He who descended is the very One who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things.
Such a high priest truly befits us—One who is holy, innocent, undefiled, set apart from sinners, and exalted above the h
Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firml
which He exerted in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly realms,
For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity dwells in bodily form.
So it was necessary for the copies of the heavenly things to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things
By common confession, the mystery of godliness is great: He appeared in the flesh, was vindicated by the Spirit, was see
Truly I tell you, this generation will not pass away until all these things have happened.
For God was pleased to have all His fullness dwell in Him,
of the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of G
After He had said this, they watched as He was taken up, and a cloud hid Him from their sight.
so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I
Now these things happened so that the Scripture would be fulfilled: “Not one of His bones will be broken.”
From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.
The point of what we are saying is this: We do have such a high priest, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of
But in this way God has fulfilled what He foretold through all the prophets, saying that His Christ would suffer.
Exalted, then, to the right hand of God, He has received from the Father the promised Holy Spirit and has poured out wha
Jesus said to them, “These are the words I spoke to you while I was still with you: Everything must be fulfilled that is
“Men of Galilee,” they said, “why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you i
After this, knowing that everything had now been accomplished, and to fulfill the Scripture, Jesus said, “I am thirsty.”
And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers
So they said to one another, “Let us not tear it. Instead, let us cast lots to see who will get it.” This was to fulfill
Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelati
As He says in Hosea: “I will call them ‘My People’ who are not My people, and I will call her ‘My Beloved’ who is not My