Are they not all ministerial spirits, sent to perform service on account of those who are about to inherit salvation?

For he hath not subjected the future world, of which we are speaking, to the angels.

thou hast subjected all things under his feet." Now in subjecting all things to him, he left nothing unsubjected to him; but at present we see not yet all things subjected to him.

For both he that sanctifies, and they who are sanctified, are all of one. For which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

For he verily took not on him the angelic nature, but assumed that of the seed of Abraham.

harden not your hearts, as in that bitter provocation, at the day of the temptation in the wilderness;

Wherefore I was provoked against that generation, and said, They are always deluded in heart, and they have not known my ways:

so I swore in my wrath that they shall not enter into my rest.

Take heed, brethren, that there be not in any one of you a wicked heart of infidelity, [evident] in departure from the living God:

while it is said, To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts as in the provocation.

For some, though they had heard, provoked him; yet not all who came out of Egypt by Moses.

But against whom was he incensed forty years? Was it not against those who had sinned, whose corpses fell in the wilderness?

And to whom did he swear that they should not enter into his rest, but to those who did not believe?

So we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

For we are hearing the same gospel preached as they did; but the word heard did not profit them, not being incorporated by faith with those who heard it.

For we who have believed, have entered into the rest, even as he said, "So, I sware in my wrath, that they shall not enter into my rest;" and that notwithstanding the works were done from the foundation of the world.

And in this passage again, "They shall not enter into my rest."

Forasmuch therefore as it remaineth for some to enter into it, and they who first had the gospel preached to them entered not in because of unbelief;

again he limiteth a certain day, saying by David, To-day, after so long a time; as it is said, "To-day if ye will hear his voice harden not your hearts."

For if Joshua had given them the rest, he would not afterwards have spoken of another day.

Even creation is not invisible before him, but all things are naked, and fully displayed before his eyes, to whom we must give our account.

For we have not an high-priest incapable of a fellow-feeling with our infirmities, but one tempted in all points, in exact resemblance with ourselves, sin excepted.

So Christ also did not himself assume the glory to become high-priest, but he [gave it] who spake to him, "Thou art my Son; I have this day begotten thee."

For though ye ought for the time to be teachers of others, ye have again need that some one teach you the leading principles of the oracles of God; and are become as those who need milk, and not solid food.

WHEREFORE, desisting from initiatory discourse respecting Christ, let us advance towards perfection; not again laying a foundation of repentance from dead works, and faith in God,

For it is not possible to renew again unto repentance those who have been once illuminated, and have tasted the celestial gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

For God is not unjust, to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have demonstrated in his name, having ministered assistance to the saints, and still ministering.

that ye be not slothful, but imitators of those who, by faith and long suffering, are inheriting the promises.

But he who derived not his genealogy from them, received tithes from Abraham, and blessed him who had the promises;

If therefore there was perfection by the Levitical priesthood (for under that the people had the law given to them), what farther need was there that another priest should arise after the order of Melchisedec, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

who was not made such by the law of a carnal commandment, but by the power of a life indissoluble.

Moreover, forasmuch as he was not [made priest] without an oath,

(for they indeed were made priests without an oath; but he with an oath, by him who said unto him, "The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:")

but this person, because he abideth for ever, hath a priesthood that passeth not over to another.

who hath not daily need, as the high-priests, first, to offer sacrifice for their own sins, afterwards, for those of the people: for this he did once for all, when he offered up himself.

a minister of the holies, and of the true tabernacle which the Lord hath pitched, and not man.

For if he were on earth, he would not be a priest, there being priests who offer gifts according to the law;

not according to that covenant which I made with their fathers, in the day when I laid hold upon their hand to lead them up out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I took no longer care of them, saith the Lord.

but into the second once in every year entered the high-priest alone, not without blood, which he offered for his own inadvertencies, and for those of the people:

the Holy Ghost thus signifying, that the way into the holies was not yet made manifest, whilst the first tabernacle held its station;

But Christ becoming the high-priest of future good things, through a better and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this creation;

Wherefore also that first testament was not consecrated without blood.

