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7 Remember those who rule over you, who have spoken the word of God to you, whose faith follow, considering the outcome of their conduct.
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Remember your leaders, who spoke the word of God to you. Consider the outcome of their way of life and imitate their faith.
8 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.
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Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.
9 Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by grace, not with foods which have not profited those who have been occupied with them.
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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 sanctuary by the high priest 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 with 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 Therefore let us go forth 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 have no continuing city, but we seek the one 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 Therefore by Him let us continually offer the sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving 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 But do not forget to do good and to share, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.
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And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased.
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