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Since, then, it is still true that some will be admitted to that rest, and that because of disobedience those who formerly had Good News proclaimed to them were not admitted,

δι᾽ di᾽ “because of”

And for this reason he is required to offer sin-offerings not only for the people but also for himself.

δι᾽ di᾽ “because of”

For although, considering the long time you have been believers, you ought now to be teachers of others, you really need some one to teach you over again the very rudiments of the truths of God, and you have come to require milk instead of solid food.

διὰ dia “by”

Such persons are mere babes. But solid food is for adults--that is, for those who through constant practice have their spiritual faculties carefully trained to distinguish good from evil.

διὰ dia “through”

For land which has drunk in the rain that often falls upon it, and brings forth vegetation useful to those for whose sakes, indeed, it is tilled, has a share in God's blessing.

δι᾽ di᾽ “for the sake of”

so that you may not become half-hearted, but be imitators of those who through faith and patient endurance are now heirs to the promises.

διὰ dia “through”

He added an oath, in order that, through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for Him to prove false, we may possess mighty encouragement--we who, for safety, have hastened to lay hold of the hope set before us.

διὰ dia “through”

And Levi too--if I may so speak--pays tithes through Abraham:

δι᾽ di᾽ “through”

Now if the crowning blessing was attainable by means of the Levitical priesthood--for as resting on this foundation the people received the Law, to which they are still subject-- what further need was there for a Priest of a different kind to be rais

διὰ dia “through”

On the one hand we have here the abrogation of an earlier code because it was weak and ineffective--

διὰ dia “because of”

for the Law brought no perfect blessing--but on the other hand we have the bringing in of a new and better hope by means of which we draw near to God.

δι᾽ di᾽ “through”

for these men hold office without any oath having been taken, but He holds it attested by an oath from Him who said to Him, "The Lord has sworn and will not recall His words, Thou art a Priest for ever" --

διὰ dia “through”

And they have been appointed priests many in number, because death prevents their continuance in office:

διὰ dia “because of”

but He, because He continues for ever, has a priesthood which does not pass to any successor.

διὰ dia “because of”

Hence too He is able to save to the uttermost those who come to God through Him, seeing that He ever lives to plead for them.

δι᾽ di᾽ “through”

These arrangements having long been completed, the priests, when conducting the divine services, continually enter the outer tent.

διὰ dia “at”

But Christ appeared as a High Priest of the blessings that are soon to come by means of the greater and more perfect Tent of worship, a tent which has not been built with hands--that is to say does not belong to this material creation--

διὰ dia “through”

and once for all entered the Holy place, taking with Him not the blood of goats and calves, but His own blood, and thus procuring eternal redemption for us.

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how much more certainly shall the blood of Christ, who strengthened by the eternal Spirit offered Himself to God, free from blemish, purify your consciences from lifeless works for you to serve the ever-living God?

διὰ dia “through”

And because of this He is the negotiator of a new Covenant, in order that, since a life has been given in atonement for the offences committed under the first Covenant, those who have been called may receive the eternal inheritance which has been promis

διὰ dia “because of”

In that case Christ would have needed to suffer many times, from the creation of the world onwards; but as a matter of fact He has appeared once for all, at the Close of the Ages, in order to do away with sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

διὰ dia “through”

For then would not the sacrifices have ceased to be offered, because the consciences of the worshippers--who in that case would now have been cleansed once for all--would no longer be burdened with sins?

διὰ dia “because of”

It is through that divine will that we have been set free from sin, through the offering of Jesus Christ as our sacrifice once for all.

διὰ dia “through”

by the new and ever-living way which He opened up for us through the rending of the veil--that is to say, of His earthly nature--

διὰ dia “through”

Through faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain did, and through this faith he obtained testimony that he was righteous, God giving the testimony by accepting his gifts; and through it, though he is dead, he still speaks.

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