-hold-of ^[ag] angels, but He takes hold of the seed of Abraham.

He Had To Become Like Us In All Things In Order To Become a Merciful High Priest

¹⁷ Hence, He had-to become-like His brothers in all things in order that He might become a merciful and faithful High Priest in the things pertaining to God, so as to make-an-offering-for-satisfaction^[ah] [of God’s wrath] as to the sins of the people. ¹⁸ For having Himself ^[ai] been tempted^[aj] in what He has suffered, He is able to help the ones being tempted.

So Consider Jesus As Faithful, Like Moses. But He Is Worthy of More Glory Than Moses

3 Hence^[ak] holy brothers, partakers^[al] of a heavenly calling, consider^[am] the Apostle and High Priest of our confession— Jesus— ² as being faithful^[an] to the One having appointed Him, as also was Moses in His^[ao] whole house. ³ For this One has been considered-worthy of more glory than Moses— to the degree that the One^[ap] having built the house has more honor than the house.

For Moses Was Faithful As a Servant, But Christ Was Faithful As a Son

⁴ For every house is built by someone, but^[aq] the One^[ar] having built all things is God. ⁵ And Moses was faithful in His^[as] whole house as a servant^[at], for^[au] a testimony of the things which will^[av] be spoken. ⁶ But Christ was faithful as a Son over His house, whose house we are, if-indeed we hold-on-to our confidence and our boast of the hope.

Therefore Do Not Harden Your Hearts As Israel Once Did

⁷ Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says^[aw] [in Ps 95:7-11]: “Today, if you hear His voice, ⁸ do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion during the day of testing in the wilderness, ⁹ where your fathers tested Me with a trial and saw My works ¹⁰ for forty years. Therefore I was-angry with this generation and said, ‘They are always going-astray in the heart, and they did not know My ways’. ¹¹ As I swore in My wrath, they will never^[ax] enter into My rest”.

Watch Out For an Evil Heart of Unbelief As Long As It Is Called “Today”

¹² Be watching-out, brothers, so that there will not-ever be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing^[ay] from the living God. ¹³ But be exhorting yourselves each day, as long as it is called “Today”, in order that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

For We Are Partakers of Christ If We Hold On Until The End

¹⁴ For we have become^[az] partakers^[ba] of Christ if-indeed we hold-on-to the beginning of our assurance^[bb] firm until the end— ¹⁵ in that it is^[bc] said [in Ps 95:7-8]: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion”.

For Israel Did Not Enter God’s Rest Because of Unbelief

¹⁶ For who having heard rebelled? But was it not all the ones having come out of Egypt through Moses? ¹⁷ And with whom was He angry for forty years? Was it not with the ones having sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness? ¹⁸ And to whom did He swear that they will not enter into His rest, except to the ones having disobeyed? ¹⁹ And we see that they were not able to enter because of unbelief.

Fear Falling Short of Entering God’s Promised Rest

4 Therefore, let us fear that at any time while a promise to enter into His rest is left-remaining [open], any of you should seem to have come-short^[bd]— ² for indeed, we have had-good-news-announced^[be], just as those^[bf] also.

In Moses’ Day Only Those Who Believed Entered The Promised Physical Rest

But the word^[bg] of hearing did not profit those ones, they^[bh] not having been united in faith with the ones^[bi] having heard. ³ For we, the ones having believed^[bj], enter into the rest, just as He has said: “As I swore in My wrath, they shall never enter into My rest” [Ps 95:11].

And Yet God’s Rest Began On The Seventh Day, Not In Moses’ Day

And-yet, His works have been done since the foundation of the world. ⁴ For He has spoken somewhere about the seventh day as follows: “And God rested on the seventh day from all His works” [Gen 2:2], ⁵ and in this [Ps 95:11] again: “They shall never enter into My rest”.

And David Still Calls Us To Enter God’s Rest “Today”

⁶ Since then it remains that some may enter into it, and the ones formerly having had-good-news-announced to them did not enter because of disobedience, ⁷ He again designates a certain day— “Today”— saying by^[bk] David after so much time just as it has been said-before: “Today, if you hear His voice, do not harden your hearts” [Ps 95:7-8]. ⁸ For if Joshua had given them rest, He would not be speaking after these things about another day^[bl].

So God’s Spiritual Rest Remains Open For Us To Enter

⁹ Therefore a Sabbath-rest remains for the people of God. ¹⁰ For the one having entered into His rest also himself rested from his works, just as God did from His own.

Be Diligent To Enter His Rest, For God Knows Your Heart

¹¹ Therefore, let us be diligent to enter into that^[bm] rest, in order that no one may fall in the same example of disobedience. ¹² For the word of God is living and effective^[bn] and sharper than any double-edged sword, and piercing as-far-as the division of soul and spirit, and joints and marrows, and able-to-judge the thoughts and intentions of the heart^[bo]. ¹³ And there is no creation^[bp] hidden in His sight, but all things are naked and having been laid-open^[bq] to His eyes to Whom the account will be given by us.

Jesus The Son of God Is Our Great High Priest

¹⁴ Therefore, having a great High Priest having gone through the heavens^[br]— Jesus, the Son of God— let us be holding-on-to the confession. ¹⁵ For we do not have a high priest not being able to sympathize-with our weaknesses, but One having been tempted^[bs] in all things^[bt] in accordance with our likeness, without sin. ¹⁶ So let us be approaching the throne of grace with confidence^[bu], in order that we may receive mercy and find grace for well-timed^[bv] help.

High Priests Are Called By God From Among Men To Offer Sacrifices For Sins

5 For every high priest being taken from-among men is appointed for people in the things pertaining to God, in order that he might offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins— ² being able to deal-gently with the ones being ignorant and going-astray since he himself is also surrounded with weakness. ³ And because of it^[bw], he is obligated to be offering sacrifices for sins— just as for the people, so also for himself. ⁴ And one does not take the honor to himself, but receives it being called by God, just as also Aaron.

