Hebrews 11:40

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God having provided something better for us, that they should not be made perfect apart from us.

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  • Rev 6:11 : 11 And white robes were given unto each of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest for a little while, until their fellow servants and their brethren, who should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
  • Heb 5:9 : 9 And having been made perfect, He became the author of eternal salvation to all who obey Him;
  • Heb 7:19 : 19 For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by which we draw near to God.
  • Heb 7:22 : 22 By so much was Jesus made the guarantor of a better covenant.
  • Heb 8:6 : 6 But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.
  • Heb 9:8-9 : 8 The Holy Spirit indicating this, that the way into the Holiest of All was not yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing: 9 Which was a symbol for the present time, in which both gifts and sacrifices are offered that cannot make the worshiper perfect in conscience; 10 Concerned only with foods and drinks, various washings, and fleshly ordinances imposed until the time of reformation. 11 But Christ came as a high priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation; 12 Not by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. 13 For if the blood of bulls and goats and the ashes of a heifer, sprinkling the unclean, sanctifies to the purifying of the flesh, 14 How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God? 15 And for this reason He is the mediator of the new covenant, that by means of death, for the redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, those who are called may receive the promise of eternal inheritance.
  • Heb 9:23 : 23 Therefore it was necessary that the copies of the things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.
  • Heb 10:11-14 : 11 And every priest stands daily ministering and offering repeatedly the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins: 12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down at the right hand of God; 13 From that time onward waiting till his enemies are made his footstool. 14 For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.
  • Heb 12:23-24 : 23 To the general assembly and church of the firstborn who are registered in heaven, to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of righteous men made perfect, 24 To Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling that speaks better things than that of Abel.
  • Rom 3:25-26 : 25 whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed, 26 to demonstrate at the present time His righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith in Jesus.

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  • Heb 11:38-39
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    38of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts and mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.

    39And all these, having obtained a good testimony through faith, did not receive the promise,

  • Heb 7:19-20
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    19For the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope did; by which we draw near to God.

    20And inasmuch as he was not made priest without an oath:

  • Heb 11:16
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    16But now they desire a better, that is, a heavenly country: therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for He has prepared a city for them.

  • Phil 3:15
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    15Let us, therefore, as many as are mature, have this mind; and if in anything you think differently, God will reveal even this to you.

  • Heb 13:14
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    14For here we do not have a continuing city, but we seek the one to come.

  • Heb 8:6-7
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    6But now has he obtained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which was established on better promises.

    7For if that first covenant had been faultless, then there would have been no occasion sought for the second.

  • Heb 4:6
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    6Seeing therefore it remains that some must enter therein, and they to whom it was first preached did not enter because of unbelief:

  • Heb 11:13-14
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    13These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, were assured of them, embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

    14For those who say such things declare plainly that they seek a homeland.

  • Heb 10:14-15
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    14For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

    15The Holy Spirit also is a witness to us; for after he had said before,

  • Heb 4:1-2
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    1Let us therefore fear, lest, while a promise of entering into his rest remains, any of you should seem to have come short of it.

    2For unto us the gospel was preached, as well as unto them; but the word preached did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.

  • Heb 10:1
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    1For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come and not the actual form of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offer year by year continually make those who come perfect.

  • Heb 7:7
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    7And without all contradiction the lesser is blessed by the greater.

  • Heb 9:11
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    11But Christ came as a high priest of the good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this creation;

  • Heb 2:10
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    10For it was fitting for Him, for whom are all things, and by whom are all things, in bringing many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through sufferings.

  • Heb 4:11
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    11Let us therefore labor to enter into that rest, lest anyone fall after the same example of unbelief.

  • 1 Cor 13:10
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    10But when that which is perfect is come, then that which is in part shall be done away.

  • 1 Cor 12:24
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    24But our presentable parts have no need. But God composed the body, having given greater honor to that part which lacked,

  • Heb 11:2-3
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    2For by it the elders obtained a good testimony.

    3Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.

  • 2 Cor 3:10
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    10For even that which was made glorious had no glory in this respect, because of the glory that excels.

  • Heb 10:36
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    36For you have need of endurance, so that after you have done the will of God, you may receive the promise.

  • Rom 11:29-30
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    29For the gifts and calling of God are irrevocable.

    30For as you were once disobedient to God, yet have now obtained mercy through their disobedience,

  • 2 Tim 3:17
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    17That the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for all good works.

  • Heb 6:3-4
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    3And this we will do, if God permits.

    4For it is impossible for those who were once enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and have shared in the Holy Spirit,

  • Heb 6:9
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    9But, beloved, we are convinced of better things concerning you, things that accompany salvation, though we speak in this manner.

  • Heb 13:21
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    21Make you complete in every good work to do His will, working in you what is well-pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory forever and ever. Amen.

  • Eph 4:12-13
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    12For the equipping of the saints, for the work of ministry, for the building up of the body of Christ:

    13Till we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ:

  • Heb 2:5
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    5For He has not put the world to come, of which we speak, in subjection to the angels.

  • Heb 6:1
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    1Therefore, leaving the foundational teachings of Christ, let us move on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

  • Heb 4:9
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    9There remains therefore a rest for the people of God.

  • Rom 12:4
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    4For as we have many members in one body, and all members do not have the same function:

  • Heb 3:19
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    19So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

  • 1 Pet 5:10
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    10But the God of all grace, who has called us to His eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after you have suffered a while, perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you.

  • Heb 9:24
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    24For Christ has not entered into holy places made with hands, which are copies of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

  • Heb 6:17
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    17In this way, God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable nature of His purpose, confirmed it with an oath:

  • 2 Cor 13:9
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    9For we are glad when we are weak, and you are strong; and this also we wish, even your perfection.

  • Heb 11:6
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    6But without faith it is impossible to please Him: for he who comes to God must believe that He is, and that He is a rewarder of those who diligently seek Him.

  • Heb 1:4
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    4Being made so much better than the angels, as He has by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

  • Heb 10:25
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    25Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the Day approaching.

  • Jas 1:4
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    4But let patience have its perfect work, that you may be perfect and complete, lacking nothing.

  • Heb 12:14
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    14Pursue peace with all people, and holiness, without which no one will see the Lord: