G5037–τε–te

For though I might take pride in our authority (which the Lord gave for building you up, and not for your destruction), it will not be a cause of shame to me:

τε te “even”

Truly the signs of an Apostle were done among you in quiet strength, with wonders and acts of power.

τε te “both”

The ordering of the times when they are complete, so that all things might come to a head in Christ, the things in heaven and the things on the earth; in him, I say,

τε te “then”

And to have knowledge of the love of Christ which is outside all knowledge, so that you may be made complete as God himself is complete.

τε te “then”

So it is right for me to take thought for you all in this way, because I have you in my heart; for in my chains, and in my arguments before the judges in support of the good news, making clear that it is true, you all have your part with me in grace.

τε te “both”

Who, being the outshining of his glory, the true image of his substance, supporting all things by the word of his power, having given himself as an offering making clean from sins, took his seat at the right hand of God in heaven;

τε te “then”

And God was a witness with them, by signs and wonders, and by more than natural powers, and by his distribution of the Holy Spirit at his pleasure.

τε te “together with [them]”

For he who makes holy and those who are made holy are all of one family; and for this reason it is no shame for him to give them the name of brothers,

τε te “both”

For the word of God is living and full of power, and is sharper than any two-edged sword, cutting through and making a division even of the soul and the spirit, the bones and the muscles, and quick to see the thoughts and purposes of the heart.

τε te “then”τε te “and”

Every high priest who is taken from among men is given his position to take care of the interests of men in those things which have to do with God, so that he may make offerings for sins.

τε te “both”

Who in the days of his flesh, having sent up prayers and requests with strong crying and weeping to him who was able to give him salvation from death, had his prayer answered because of his fear of God.

τε te “both”

But solid food is for men of full growth, even for those whose senses are trained by use to see what is good and what is evil.

τε te “both”

The teaching of baptisms, and of the putting on of hands, and of the future life of the dead, and of the judging on the last day.

τε te “then”τε te “both”

As for those who at one time saw the light, tasting the good things from heaven, and having their part in the Holy Spirit,

τε te “then”

With knowledge of the good word of God, and of the powers of the coming time,

τε te “also”

And this hope is like a strong band for our souls, fixed and certain, and going in to that which is inside the veil;

τε te “both”

Now every high priest is given authority to take to God the things which are given and to make offerings; so that it is necessary for this man, like them, to have something for an offering.

τε te “both”

Now the first agreement had its rules of worship, and a holy order.

τε te “and”

For the first Tent was made ready, having in it the vessels for the lights and the table and the ordering of the bread; and this is named the holy place.

τε te “both”

And this is an image of the present time; when the offerings which are given are not able to make the heart of the worshipper completely clean,

τε te “both”

For when Moses had given all the rules of the law to the people, he took the blood of goats and young oxen, with water and red wool and hyssop, and put it on the book itself and on all the people,

τε te “both”

In part, in being attacked by angry words and cruel acts, before the eyes of everyone, and in part, in being united with those who were attacked in this way.

τε te “both”

What more am I to say? For there would not be time to give the stories of Gideon, Barak, Samson, and Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets:

τε te “both”τε te “also”

Having our eyes fixed on Jesus, the guide and end of our faith, who went through the pains of the cross, not caring for the shame, because of the joy which was before him, and who has now taken his place at the right hand of God's seat of power.

τε te “and”

For every sort of beast and bird and every living thing on earth and in the sea has been controlled by man and is under his authority;

τε te “both”τε te “both”