So Also Jesus Was Made High Priest By God

⁵ So also, Christ did not glorify Himself to become High Priest, but the One having said to Him [in Ps 2:7] “You are My Son. Today I have fathered You” did, ⁶ just as also in another place He says “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek” [Ps 110:4],

Although Being a Son, He Learned Obedience From His Sufferings

⁷ ... Who, in the days of His flesh^[bx] having offered both petitions and supplications^[by] with a strong outcry and tears to the One being able to save Him from^[bz] death^[ca], and having been heard because of His reverence^[cb], ⁸ although being a Son^[cc], learned obedience from the things which He suffered^[cd].

And Jesus Became The Cause of Salvation, As High Priest In The Order of Melchizedek

⁹ And having been perfected^[ce], He became the cause^[cf] of eternal salvation to all the ones obeying Him, ¹⁰ having been designated^[cg] by God as High Priest according to the order of Melchizedek—

This Is Hard To Explain To You

¹¹ ... concerning whom^[ch] our message-to-speak is great^[ci] and hard-to-interpret^[cj] so as to speak, since you have become sluggish^[ck] in the hearing.

For You Are Still Immature In The Word

¹² For indeed, [although] being obligated to be teachers because of the time, you again have a need that someone be teaching you the elements^[cl] of ^[cm] the beginning^[cn] concerning the oracles^[co] of God. And you have become ones having a need of milk and not of solid^[cp] food. ¹³ For everyone partaking of milk is inexperienced in the word of ^[cq] righteousness, for he is an infant. ¹⁴ But the solid food is for the mature— the ones because of habit^[cr] having their faculties^[cs] trained for discernment of both good and evil.

So Let Us Move Along Toward Maturity

6 Therefore, having left the message of the beginning^[ct] concerning Christ, let us be carried-along to maturity— not again laying-down a foundation of repentance from dead works and faith toward God, ² of instruction about cleansings^[cu] and laying-on of hands, and about the resurrection of the dead and eternal judgment.

And We Will Do This As God Permits, For It Is Impossible For Us To Help Some

³ And this^[cv] we will do if-indeed God permits. ⁴ For it is impossible to renew^[cw] again to repentance the ones having once been enlightened^[cx] and having tasted^[cy] the heavenly gift, and having been made^[cz] partakers^[da] of the Holy Spirit, ⁵ and having tasted the good word of God and the powers^[db] of the coming age, ⁶ and having fallen-away— crucifying-again^[dc] for themselves the Son of God, and publicly-disgracing Him. ⁷ For land having drunk the rain coming often upon it, and producing a plant useful to those for whose sake it is also farmed, receives a blessing from God. ⁸ But land bringing-forth thorns and thistles is disapproved^[dd] and near a curse^[de], whose end^[df] is for burning.

But As For You, Beloved, Diligently Imitate The Inheritors of The Promises

⁹ But concerning you, beloved, we are convinced-of better things, and things having salvation— even though we are speaking in this manner. ¹⁰ For God is not unjust so as to forget your work and the love which you demonstrated for His name, having served^[dg] the saints and [still] serving. ¹¹ But we desire that each of you be demonstrating the same diligence toward the full-assurance of hope until the end, ¹² in order that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of the ones inheriting the promises through faith and patience.

For Abraham Waited Patiently And Obtained The Promise

¹³ For God, having promised to Abraham, swore by Himself— since He had by no one greater to swear— ¹⁴ saying [in Gen 22:17]: “Surely while blessing I will bless you, and while multiplying I will multiply^[dh] you”. ¹⁵ And so, having waited-patiently, he obtained the promise.

God Even Guaranteed His Promise To Encourage Those Waiting For It

¹⁶ For people swear by the greater one. And for them the oath for confirmation is the end^[di] of every dispute, ¹⁷ by which custom God, intending even more to show the unchangeableness of His intention^[dj] to the heirs of the promise, guaranteed with an oath, ¹⁸ in order that by two^[dk] unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we^[dl]— the ones having fled to take-hold-of the hope being set-before us— may have strong encouragement^[dm], ¹⁹ which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both secure and firm and entering into the inner side of the curtain, ²⁰ where a forerunner for us went in— Jesus— having become High Priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

Now Observe How Great This Melchizedek Is

7 For this Melchizedek^[dn], king of Salem, priest of the Most-High God, remains^[do] a priest perpetually^[dp]— the one having met Abraham returning from the defeat of the kings and having blessed him; ² to whom also Abraham divided a tenth from everything; who is first ([his name] being translated), king of righteousness; and then also king of Salem, which is^[dq] king of peace; ³ fatherless, motherless, genealogy-less, having^[dr] neither a beginning of days nor an end of life, but having been made-like^[ds] the Son of God. ⁴ Now observe how great this one is to whom indeed Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth from the choicest-spoils:

He Is Greater Than Abraham

⁵ Indeed, the ones from the sons of Levi receiving the priestly-office have a commandment to be collecting-a-tenth-from the people according to the Law (that is, from their brothers, even though their brothers have come-out of the loins of Abraham)— ⁶ yet the one not tracing-his-genealogy from them has collected-a-tenth from Abraham, and has blessed the one having the promises! ⁷ And apart from all dispute, the lesser one is blessed by the better one.

He Is Living As a Priest Perpetually

⁸ And here, dying men^[dt] receive the tenths— yet there, it is being attested^[du] that he is living!

He Is Greater Than Levi And His Priesthood

⁹ And so to speak, through Abraham even Levi^[dv], the one receiving the tenths, has paid-a-tenth. ¹⁰ For he was still in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him!

Now Why Did Another Priesthood Need To Arise After Aaron?

