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Hebrews: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary is unavailable, but you can change that!

One of early Christianity’s most carefully crafted sermons, Epistle to the Hebrews addresses listeners who have experienced the elation of conversion and the heat of hostility, but who now must confront the formidable task of remaining faithful in a society that rejects their commitments. The letter probes into the one of most profound questions of faith: If it is God’s will that believers be...

since he himself is also clothed with weakness, 3 and because of this he is obliged to make an offering for sins: as for the people, so also for himself. 4 And one does not take the honor for himself, but is called by God, just as Aaron was. 5 So also Christ did not glorify himself so as to become high priest; rather it was he who said to him, You are my Son, I have begotten you today, 6 just as in another place he says, You are a priest forever according to the type of Melchizedek. 7 [This is the
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