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not forsaking our own assembling together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as you see the Day approaching.
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For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more a sacrifice for sins,
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but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fierceness of fire which will devour the adversaries.
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A man who has set at nothing Moses` law dies without compassion on the word of two or three witnesses.
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How much worse punishment, do you think, will he be judged worthy of, who has trodden under foot the Son of God, and has counted the blood of the covenant with which he was sanctified an unholy thing, and has insulted the Spirit of grace?
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For we know him who said, "Vengeance belongs to me," says the Lord, "I will repay." Again, "The Lord will 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 remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great struggle with sufferings;
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partly, being exposed to both reproaches and oppressions; and partly, becoming partakers with those who were treated so.
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For you both had compassion on me in my chains, and joyfully accepted the plundering of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better possession and an enduring one in the heavens.
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Therefore don`t throw away your boldness, which has a great reward.
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For you need patience, so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.
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"For yet a very little while, He who comes will come, and will not wait.