¹¹ Now indeed, if perfection had been through the Levitical priesthood (for the [Jewish] people have received-the-Law on the basis of it) what further need would there have been that another priest should arise according to the order^[dw] of Melchizedek, and not be named according to the order of Aaron?

For This New Priesthood Also Brings a Change of Law

¹² For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is^[dx] also a change of law.

For Its High Priest Is From The Tribe of Judah

¹³ For the One about Whom these^[dy] things are spoken has partaken of another tribe from which no one has attended-to the altar. ¹⁴ For it is clear that our Lord has risen from Judah— for which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priests.

And He Became High Priest Based On His Indestructible Life

¹⁵ And it is still even-more very-clear^[dz] if Another Priest arises in accordance with the likeness of Melchizedek, ¹⁶ Who has become such not based-on the law of a fleshy^[ea] commandment, but based on the power of an indestructible life! ¹⁷ For it is attested that “You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek” [Ps 110:4].

The New Sets Aside The Old And Brings In a Better Hope

¹⁸ For a setting-aside^[eb] of the preceding commandment takes place because of its weakness and unprofitableness ¹⁹ (for the Law perfected nothing)— and a bringing-in of a better hope through which we draw-near to God.

Jesus Is a Better Priest Because His Priesthood Is Based On God’s Oath

²⁰ And^[ec] to the degree that it was not without an oath-swearing (for the ones have become^[ed] priests without an oath-swearing, ²¹ but the One with an oath-swearing, through the One saying to Him [in Ps 110:4]: “The Lord swore and He will not change-His-mind, You are a priest forever”)— ²² to that degree also Jesus has become the guarantee^[ee] of a better covenant.

Jesus Serves As High Priest Forever

²³ And^[ef] the many have been [Levitical] priests because of their being prevented from continuing by death— ²⁴ but the One, because of His remaining forever, has a permanent^[eg] priesthood. ²⁵ Hence also, He is able to save completely^[eh] the ones coming-to God through Him, always living so as to intercede for them.

God’s Son Perfected Forever Is a Fitting High Priest For Us

²⁶ For such a High Priest was indeed fitting for us— holy, innocent, undefiled, having been separated^[ei] from sinners, and having become higher than the heavens— ²⁷ Who does not have the daily necessity (as indeed the high priests) to be offering sacrifices first for His own sins, then the sins of the people. For He did this once-for-all, having offered Himself. ²⁸ For the Law appoints men having weakness as high priests, but the word of the oath-swearing after^[ej] the Law appoints a Son having been perfected forever.

Jesus Is Our High Priest In The True Heavenly Temple

8 Now^[ek] the main-point in the things being said is: we have such a High Priest, Who sat-down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, ² Minister of the Holies^[el], indeed^[em] of the true tabernacle (which the Lord pitched^[en], not a human).

Earthly Priests Serve In a Copy And Shadow of The Heavenly Things

³ For every high priest is appointed that he might be offering both gifts and sacrifices. Hence it is^[eo] necessary that this One also have something which He may offer. ⁴ Now indeed, if He were on earth He would not even be a priest— there being the ones offering the gifts according-to the Law, ⁵ who are serving a copy and a shadow of the heavenly things, just as Moses has been warned, being about to complete the tabernacle: for “See”, He says [in Ex 25:40], “that you make everything according to the pattern having been shown to you on the mountain”.

But Jesus Has a Better Ministry As Mediator of a Better Covenant With Better Promises

⁶ But He has now obtained a more-excellent ministry^[ep], by as much as He is indeed the mediator of a better covenant, which has been enacted on better promises!

For God Promised a New Covenant

⁷ For if that first covenant had been faultless, no place would have been sought for a second. ⁸ For, finding-fault-with^[eq] them, He says [in Jer 31:31-34]: “Behold— days are coming, says the Lord, and I will consummate^[er] a new covenant for the house of Israel and for the house of Judah; ⁹ not in accordance with the covenant which I made with their fathers on the day I took-hold-of their hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not continue in My covenant, and I did not-care-for them, says the Lord. ¹⁰ Because this is the covenant which I will covenant with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: Giving My laws into their mind, I will also write them upon their heart. And I will be God to them and they will be a people to Me. ¹¹ And they will by no means each teach his fellow-citizen and each his brother, saying ‘Know^[es] the Lord’, because they all will know Me from the small^[et] one up to their great one. ¹² Because I will be merciful^[eu] to their wrong-doings, and I will never remember^[ev] their sins again”.

God Has Thus Made The First Covenant Old

¹³ In that He says “New”, He has made the first old^[ew]. And the thing becoming old and growing-aged is near disappearance.

The First Covenant Allowed Entrance Into The Holy of Holies Once a Year

9 Now indeed, the first covenant also had regulations of service and the earthly Holy Place. ² For the first^[ex] tabernacle was prepared^[ey]— in which were both the lampstand and the table, and the Presentation of the bread— which is called the Holies. ³ And behind the second curtain was the tabernacle being called the Holies of Holies, ⁴ having a golden altar-of-incense^[ez], and the ark^[fa] of the covenant having been covered on-all-sides with gold, in which was a golden jar having the manna and the rod of Aaron having budded and the tablets of the covenant, ⁵ and above it were the cherubim^[fb] of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat^[fc]— concerning which things there is not time now to be speaking in detail. ⁶ And these things thus having been prepared, the priests accomplishing the services are continually going into the first tabernacle. ⁷ But into the second only the high priest goes once a year, not without blood, which he offers for himself and the ignorances^[fd] of the people—

God Was Making Clear That The Way Into The Holies Was Not Yet Revealed

⁸ ... the Holy Spirit making this clear: that the way of ^[fe] the Holies has not yet been made-known while the first tabernacle^[ff] was^[fg] still having^[fh] a standing, ⁹ which^[fi] is^[fj] a symbol for the present^[fk] time, according to which both gifts and sacrifices are offered not being able to perfect the one worshiping in relation to the conscience, ¹⁰ being^[fl] only (in-addition-to foods and drinks and different cleansings^[fm]) regulations of ^[fn] flesh being imposed until the time of reformation.

