promise "I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee". In both cases the link is the boldness

and assurance that comes from what God has accomplished for us.

Latreia service, except for John 16: 2, is confined to Paul's epistles and Hebrews.

The Apostle in Rom. 9:, lists the nation of Israel's divine privileges, and states: ". . . . .

to whom pertaineth . . . . . the giving of the law, and the service of God . . . . ." The

service being largely related to the ceremonial law. Comparing Hebrews, we find it used

in a similar way. "Then verily the first covenant had also ordinances of divine service"

(Heb. 9: 1), and in verse 6, ". . . . . the priests went always into the first tabernacle,

accomplishing the service of God".

Leitourgeo, -ia, os, ikos, to minister, "ministry", are predominantly Pauline words and

that of Hebrews. The verb leitourgeo is used by Luke once (Acts 13: 2), and the other

two occurrences are Rom. 15: 27 and Heb. 10: 11.  Leitourgia is used by Luke once

(Luke 1: 23). It occurs three times, in II Cor. 9: 12; Phil. 2: 17, 30; and twice in

Hebrews: 8: 6 and 9: 21.  Leitourgos is used 3 times by Paul, Rom. 13: 6; 15: 16;

Phil. 2: 25, and twice in Hebrews: 1: 7; 8: 2; and nowhere else. Leitourgikos is only

found in Heb. 1: 14.

Mesites mediator, occurs only in Gal. 3: 19, 20; I Tim. 2: 5; and Heb. 7: 6; 9: 15;

12: 24. The Lord Jesus Christ as Mediator is peculiar to the witness of the Apostle Paul,

and the three references in Hebrews are a strong link with Paul's ministry.

Mimetes follower, is found 5 times in Paul's writings: (I Cor. 4: 16; 11: 1; Eph. 5: 1;

I Thess. 1: 6; 2: 14), and once in Hebrews (6: 12), and nowhere else. (In I Pet. 3: 13,

the critical texts read zelotai instead of mimetes). Note the link between I Thess. 2: 14

and Heb. 6: 12:

In the background of each is testing and suffering. In Hebrews this is expanded in

chapter 11:, where those linked with faith and patience and testing are given in detail.

Nekroo to treat as dead, occurs only three times in the N.T. (Rom. 4: 19; Col. 3: 5;

and Heb. 11: 12).  The similar usage in Rom. 4: 19 and Heb. 11: 12, is surely

apparent. Both refer to Abraham ". . . . . as good as dead" as far as his physical capacity

to have a son was concerned.

Olothreuo to destroy, and its cognates olothreutes have only one occurrence each in

the N.T., the latter in I Cor. 10: 10, "neither murmur ye, as some of them also murmured,

and were destroyed of the destroyer . . . . .", and the former in Heb. 11: 28 ". . . . . lest he

that destroyed the firstborn should touch them". The usage of the word is identical in

both cases.