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8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
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Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
9 Do not be carried away by varied and strange teachings; for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace, not by foods, through which those who were so occupied were not benefited.
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Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings. It is good for our hearts to be strengthened by grace, not by eating ceremonial foods, which is of no benefit to those who do so.
10 We have an altar from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat.
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We have an altar from which those who minister at the tabernacle have no right to eat.
11 For the bodies of those animals whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest as an offering for sin, are burned outside the camp.
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The high priest carries the blood of animals into the Most Holy Place as a sin offering, but the bodies are burned outside the camp.
12 Therefore Jesus also, that He might sanctify the people through His own blood, suffered outside the gate.
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And so Jesus also suffered outside the city gate to make the people holy through his own blood.
13 So, let us go out to Him outside the camp, bearing His reproach.
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Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore.
14 For here we do not have a lasting city, but we are seeking the city which is to come.
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For here we do not have an enduring city, but we are looking for the city that is to come.
15 Through Him then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that give thanks to His name.
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Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise—the fruit of lips that openly profess his name.
16 And do not neglect doing good and sharing, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
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And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
17 Obey your leaders and submit to them, for they keep watch over your souls as those who will give an account. Let them do this with joy and not with grief, for this would be unprofitable for you.
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Have confidence in your leaders and submit to their authority, because they keep watch over you as those who must give an account. Do this so that their work will be a joy, not a burden, for that would be of no benefit to you.
18 Pray for us, for we are sure that we have a good conscience, desiring to conduct ourselves honorably in all things.
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Pray for us. We are sure that we have a clear conscience and desire to live honorably in every way.
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