But Christ Entered The True Holy of Holies Once For All And Obtained Redemption

¹¹ But Christ, having arrived^[fo] as High Priest of the good things having come, entered^[fp] once-for-all into the Holies through^[fq] the greater and more-perfect tabernacle not made-by-human-hands— that is, not of this creation; ¹² and not through^[fr] the blood of goats and calves, but through His own blood, having obtained^[fs] eternal redemption.

For Through The Spirit He Offered Himself Without Blemish To God

¹³ For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling the ones having been defiled sanctifies for the cleansing of the flesh, ¹⁴ by how much more will the blood of Christ, Who through the eternal Spirit^[ft] offered Himself without-blemish to God, cleanse our conscience from dead works so that we may worship^[fu] the living God!

Thus Christ Mediates a New Covenant Inaugurated By His Own Blood

¹⁵ And for this reason He is the mediator of a new covenant, so that the ones having been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance— a death having taken-place for the redemption from the transgressions committed under^[fv] the first covenant. ¹⁶ For where there is a will^[fw], it is a necessity that the death of the one having made-the-will be brought-forth. ¹⁷ For a will over dead ones is firm, since it does not ever have [legal] power when the one having made-the-will is living. ¹⁸ Hence, not even the first covenant has been inaugurated^[fx] without blood. ¹⁹ For every commandment having been spoken to all the people by Moses according-to^[fy] the Law— having taken the blood of the calves and the goats along with water and scarlet wool and hyssop, he sprinkled both the book itself and all the people, ²⁰ saying “This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded to you” [Ex 24:8]. ²¹ And he likewise sprinkled with the blood both the tabernacle and all the objects of the ministry. ²² Indeed according-to^[fz] the Law almost everything is cleansed^[ga] with blood, and forgiveness does not take-place^[gb] apart-from blood-shedding^[gc]. ²³ Therefore it was a necessity that the copies^[gd] of the things in the heavens be cleansed with these^[ge] things— but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

He Entered The Heavenly Temple

²⁴ For Christ did not enter into the Holies made-by-human-hands— copies of the true things— but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.

He Offered Himself Once For All As a Sacrifice To Set Aside Sin

²⁵ Nor did He enter in order that He might offer Himself often— as indeed the high priest enters into the Holies yearly with the blood belonging-to-another— ²⁶ otherwise He would had-to-have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now He has appeared once-for-all at the conclusion^[gf] of the ages for the setting-aside of sin by the sacrifice^[gg] of Himself.

He Will Appear To Us a Second Time For Salvation

²⁷ And just as it is destined for people to die once and after this comes the judgment, ²⁸ so also^[gh] Christ, having been offered once so as to bear^[gi] the sins of many, will appear for a second time without reference to sin to the ones eagerly-awaiting Him, for salvation.

For The Law Could Never Take Away Sins, So Jesus Came To Offer His Body

10 For the Law— having a shadow of the coming good things, not the very image^[gj] of the things— is never able to perfect the ones approaching yearly with the same sacrifices which they offer perpetually^[gk]. ² Otherwise would they not have ceased being offered, because of the ones worshiping no longer having a consciousness of sins, having been cleansed once-for-all? ³ But in them^[gl] there is a yearly reminder of sins. ⁴ For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take-away sins. ⁵ Therefore, while entering into the world, He says [in Ps 40:6-8]: “You did not desire sacrifice and offering, but You prepared a body for Me. ⁶ You were not well-pleased with whole-burnt-offerings and offerings for sin. ⁷ Then I said, Behold, I have come— in the roll^[gm] of a book it has been written about Me—that I might do Your will, God”.

Thus God Has Done Away With Animal Offerings And Established Christ’s

⁸ Saying above that “You did not desire nor were You well-pleased with sacrifices and offerings and whole-burnt-offerings and offerings for sin” (which are being offered according-to^[gn] the Law!), ⁹ then He has said, “Behold, I have come that I might do Your will”— He does-away-with^[go] the first in-order-that He might establish the second,

And By God’s Will We Are Made Holy By The Offering of Christ’s Body

¹⁰ ... by which will we have been made-holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once-for-all.

The Priests Offer Sacrifices Daily, But Jesus Offered One Sacrifice For All

¹¹ And every priest stands ministering daily and offering often the same sacrifices which are never able to take-away sins— ¹² but this One, having offered one sacrifice for sins^[gp] for all time, sat-down at the right hand of God, ¹³ henceforth waiting until His enemies are put as a footstool of His feet.

For By One Offering Jesus Perfected Us For All Time

¹⁴ For by one offering He has perfected for all time the ones being made-holy.

The New Covenant Says That God Will Never Remember Our Sins Again

¹⁵ And the Holy Spirit also testifies to us; for after the statement [in Jer 31:33] having said ¹⁶ “This is the covenant which I will covenant with them after those days, says the Lord: Giving My laws upon their hearts, I will also write them upon their mind”, ¹⁷ then He says “And I will never remember their sins and their lawless-deeds again”.

God’s Permanent Forgiveness Makes Further Offerings For Sin Unnecessary

¹⁸ Now where there is forgiveness of these things, there is no longer an offering for sin!

Therefore Let Us Approach God In Full Assurance of Faith And Hold On Without Wavering

¹⁹ Therefore, brothers, having confidence for the entering of the Holies by the blood of Jesus— ²⁰ which fresh^[gq] and living way He inaugurated for us through^[gr] the curtain, that is^[gs], His flesh— ²¹ and having a great Priest over the house of God, ²² let us be approaching God with a true heart in full-assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled^[gt] from an evil conscience, and having our body washed^[gu] with clean water. ²³ Let us be holding-on-to the confession of our hope without-wavering, for the One having promised is faithful. ²⁴ And let us be considering^[gv] one another for the provoking^[gw] of love and good works, ²⁵ not forsaking the gathering-together of ourselves as is a habit with some, but exhorting^[gx] one another, and so-much more by-as-much-as you see the day drawing-near.

To Now Do Otherwise Is To Trample Underfoot The Son of God

²⁶ For while^[gy] we are willfully^[gz] sinning^[ha] after the receiving of the knowledge of the truth, a sacrifice no longer remains^[hb] for sins, ²⁷ but some fearful expectation^[hc] of judgment and a zeal of fire going to consume the adversaries. ²⁸ Anyone having set-aside^[hd] the Law of Moses dies without compassions upon the testimony of two or three witnesses. ²⁹ For how much worse punishment^[he] do you think he will be considered-worthy— the one having trampled-underfoot the Son of God, and having regarded as defiled^[hf] the blood of the covenant by which^[hg] he was sanctified^[hh], and having insulted^[hi] the Spirit of grace? ³⁰ For we know the One having said [in Deut 32:35]: “Vengeance is for Me, I will repay”; and again [in Deut 32:36]: “The Lord will judge His people”. ³¹ It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

You Need To Endure By Faith Until You Receive The Promises

³² Now^[hj] remember the former days during which, having been enlightened^[hk], you endured a great struggle^[hl] of sufferings— ³³ on this hand being made-a-spectacle^[hm] by both reproaches^[hn] and afflictions, and on this hand having become partners of the ones living in this manner^[ho]. ³⁴ For indeed you sympathized-with the prisoners, and you accepted with joy the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you-yourselves have a better and abiding possession. ³⁵ So do not throw-away your confidence, which has a great reward. ³⁶ For you have need of endurance, in order that having done the will of God, you might receive the promise. ³⁷ For yet in a very little while, “the One coming will come and will not delay. ³⁸ But My righteous one will live by faith. And if he draws-back^[hp], My soul is not well-pleased^[hq] with him” [Hab 2:3-4]. ³⁹ But we are not of ^[hr] a drawing-back resulting-in destruction, but of a faith resulting in the preserving of the soul.

The Saints Have Always Endured By Faith

11 Now^[hs] faith is the assurance^[ht] of things being hoped-for^[hu], the conviction^[hv] of things not being seen^[hw]. ² For in this the elders^[hx] were attested.

The Early Times

³ By faith we understand that the worlds have been prepared by the word of God, so that the thing being seen has not^[hy] come-into-being from things being visible. ⁴ By faith Abel offered to God a greater sacrifice than Cain, through which he was attested to be righteous— God testifying about his gifts. And through it, [although] having died, he is still speaking. ⁵ By faith Enoch was removed^[hz], so as not to see death: “And he was not found because God removed him” [Gen 5:24]. For before the removal, he has been attested to have pleased God. ⁶ And without faith it is impossible to please Him. For the one coming-to God must believe that He is, and He becomes the rewarder to the ones seeking Him out. ⁷ By faith Noah, having been warned about the things not yet being seen, having been reverent, prepared the ark for the salvation^[ia] of his household, through which he condemned the world and became an inheritor of the righteousness according-to faith.

The Time of The Patriarchs

⁸ By faith Abraham, being called, obeyed to go out to a place which he was going-to receive for an inheritance. And he went out not knowing where he was going. ⁹ By faith he stayed^[ib] in the land of the promise as a land belonging-to-another, having dwelled in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the fellow-heirs of the same promise. ¹⁰ For he was waiting-for the city having foundations, of which^[ic] God is designer^[id] and maker^[ie]. ¹¹ By faith— and Sarah herself being barren— he^[if] received power for the foundation^[ig] of a seed^[ih] even beyond the time of mature-age, since he regarded the One having promised to be faithful. ¹² Therefore indeed from one man— and he having become impotent as to these^[ii] things— were born^[ij] seed as the stars of heaven in number, and countless as the sand by the shore of the sea. ¹³ In accordance with faith, these^[ik] all died not having received the promises, but having seen them from a distance, and having greeted them, and having confessed that they are strangers and pilgrims^[il] on the earth. ¹⁴ For the ones saying such things are making-clear that they are seeking-for a homeland. ¹⁵ And if they had been remembering that homeland from which they came out, they would have had opportunity to return— ¹⁶ but as-it-is, they are aspiring-to a better homeland; that is, a heavenly one. Therefore God is not ashamed-of them, to be called their God. For He prepared a city for them. ¹⁷ By faith Abraham has offered Isaac while being tested. And the one having received the promises was offering his only-born^[im], ¹⁸ with-regard-to whom^[in] it was said [in Gen 21:12] that “In Isaac a seed will be called for you”, ¹⁹ having considered^[io] that God was able to raise him even from the dead, from-which^[ip] he also received him back in a symbol^[iq]. ²⁰ By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau even concerning coming things. ²¹ By faith Jacob, while dying, blessed each of the sons of Joseph and “worshiped [leaning] on the top of his staff ” [Gen 47:31]. ²² By faith Joseph, while coming-to-an-end^[ir], mentioned concerning the departure^[is] of the sons of Israel and gave-commands concerning his bones.

The Time of The Exodus

²³ By faith Moses, having been born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw the child was beautiful and did not fear the edict of the king. ²⁴ By faith Moses, having become great^[it], refused to be called son of Pharaoh’s daughter, ²⁵ having chosen rather to be mistreated-with the people of God than to be having a temporary enjoyment of sin, ²⁶ having regarded the reproach of ^[iu] the Christ to be greater riches than the treasures of Egypt. For he was looking-away^[iv] to the reward. ²⁷ By faith he left Egypt, not having feared the fury of the king. For he persevered^[iw] as seeing^[ix] the invisible One. ²⁸ By faith he has performed the Passover^[iy] and the sprinkling of the blood in order that the one destroying the firstborns might not touch them. ²⁹ By faith they crossed^[iz] the Red Sea as through dry land— of which having taken the test^[ja], the Egyptians were swallowed-up. ³⁰ By faith the walls of Jericho fell, having been encircled for seven days. ³¹ By faith Rahab the prostitute did not perish-with the ones having disobeyed, having welcomed the spies with peace.