For Christ is not entered into the holies made with hands, the antitypes of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear before the presence of God for us:

and not that he should often offer up himself in sacrifice, as the high-priest enters every year into the holies with blood not his own,

NOW the law, having a shadow of the good things which were to come, not the very substance of the things, cannot possibly, by the same sacrifices which they offer year by year continually, make those perfect who approach [God];

Wherefore, coming into the world, he saith, "Sacrifice and oblation thou hast not chosen, but thou hast exactly fashioned a body for me:

Having said before that sacrifice, and oblation, and whole burnt-offerings and sin-offerings thou hast not chosen, nor takest pleasure in, (which are offered according to the law,)

not deserting the assembling of ourselves together, as is the custom with some, but exhorting to it; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

Recede not therefore from your boldness of profession, which brings a great recompence of reward.

For ye have need of patience, that after ye have done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.

For yet a little, very little while, and he that is coming will come, and will not delay.

But we are not of those who turn back unto perdition; but of those who believe to the salvation of the soul.

By faith we understand that the worlds were exactly formed by the word of God, so that the visible objects were not made out of things which now appear.

By faith Enoch was translated, so as not to see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he was recorded to have been acceptable to God.

By faith Noah, being divinely warned respecting things not yet seen, filled with reverential awe, prepared an ark for the salvation of his household, by which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

By faith Abraham, called to go forth unto a place which he should in future obtain as an heritage, obeyed; and he went forth, not knowing whither he was going.

All these died in faith, not having received the promises, but beholding them at a great distance, though believing and embracing them, and confessing that they were strangers and sojourners in the land.

But now their longing desires are after a better country, that is, the heavenly one: wherefore God is not ashamed of them to be called their God: for he hath prepared a city for them.

By faith Moses, after he was born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child singularly beautiful; and they were not intimidated by the command of the king.

By faith he forsook Egypt, not intimidated by the wrath of the king: for he boldly persisted, as seeing the invisible [Jehovah].

By faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that the destroyer of the first-born might not touch them.

By faith Rahab the harlot perished not with those who were infidels, having received the spies in peace.

Women received by a resurrection their dead: but others were tortured, not accepting a release; that they might obtain a better resurrection:

of whom the world was not worthy: they wandered up and down in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens, and caverns of the earth.

And these all though having obtained a testimony by faith, received not the promise:

God having provided for us something better, that without us they should not attain to perfection.

Consider then attentively him that endured from sinners such opposition against himself, that ye be not wearied out, fainting in your souls.

As yet ye have not resisted unto blood, struggling against sin.

And have you forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you, as children, "My son, count not lightly of the Lord's childlike correction, nor faint when under his rebuke:

If ye patiently endure correction, God carries himself towards you as his children: for who is the son whom the father doth not correct?

If then ye are without correction, of which all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not children.

If then we have had the fathers of our flesh for correctors, and reverenced them; shall we not much more be under subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

Now all correction at the moment seemeth not to be cause for joy, but for sorrow; but after a while it produceth peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have thereby been disciplined.

and make strait paths for your feet, that what is halting may not be turned out of the way; but that it may rather be healed.

For ye have not approached the mountain that could only be groped for, and that burned with fire, and the thick cloud, and the darkness, and the tempest,

and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words, which they who heard, earnestly begged that the discourse might not be directed to them:

for they could not bear the charge given, and "If but a beast touch the mountain he shall be stoned, or shot through with a dart:"

Beware that ye reject not him that speaketh: for if they escaped not, who rejected him, that upon earth spake by divine influence, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him who speaks from heaven:

whose voice then shook the earth, but now he hath promised, saying, "Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also the heaven."

Now this word yet once more manifests the removal of the things shaken, as of things formed, that the things not shaken may endure.

Forget not to exercise hospitality: for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

So that we may with confidence say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

Be not tossed about by various and strange doctrines: for it is good to have the heart firmly established by grace, not by meats, in which observances they who have walked have found no manner of advantage.

For we have not here an abiding city, but we earnestly seek that which is to come.

But of beneficence, and liberal distribution, be not unmindful: for such sacrifices God accepts with delight.

Obey your presidents, and be subject to them: for they are vigilant for your souls, as being to render an account, that they may do it with joy, and not groaning: for that would be disadvantageous for you.