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and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath
done despite unto the Spirit of grace?
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For we know him that hath said, Vengeance
belongeth
unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord. And again, The Lord shall judge his people.
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It is
a
fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
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But call to remembrance the former days,
in which, after ye were illuminated, ye endured a great fight of afflictions;
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Partly, whilst ye were
made a gazingstock both by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, whilst ye became companions
of them that were so used.
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For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the
spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring
substance.
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Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompence of reward.
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For ye have need of patience, that, after ye have done the will of God, ye might receive the
promise.
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For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.
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Now the
just shall live by faith: but if
any man
draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.
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But we
are not of them who draw back unto perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.
CHAPTER 11
Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.
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For by it the elders
obtained a good report.
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Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of
God, so that things which are seen were not made of things which do appear.
4
By faith Abel offered
unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous,
God testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.
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By faith Enoch was translated
that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his
translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.
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But without faith
it is
impossible to please
him:
for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and
that
he is a rewarder of them that
diligently seek him.
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By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with
fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became
heir of the righteousness which is by faith.
8
By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into
a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing
whither he went.
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By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as
in
a strange country, dwelling
in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:
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For he looked for
a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker
is
God.
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Through faith also Sara herself
received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because
she judged him faithful who had promised.
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Therefore sprang there even of one, and him as good
as dead,
so many
as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea shore
innumerable.
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These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar
off, and were persuaded of
them,
and embraced
them,
and confessed that they were strangers and
pilgrims on the earth.
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For they that say such things declare plainly that they seek a country.
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