What More Shall I Say?

³² And what more may I say? For time will fail me while telling about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, both David and Samuel, and the prophets, ³³ who through faith conquered kingdoms, worked righteousness^[jb], obtained^[jc] promises, stopped the mouths of lions, ³⁴ quenched the power of fire, escaped the edges of the sword, were strengthened from weakness, became mighty in battle, put-to-flight armies of foreigners. ³⁵ Women received their dead by resurrection— but others were tortured, not accepting redemption^[jd], in order that they might obtain a better resurrection. ³⁶ And others received a trial of mockings and whippings, and furthermore of bonds and prison. ³⁷ They were stoned, they were sawn-in-two, they died by murder of the sword. They went-around in sheepskins, in skins of-goats, being in-need, being afflicted, being mistreated— ³⁸ of whom the world was not worthy— wandering in desolate-places and mountains and caves and openings of the earth.

They Did Not Receive The Promise, For God Had a Better Promise For Us

³⁹ And these all, having been attested through their faith, did not receive the promise— ⁴⁰ God having provided^[je] something better for us, in order that they should not be perfected^[jf] apart from us.

So Run Your Race With Endurance, Looking To Jesus

12 So-therefore we also^[jg], having so large a cloud of witnesses^[jh] surrounding us, having laid-aside every weight^[ji] and the easily-entangling^[jj] sin, let us be running the race being set-before us with endurance ² while looking-away toward the author and perfecter^[jk] of the faith^[jl]— Jesus— Who endured a cross for^[jm] the joy being set-before Him, having disregarded^[jn] the shame^[jo], and has sat-down at the right hand of the throne of God.

Consider His Endurance

³ For consider^[jp] the One having endured such opposition^[jq] by sinners against Himself, in order that you may not be weary in your souls, losing-heart— ⁴ you did not yet resist to the point of blood while struggling against sin!

And Have You Forgotten That God Disciplines Those He Loves?

⁵ And have^[jr] you completely-forgotten^[js] the exhortation which speaks^[jt] to you as sons?: “My son, do not be thinking-lightly^[ju] of the discipline^[jv] of the Lord, nor losing-heart while being rebuked by Him. ⁶ For the one whom the Lord loves He disciplines, and He whips^[jw] every son whom He accepts” [Prov 3:11-12].

God Is Dealing With You As Sons

⁷ You are enduring^[jx] [your trials] for discipline; God is dealing with you as with sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? ⁸ But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers^[jy], then you are illegitimate^[jz] children and not sons.

And God Is Disciplining You For Your Benefit

⁹ Furthermore, we had fathers of our flesh^[ka] as discipliners and were respecting them— but shall we not much more be subject to the Father of [our] spirits and live? ¹⁰ For the ones were disciplining us for a few days according to the thing seeming good to them; but the One does so for our benefit^[kb], so that we may share-in His holiness.

And His Discipline Will Yield The Fruit of Righteousness

¹¹ And all discipline for the present does not seem to be a thing of joy, but of grief— but later it yields^[kc] the peaceful fruit of righteousness to the ones having been trained by it.

Therefore Straighten Up And Walk Straight Paths

¹² Therefore straighten-up^[kd] the hands having been slackened^[ke] and the knees having been made-feeble^[kf], ¹³ and be making straight paths for your feet, in order that the lame part may not be dislocated^[kg] but rather may be healed.

Pursue Peace And Holiness

¹⁴ Be pursuing peace with^[kh] all people, and the holiness without which no one will see the Lord, ¹⁵ while exercising-oversight that someone may not be coming-short of the grace of God; that some root of ^[ki] bitterness growing^[kj] up may not be causing-trouble and many be defiled^[kk] by it; ¹⁶ that someone may not be sexually-immoral or^[kl] profane like Esau, who sold his own firstborn-rights^[km] for one meal^[kn]. ¹⁷ For you know that indeed afterward, while wanting to inherit the blessing, he was rejected— for he did not find a place of ^[ko] repentance— even-though having sought-for it^[kp] with tears.

For You Have Come To The City of God, The Heavenly Jerusalem

¹⁸ For you have not come-to a mountain being touched^[kq], and a fire having been burning, and darkness and gloom and a storm, ¹⁹ and a blast of a trumpet, and a sound of words— of which, the ones having heard begged that a word not be added to them. ²⁰ For they were not bearing the thing being commanded: “If even a wild-animal should touch the mountain, it shall be stoned” [Ex 19:12-13]. ²¹ And so fearful was the thing appearing^[kr], Moses said “I am terrified and trembling”. ²² But you have come to Mount Zion; and the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem; and the myriads of angels, a festive-gathering^[ks]; ²³ and the church^[kt] of the firstborn ones having been registered^[ku] in the heavens; and the Judge, God of all; and the spirits of righteous ones having been perfected; ²⁴ and the mediator of the new covenant, Jesus; and the blood of sprinkling speaking better than Abel.

Do Not Refuse The One Warning From Heaven, But Worship Him With Gratitude

²⁵ Be watching-out that you not refuse^[kv] the One speaking. For if those did not escape, having refused the One warning on earth, much more we will not escape: the ones turning-away-from the One warning from the heavens— ²⁶ Whose voice shook the earth at that time, but now He has promised, saying [in Hag 2:6] “I will shake once more not only the earth, but also the heaven”. ²⁷ And the phrase “once more” indicates the removal of the things being shaken— as of things having been made— so that the things not being shaken may continue. ²⁸ Therefore while receiving an unshakable kingdom, let us have gratitude, through which we may worship^[kw] God pleasingly^[kx], with reverence and awe. ²⁹ For indeed our God is a consuming fire.

