And I went up by revelation; and I put before them the good news which I was preaching among the Gentiles, but privately before those who were of good name, so that the work which I was or had been doing might not be without effect.
But, quite the opposite, when they saw that I had been made responsible for preaching the good news to those without circumcision, even as Peter had been for those of the circumcision
Now this I say: The law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, does not put an end to the agreement made before by God, so as to make the undertaking without effect.
And the earth was waste and without form; and it was dark on the face of the deep: and the Spirit of God was moving on the face of the waters.
As for me, my agreement is made with you, and you will be the father of nations without end.
And when they had put them out, he said, Go for your life, without looking back or waiting in the lowland; go quickly to the mountain or you will come to destruction.
And the man and his wife were without clothing, and they had no sense of shame.
And he said, Hearing your voice in the garden I was full of fear, because I was without clothing: and I kept myself from your eyes.
And he said, Who gave you the knowledge that you were without clothing? Have you taken of the fruit of the tree which I said you were not to take?
And Jacob went away secretly, without giving news of his flight to Laban the Aramaean.
These twenty years I have been with you; your sheep and your goats have had young without loss, not one of your he-goats have I taken for food.
And they said, It is not possible for us to give our sister to one who is without circumcision, for that would be a cause of shame to us:
And without loss of time the young man did as they said, because he had delight in Jacob's daughter, and he was the noblest of his father's house.
And he saw that it was, and said, It is my son's coat; an evil beast has put him to death; without doubt Joseph has come to a cruel end.
And hearing it he went running out without his coat.
And when I gave a loud cry he went running out without his coat.
Then Joseph said, Without God there will be no answer of peace for Pharaoh.
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, I am Pharaoh; and without your order no man may do anything in all the land of Egypt.
And Judah said to him, The man said to us with an oath, You are not to come before me again without your brother.
If then I go back to your servant, my father, without the boy, because his life and the boy's life are one,
For how may I go back to my father without the boy, and see the evil which will come on my father?
All the persons who came with Jacob into Egypt, the offspring of his body, were sixty-six, without taking into account the wives of Jacob's sons.
And he said, I am God, the God of your father: go down to Egypt without fear, for I will make a great nation of you there:
The rod of authority will not be taken from Judah, and he will not be without a law-giver, till he comes who has the right to it, and the peoples will put themselves under his rule.
These are the generations of Noah. Noah was an upright man and without sin in his generation: he went in the ways of God.
What profit is the pictured image to its maker? and as for the metal image, the false teacher, why does its maker put his faith in it, making false gods without a voice?
So then, my brothers, being able to go into the holy place without fear, because of the blood of Jesus,
A man who has gone against the law of Moses is put to death without pity on the word of two or three witnesses:
Because God had kept some better thing for us, so that it was not possible for them to become complete without us.
And without faith it is not possible to be well-pleasing to him, for it is necessary for anyone who comes to God to have the belief that God is, and that he is a rewarder of all those who make a serious search for him.
By faith Abraham did as God said when he was ordered to go out into a place which was to be given to him as a heritage, and went out without knowledge of where he was going.
Let your desire be for peace with all men, and to be made holy, without which no man may see the Lord;
And that there may not be any evil liver, or any man without respect for God, like Esau, who let his birthright go for a plate of food.
Take care to keep open house: because in this way some have had angels as their guests, without being conscious of it.
My brothers, take care that there is not by chance in any one of you an evil heart without belief, turning away from the living God:
For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched by the feelings of our feeble flesh; but we have one who has been tested in all points as we ourselves are tested, but without sin.
Then let us come near to the seat of grace without fear, so that mercy may be given to us, and we may get grace for our help in time of need.
For everyone who takes milk is without experience of the word of righteousness: he is a child.
That is to say, not made by a law based on the flesh, but by the power of a life without end:
So the law which went before is put on one side, because it was feeble and without profit.
And as this is not without the taking of an oath
(For those were made priests without an oath, but this one was made a priest with an oath by him who says of him, The Lord gave his oath, which he will not take back, that you are a priest for ever);
It was right for us to have such a high priest, one who is holy and without evil, doing no wrong, having no part with sinners, and made higher than the heavens:
Being without father or mother, or family, having no birth or end to his life, being made like the Son of God, is a priest for ever.
How much more will the blood of Christ, who, being without sin, made an offering of himself to God through the Holy Spirit, make your hearts clean from dead works to be servants of the living God?
So that even the first agreement was not made without blood.
And by the law almost all things are made clean with blood, and without blood there is no forgiveness.
So Christ, having at his first coming taken on himself the sins of men, will be seen a second time, without sin, by those who are waiting for him, for their salvation.
But only the high priest went into the second, once a year, not without making an offering of blood for himself and for the errors of the people:
In Gilead there is evil. They are quite without value; in Gilgal they make offerings of oxen; truly their altars are like masses of stones in the hollows of a ploughed field.
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