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For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:
¶ Now in this that I declare [unto you] I praise [you] not, that ye come together not for the better, but for the worse.
So then he that giveth [her] in marriage doeth well; but he that giveth [her] not in marriage doeth better.
¶ But now hath he obtained a more excellent ministry, by how much also he is the mediator of a better covenant, which was established upon better promises.
We are confident, [I say], and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
¶ Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.
¶ [It was] therefore necessary that the patterns of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope [did]; by the which we draw nigh unto God.
As for me, I will behold thy face in righteousness: I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with thy likeness.
And they stoned Stephen, calling upon [God], and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.
¶ And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed [are] the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.
And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise.
What? have ye not houses to eat and to drink in? or despise ye the church of God, and shame them that have not? What shall I say to you? shall I praise you in this? I praise [you] not.
Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well.
¶ Cry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet, and shew my people their transgression, and the house of Jacob their sins.
Behold, ye fast for strife and debate, and to smite with the fist of wickedness: ye shall not fast as [ye do this] day, to make your voice to be heard on high.
If therefore the whole church be come together into one place, and all speak with tongues, and there come in [those that are] unlearned, or unbelievers, will they not say that ye are mad?
And to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than [that of] Abel.
But if they cannot contain, let them marry: for it is better to marry than to burn.
For [it is] better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.
And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.
But now they desire a better [country], that is, an heavenly: wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.
Women received their dead raised to life again: and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection:
For ye had compassion of me in my bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your goods, knowing in yourselves that ye have in heaven a better and an enduring substance.
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