For sanctifier and sanctified have all one origin. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

Further, if the Levitical priesthood had been the means of reaching perfection (for it was on the basis of that priesthood that the Law was enacted for the People), why was it still necessary for another sort of priest to emerge with the rank of Melchizedek, instead of simply with the rank of Aaron

but they really aspire to the better land in heaven. That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God; he has prepared a City for them.)

Why, we had fathers of our flesh to discipline us, and we yielded to them! Shall we not far more submit to the Father of our spirits, and so live?