Hebrews 10:21

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and since we have a great priest over the house of God,

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  • Heb 2:17 : 17 Therefore he had to be made like his brothers and sisters in every respect, so that he could become a merciful and faithful high priest in things relating to God, to make atonement for the sins of the people.
  • 1 Tim 3:15 : 15 in case I am delayed, to let you know how people ought to conduct themselves in the household of God, because it is the church of the living God, the support and bulwark of the truth.
  • Heb 3:1 : 1 Jesus and Moses Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess,
  • Heb 3:3-6 : 3 For he has come to deserve greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house deserves greater honor than the house itself! 4 For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God. 5 Now Moses was faithful in all God’s house as a servant, to testify to the things that would be spoken. 6 But Christ is faithful as a son over God’s house. We are of his house, if in fact we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope we take pride in.
  • Heb 4:14-16 : 14 Jesus Our Compassionate High Priest Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession. 15 For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin. 16 Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help.
  • Heb 6:20 : 20 where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.
  • Heb 7:26 : 26 For it is indeed fitting for us to have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.
  • Heb 8:1 : 1 The High Priest of a Better Covenant Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We have such a high priest, one who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,
  • Matt 16:18 : 18 And I tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overpower it.
  • 1 Cor 3:9-9 : 9 We are coworkers belonging to God. You are God’s field, God’s building. 10 According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master-builder I laid a foundation, but someone else builds on it. And each one must be careful how he builds. 11 For no one can lay any foundation other than what is being laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 If anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, or straw, 13 each builder’s work will be plainly seen, for the Day will make it clear, because it will be revealed by fire. And the fire will test what kind of work each has done. 14 If what someone has built survives, he will receive a reward. 15 If someone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss. He himself will be saved, but only as through fire. 16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you? 17 If someone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, which is what you are.
  • 2 Cor 6:16-17 : 16 And what mutual agreement does the temple of God have with idols? For we are the temple of the living God, just as God said,“I will live in them and will walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be my people.” 17 Therefore“come out from their midst, and be separate,” says the Lord,“and touch no unclean thing, and I will welcome you,
  • Eph 2:19-22 : 19 So then you are no longer foreigners and noncitizens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of God’s household, 20 because you have been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, with Christ Jesus himself as the cornerstone. 21 In him the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord, 22 in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place of God in the Spirit.

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  • Heb 4:14-16
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    14Jesus Our Compassionate High Priest Therefore since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.

    15For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin.

    16Therefore let us confidently approach the throne of grace to receive mercy and find grace whenever we need help.

  • Heb 10:19-20
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    19Drawing Near to God in Enduring Faith Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus,

    20by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,

  • Heb 8:1-4
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    1The High Priest of a Better Covenant Now the main point of what we are saying is this: We have such a high priest, one who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,

    2a minister in the sanctuary and the true tabernacle that the Lord, not man, set up.

    3For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices. So this one too had to have something to offer.

    4Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are already priests who offer the gifts prescribed by the law.

  • Heb 9:11
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    11Christ’s Service in the Heavenly Sanctuary But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,

  • Heb 10:22-24
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    22let us draw near with a sincere heart in the assurance that faith brings, because we have had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed in pure water.

    23And let us hold unwaveringly to the hope that we confess, for the one who made the promise is trustworthy.

    24And let us take thought of how to spur one another on to love and good works,

  • Heb 6:19-20
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    19We have this hope as an anchor for the soul, sure and steadfast, which reaches inside behind the curtain,

    20where Jesus our forerunner entered on our behalf, since he became a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 5:10
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    10and he was designated by God as high priest in the order of Melchizedek.

  • Heb 5:1
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    1For every high priest is taken from among the people and appointed to represent them before God, to offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.

  • Heb 7:24-26
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    24but he holds his priesthood permanently since he lives forever.

    25So he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them.

    26For it is indeed fitting for us to have such a high priest: holy, innocent, undefiled, separate from sinners, and exalted above the heavens.

  • Heb 3:1
    74%

    1Jesus and Moses Therefore, holy brothers and sisters, partners in a heavenly calling, take note of Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess,

  • Heb 3:6
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    6But Christ is faithful as a son over God’s house. We are of his house, if in fact we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope we take pride in.

  • Heb 7:19-21
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    19for the law made nothing perfect. On the other hand a better hope is introduced, through which we draw near to God.

    20And since this was not done without a sworn affirmation– for the others have become priests without a sworn affirmation,

    21but Jesus did so with a sworn affirmation by the one who said to him,“The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind,‘You are a priest forever’”–

  • 1 Pet 2:5
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    5you yourselves, as living stones, are built up as a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood and to offer spiritual sacrifices that are acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.

  • Heb 9:24-25
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    24For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands– the representation of the true sanctuary– but into heaven itself, and he appears now in God’s presence for us.

    25And he did not enter to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the sanctuary year after year with blood that is not his own,

  • Heb 7:15
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    15And this is even clearer if another priest arises in the likeness of Melchizedek,

  • Heb 13:10
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    10We have an altar that those who serve in the tabernacle have no right to eat from.

  • Heb 10:10-11
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    10By his will we have been made holy through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

    11And every priest stands day after day serving and offering the same sacrifices again and again– sacrifices that can never take away sins.

  • Heb 9:6
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    6So with these things prepared like this, the priests enter continually into the outer tent as they perform their duties.

  • Heb 13:20
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    20Benediction and Conclusion Now may the God of peace who by the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus,

  • 2 Cor 5:1
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    1Living by Faith, Not by Sight For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is dismantled, we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.

  • Heb 7:28
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    28For the law appoints as high priests men subject to weakness, but the word of solemn affirmation that came after the law appoints a son made perfect forever.

  • Heb 7:17
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    17For here is the testimony about him:“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

  • Heb 10:14-15
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    14For by one offering he has perfected for all time those who are made holy.

    15And the Holy Spirit also witnesses to us, for after saying,

  • Heb 7:3
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    3Without father, without mother, without genealogy, he has neither beginning of days nor end of life but is like the son of God, and he remains a priest for all time.

  • Heb 9:21
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    21And both the tabernacle and all the utensils of worship he likewise sprinkled with blood.

  • Heb 9:8
    69%

    8The Holy Spirit is making clear that the way into the holy place had not yet appeared as long as the old tabernacle was standing.

  • Heb 9:3
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    3And after the second curtain there was a tent called the holy of holies.

  • 2 Cor 7:1
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    1Self-Purification Therefore, since we have these promises, dear friends, let us cleanse ourselves from everything that could defile the body and the spirit, and thus accomplish holiness out of reverence for God.

  • Lev 21:10
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    10Rules for the High Priest“‘The high priest– who is greater than his brothers, on whose head the anointing oil is poured, who has been ordained to wear the priestly garments– must neither dishevel the hair of his head nor tear his garments.

  • Eph 2:21
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    21In him the whole building, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord,

  • Heb 3:4
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    4For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.

  • Heb 8:6
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    6But now Jesus has obtained a superior ministry, since the covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted on better promises.

  • Heb 5:6
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    6as also in another place God says,“You are a priest forever in the order of Melchizedek.”

  • Rev 5:10
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    10You have appointed them as a kingdom and priests to serve our God, and they will reign on the earth.”