fixing our eyeson Jesus,the authorand perfecterof faith,whofor the joyset beforeHim enduredthe cross,despisingthe shame,and has sat downat the right handof the throneof God.
The LORDsaysto my Lord:"Sitat My righthandUntilI makeYour enemiesa footstoolfor Your feet."
The LORDwill accomplishwhatconcernsme; Your lovingkindness,O LORD,is everlasting;Do not forsakethe worksof Your hands.
Woeto those who godownto Egyptfor help[And] relyon horses,And trustin chariotsbecausethey are manyAnd in horsemenbecausethey are verystrong,But they do not lookto the HolyOneof Israel,norseekthe LORD!
"Turnto Me and be saved,allthe endsof the earth;For I am God,and thereis noother.
He was despisedand forsakenof men,A manof sorrowsand acquaintedwith grief;And like one from whom men hidetheir faceHe was despised,and we did not esteemHim.
And I will waitfor the LORDwho is hidingHis facefrom the houseof Jacob;I will even lookeagerlyfor Him.
But as for me, I will watchexpectantlyfor the LORD;I will waitfor the Godof my salvation.My Godwill hearme.
"I will pourout on the houseof Davidand on the inhabitantsof Jerusalem,the Spiritof graceand of supplication,so that they will lookon Me whomthey have pierced;and they will mournfor Him, as one mournsfor an onlyson,and they will weepbitterlyoverHim like the bitterweepingovera firstborn.
And Mosesmadea bronzeserpentand setit on the standard;and it cameabout, that ifa serpentbitanyman,when he lookedto the bronzeserpent,he lived.
From that timeJesusbeganto showHis disciplesthat He mustgoto Jerusalem,and suffermany thingsfrom the eldersand chief priestsand scribes,and be killed,and be raisedup on the thirdday.
justas the Sonof Mandid not cometo be served,but to serve,and to giveHis lifea ransomfor many."
And He was saying,"Abba!Father!All thingsare possiblefor You; removethiscupfrom Me; yetnot whatI will,but whatYou will."
[And the Scripturewas fulfilledwhich says,"And He was numberedwith transgressors.]"
So then,when the LordJesushad spokento them, He was receivedup into heavenand sat downat the right handof God.
And He saidto them, "Elijahdoes firstcomeand restoreall things.And [yet] howis it writtenof the Sonof Manthat He will suffermany thingsand be treated with contempt?
Immediatelythe boy'sfathercriedout and said,"I do believe;helpmy unbelief."
The apostlessaidto the Lord,"Increaseour faith!"
And Herodwith his soldiers,after treating Him with contemptand mockingHim, dressedHim in a gorgeousrobeand sent Him backto Pilate.
"Was it not necessaryfor the Christto sufferthese thingsand to enterinto His glory?"
The next dayhe sawJesuscomingto him and said,"Behold,the Lambof Godwho takes awaythe sinof the world!
"Truly,truly,I sayto you, unlessa grainof wheatfallsinto the earthand dies,it remainsalone;but ifit dies,it bearsmuchfruit.
"And I, ifI am liftedup from the earth,will drawall mento Myself."
[Jesus], knowingthat the Fatherhad givenall thingsinto His hands,and that He had come forthfrom Godand was going backto God,
"For thisis the willof My Father,that everyonewho beholdsthe Sonand believesin Him will haveeternallife,and I Myselfwill raisehim up on the lastday."
"Your fatherAbrahamrejoicedto seeMy day,and he saw[it] and was glad."
"Thereforelet allthe houseof Israelknowfor certainthat Godhas madeHim bothLordand Christ--thisJesuswhomyou crucified."
but put to deaththe Princeof life,[the one] whomGodraisedfrom the dead,[a fact] to whichwe are witnesses.
"He is the one whom Godexaltedto His right handas a Princeand a Savior,to grantrepentanceto Israel,and forgivenessof sins.
Sothey went on their wayfrom the presenceof the Council,rejoicingthat they had been considered worthyto suffershamefor [His] name.
For the wordof the crossis foolishnessto thosewho are perishing,but to us who are being savedit is the powerof God.
but we preachChristcrucified,to Jewsa stumbling blockand to Gentilesfoolishness,
and might reconcilethem bothin onebodyto Godthroughthe cross,by it having put to deaththe enmity.
and walkin love,justas Christalsolovedyou and gaveHimselfup for us, an offeringand a sacrificeto Godas a fragrantaroma.
[For I am] confidentof thisvery thing,that He who begana goodworkin you will perfectit untilthe dayof ChristJesus.
For our citizenshipis in heaven,from whichalsowe eagerly waitfor a Savior,the LordJesusChrist;
in the futurethere is laidup for me the crownof righteousness,whichthe Lord,the righteousJudge,will awardto me on that day;and not onlyto me, but alsoto allwho have lovedHis appearing.
But to whichof the angelshas He eversaid,"SITAT MY RIGHT HAND,UNTILI MAKEYOUR ENEMIESA FOOTSTOOLFOR YOUR FEET"?
And He is the radianceof His gloryand the exact representationof His nature,and upholdsall thingsby the wordof His power.When He had madepurificationof sins,He sat downat the right handof the Majestyon high,
For by oneofferingHe has perfectedfor all timethosewho are sanctified.
partlyby being made a public spectaclethrough reproachesand tribulations,and partlyby becomingsharerswith thosewho were sotreated.
and othersexperiencedmockingsand scourgings,yes,alsochainsand imprisonment.
For considerHim who has enduredsuchhostilityby sinnersagainstHimself,sothat you will not grow wearyand loseheart.
So,let us goout to Him outsidethe camp,bearingHis reproach.
And having been made perfect,He becameto allthosewho obeyHim the sourceof eternalsalvation,
(for the Lawmadenothingperfect),and on the other handthere is a bringingin of a betterhope,throughwhichwe draw nearto God.
Nowthe main pointin what has been said[is this]: we havesucha high priest,whohas taken His seatat the right handof the throneof the Majestyin the heavens,
soChristalso,having been offeredonceto bearthe sinsof many,will appeara second timefor salvationwithout[reference to] sin,to thosewho eagerly awaitHim.
My brethren,do not holdyour faithin our gloriousLordJesusChristwith [an attitude of] personal favoritism.
seeking to knowwhatpersonortimethe Spiritof Christwithinthem was indicatingas He predictedthe sufferingsof Christand the gloriesto follow.
For Christalsodiedfor sinsonce for all,[the] justfor [the] unjust,sothat He might bringus to God,having been put to deathin the flesh,but made alivein the spirit;
whois at the right handof God,having goneinto heaven,after angelsand authoritiesand powershad been subjectedto Him.
keepyourselvesin the loveof God,waiting anxiouslyfor the mercyof our LordJesusChristto eternallife.
saying,"Writein a bookwhatyou see,and send[it] to the sevenchurches:to Ephesusand to Smyrnaand to Pergamumand to Thyatiraand to Sardisand to Philadelphiaand to Laodicea."
WhenI sawHim, I fellat His feetlikea dead man.And He placedHis right handon me, saying,"Do not be afraid;I amthe firstand the last,
"I amthe Alphaand the Omega,"saysthe LordGod,"who is and whowas and who is to come,the Almighty."
"And to the angelof the churchin Smyrnawrite:The firstand the last,whowas dead,and has come to life,saysthis:
