By faith Abraham was enabled to become a father — even though Sarah herself was sterile and beyond (para | παρά | prep-acc) the normal age of childbearing — because he regarded as faithful the one who had made the promise.
By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than (para | παρά | prep-acc) Cain, through which faith he was attested as righteous, God himself showing his approval by accepting his gifts. And though he died, he still speaks through his faith.
Thus it was necessary that earthly copies of the heavenly realities be purified by these rites, but the heavenly realities themselves with better sacrifices than (para | παρά | prep-acc) these.
For Jesus has been counted worthy of greater glory than (para | παρά | prep-acc) Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself.
But we do see Jesus, who for a little while was made lower than (par | παρ᾿ | prep-acc) the angels, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone, because of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor.
You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness beyond (para | παρά | prep-acc) your companions.”