Be Loving, Pure, and Content

13 Let brotherly-love continue. ² Do not be forgetting hospitality, for through this some having entertained^[ky] angels did not know it. ³ Remember^[kz] the prisoners, as-though having been imprisoned-with them; the ones being mistreated, as-though^[la] also yourselves being in their body. ⁴ Let marriage be^[lb] honored^[lc] by all^[ld], and the bed undefiled. For God will judge the sexually-immoral-ones and adulterers. ⁵ Let character be without-love-of-money, being content with the present things. For He Himself has said [in Deut 31:6] “I will never^[le] let you go^[lf], nor will I by any means forsake^[lg] you”, ⁶ so that while being confident we say “The Lord is a helper for me and I will not fear. What^[lh] will a human do to me?” [Ps 118:6].

Imitate The Faith of Your Leaders. Do Not Be Carried Away By Strange Teachings

⁷ Remember the ones leading you, who spoke the word of God to you, whose faith^[li] be imitating while looking-carefully-at the result^[lj] of their way-of-life^[lk]. ⁸ Jesus^[ll] Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. ⁹ Do not be carried-away^[lm] by various^[ln] and strange^[lo] teachings. For it is good for the heart to be established^[lp] by grace, not by foods in-connection-with^[lq] which the ones walking were not profited.

We Have a Spiritual Altar. Let Us Go Out And Offer Sacrifices of Praise

¹⁰ We have an altar^[lr] from which the ones serving^[ls] in the tabernacle have no right^[lt] to eat. ¹¹ For of animals from which the blood is brought into the Holies by the high priest for sin— the bodies of these are burned-up^[lu] outside of the camp. ¹² Therefore^[lv] Jesus also, in order that He might make the people holy with His own blood, suffered outside^[lw] of the gate. ¹³ So-indeed^[lx], let us go-out^[ly] to Him outside of the camp, bearing His reproach. ¹⁴ For here we do not have an abiding city, but we are seeking-for the one coming. ¹⁵ Therefore through Him let us be continually offering a sacrifice of ^[lz] praise to God— that is, the fruit of lips praising^[ma] His name. ¹⁶ And do not be forgetting good-doing and sharing. For with such sacrifices God is pleased.

Yield To Your Leaders

¹⁷ Be obeying^[mb] the ones leading you and be yielding^[mc], for they are keeping-watch for your souls as ones who will render an account— in order that they may be doing this with joy, and not while groaning, for this would be unprofitable for you.

Pray For Us

¹⁸ Be praying for us. For we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, wanting to conduct-ourselves well^[md] in all^[me] things. ¹⁹ And I especially appeal-to you to do this in order that I may be restored to you sooner.

May God Prepare You To Do His Will

²⁰ Now may the God of peace— the One having brought-up from the dead the Great Shepherd of the sheep in-connection-with^[mf] the blood of the eternal covenant, our Lord Jesus— ²¹ prepare^[mg] you in every good thing so that you may do His will, while doing in us the pleasing thing in His sight through Jesus Christ, to Whom be the glory forever and ever, amen.

²² Now I exhort you, brothers, bear-with the word of exhortation. For indeed I wrote-to you with a few^[mh] words. ²³ Take-notice-of ^[mi] our brother Timothy having been released^[mj], with whom if he comes quicker^[mk], I will see you. ²⁴ Greet all the ones leading you and all the saints. The ones from Italy greet you. ²⁵ Grace be with you all.

1 James, a slave of God and the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes in the dispersion: Greetings.

Endure Your Trials With Joy, Asking God For Wisdom And Viewing Life From His Standpoint

² Regard it all joy, my brothers, whenever you fall-into^[ml] various trials, ³ knowing that the testing of your faith is producing endurance. ⁴ And let endurance be having its complete^[mm] work in order that you may be complete and whole, lacking in nothing. ⁵ And if any of you is lacking wisdom, let him be asking from the God giving generously to all and not reproaching^[mn], and it will be given to him. ⁶ But let him be asking in faith, not doubting^[mo] at all. For the one doubting is like a surge of the sea being blown-by-wind and tossed. ⁷ For let that person not be supposing that he will receive anything from the Lord— ⁸ a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways. ⁹ And let the lowly^[mp] brother be boasting in his height, ¹⁰ and the rich one in his lowliness, because he will pass-away like a flower of grass. ¹¹ For the sun rose with the burning-heat and dried-up the grass, and its flower fell-off and the beauty of its appearance perished. In this manner also the rich one will fade-away in his pursuits. ¹² Blessed^[mq] is the man who endures the trial, because having become^[mr] approved, he will receive the crown of ^[ms] life which He promised to the ones loving Him.

But Temptation To Evil Comes From Within, Not From God

¹³ Let no one being tempted be saying that “I am being tempted by^[mt] God”. For God is not-tempted by evils. And He Himself tempts no one, ¹⁴ but each one is tempted by^[mu] his own desire while being drawn-away^[mv] and enticed^[mw]. ¹⁵ Then the desire, having conceived, gives-birth to sin. And the sin, having been fully-formed^[mx], brings-forth death. ¹⁶ Do not be deceived!

Receive God’s Lifegiving Gift of The Implanted Word With Gentleness Toward Others, Not Anger

My^[my] beloved brothers, ¹⁷ every good gift-giving^[mz] and every perfect gift-given is from-above, coming down from the Father of lights^[na], with Whom there is no variation^[nb] or shadow^[nc] of turning. ¹⁸ Having willed^[nd] it, He brought^[ne] us forth by the word of truth so that we might be a kind-of firstfruit of His creatures. ¹⁹ You know^[nf] this, my beloved brothers, but^[ng] let every person be quick to listen, slow to speak, slow into anger. ²⁰ For the anger of a man does not produce^[nh] the righteousness of God. ²¹ Therefore having laid-aside all filthiness and abundance^[ni] of badness, receive with gentleness the implanted word being able to save your souls.

But Be Doers of The Word, Not Hearers Only

²² But be^[nj] doers of the word and not hearers only, deluding^[nk] yourselves. ²³ Because if anyone is a hearer of the word and not a doer, this one is like a man considering^[nl] the face of his birth^[nm] in a mirror. ²⁴ For he considered himself and has gone-away and immediately forgot^[nn] what-sort of man he was. ²⁵ But the one having looked into the perfect law of liberty and having continued, not having become a forgetful^[no] hearer, but a doer of work— this one will be blessed in his doing. ²⁶ If anyone thinks that he is religious while not bridling^[np] his tongue, but deceiving his heart, the religion^[nq] of this one is worthless^[nr]. ²⁷ This is pure and undefiled religion before our God and Father— to be looking-after orphans and widows in their affliction; to be keeping oneself unspotted by the world.

Do Not Show Partiality Based On Earthly Status

2 My brothers, do not be holding the faith of ^[ns] our Lord Jesus Christ of ^[nt] glory with respect-of-persons^[nu]. ² For if a gold-ringed man in shining clothing enters into your gathering, and a poor man in filthy clothing also enters, ³ and you look-upon^[nv] the one wearing the shining clothing and say “You be sitting here honorably^[nw]”, and you say to the poor man “You stand there, or be sitting under^[nx] my footstool”, ⁴ did you not make-distinctions among yourselves and become judges with^[ny] evil thoughts?

God Does Not Base His Actions On Human Distinctions. Love Your Neighbor

⁵ Listen, my beloved brothers— did not God choose the poor in the world to be rich in faith and inheritors of the kingdom which He promised to the ones loving Him? ⁶ But you dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and themselves drag you into courts? ⁷ Do not they blaspheme the good name having been called^[nz] upon you? ⁸ If indeed^[oa] you are fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture [in Lev 19:18], “You shall love your neighbor as yourself ”, you are doing well^[ob]. ⁹ But if you are showing-respect-of-persons you are working^[oc] a sin, being convicted^[od] by the Law as transgressors. ¹⁰ For whoever keeps the whole Law but stumbles in one thing has become guilty of all. ¹¹ For the One having said “Do not commit-adultery” also said “Do not murder”. Now if you do not commit-adultery, but you murder, you have become a transgressor of the Law. ¹² So speak and so do as ones going to be judged by the law of liberty. ¹³ For judgment will be merciless to the one not having done^[oe] mercy. Mercy vaunts^[of] over judgment.

Faith Without Works Is Dead

¹⁴ What is the profit, my brothers, if someone claims to have faith but does not have works^[og]? The^[oh] faith is not able to save him, is it? ¹⁵ If brother or sister are naked and lacking daily food ¹⁶ and one of you says to them “Go in peace; be warmed and filled”, but you do not give them the necessities of the body, what is the profit^[oi]? ¹⁷ In this manner also faith, if it does not have works, is dead by^[oj] itself.

Faith Cannot Be Seen Apart From Works

¹⁸ But someone will say “You have faith, and I have works”. Show me your faith without^[ok] the works, and I will show you the faith by my works. ¹⁹ You believe that God is one^[ol]? You do well. Even the demons believe and shudder!

Faith Is Perfected By Works

²⁰ But do you want to know^[om], O empty^[on] person, that faith without works is useless^[oo]? ²¹ Abraham our father— was he not declared-righteous by works^[op], having offered Isaac his son on the altar? ²² Do you^[oq] see that faith was working-with his works, and the faith was perfected^[or] by the works? ²³ And the Scripture was fulfilled, the one saying [in Gen 15:6] “And Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him for righteousness”. And he was called a friend of God. ²⁴ Do you^[os] all see that a person is declared-righteous by works, and not by faith alone^[ot]? ²⁵ And likewise also Rahab the prostitute— was she not declared-righteous by works, having received the messengers and sent-them-out by a different way? ²⁶ For just as the body without spirit^[ou] is dead, so also faith without works is dead.

Control Your Tongue And You Will Control Your Life

3 Do not become^[ov] many^[ow] teachers, my brothers, knowing that we will receive a greater judgment. ² For we all stumble many^[ox] ways. If one does not stumble in speech, this one is a perfect man able to bridle^[oy] also the whole body. ³ Now if we put bridles into the mouths of horses so-that they obey us, we also guide their whole body. ⁴ Behold also ships being so large and being driven by hard winds— they are guided by a very small rudder where the impulse of the one steering wants. ⁵ So also the tongue is a small body-part, and boastfully-declares great things. Behold how-small a fire kindles how-great a forest!

An Untamed Tongue Stains And Burns And Poisons Life

⁶ And the tongue is a fire! The^[oz] tongue is made^[pa] the world of ^[pb] unrighteousness among our body-parts— the thing staining the whole body and setting-on-fire the course of our existence, and being set-on-fire by Gehenna^[pc]. ⁷ For every nature^[pd] of both wild-animals and birds, of both reptiles and sea-creatures, is tamed and has been tamed by the human nature. ⁸ But none of mankind is able to tame the tongue— a restless evil, full of death-bringing poison. ⁹ With it we bless the Lord and Father, and with it we curse the people having been made in accordance with the likeness of God; ¹⁰ a blessing and a curse come out of the same mouth.

Such Destruction Ought Not To Proceed From Us

My brothers, these things ought^[pe] not to be so. ¹¹ The spring does not gush out of the same opening the sweet and the bitter, does it? ¹² A fig tree is not able, my brothers, to make olives, or a grapevine figs, is it? Neither is salty water able to make sweet water.