the Holy Spirit clearly showing this, that the way into the sanctuary hath not yet been made manifest, while the first tabernacle is yet standing:

But Christ having appeared, as a highpriest of the good things to come, passing through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this creation, entered once for all into the sanctuary,

not with the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, and obtained for us everlasting redemption.

For Christ did not enter into a sanctuary made with hands, which is only a copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God in our behalf.

For the Law but shadowing forth the good things to come, and not having the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices which they offer year by year continually make those who come with them perfect.

For in that case would they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshippers, having been once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins?

Wherefore, when he cometh into the world, he saith: "Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body didst thou prepare for me;

Saying above, "Sacrifices and offerings, and whole burntofferings and sacrifices for sin thou wouldest not, and hadst no pleasure in them,"such as are offered in conformity to the Law,

not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward.

For ye have need of endurance; that, after ye have done the will of God, ye may receive what is promised.

For yet a very little while, and "he that is to come will come, and will not tarry.

But we are not of those who draw back, unto perdition; but of those who believe, to the saving of the soul.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen.

Through faith we perceive that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that that which is seen hath not been made out of things which appear.

By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated him; for before his translation he had the testimony that he pleased God.

By faith Noah, being warned by God of things not yet seen, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his house; by which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

By faith Abraham, when called, obeyed to go forth to a place which he was afterward to receive for an inheritance, and went forth, not knowing whither he was going.

These all died in faith, not having received the promised blessings, but having seen them from afar, and greeted them, and having professed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.

but now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly. Wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for he prepared for them a city.

By faith Moses, when born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw that the child was fair and they feared not the kings commandment.

By faith he forsook Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king; for he endured as seeing him who is invisible.

Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that he who destroyed the firstborn might not touch them.

By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who disobeyed, after having received the spies with peace.

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

of whom the world was not worthy; they wandered in deserts and mountains, and caves and the clefts of the earth.

And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promised blessing,

God having provided for us some better thing, that they might not be made perfect without us.

Not yet have ye resisted unto blood, in your contest against sin;

and ye have forgotten the exhortation, which reasoneth with you as with sons: "My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when reproved by him;

It is for chastening that ye endure; God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he, whom the father chasteneth not?

But if ye are without chastening, of which all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards and not sons.

Furthermore, we were chastened by the fathers of our flesh, and we gave them reverence; shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

Now all chastening for the present indeed seemeth to be not joyous, but grievous; but afterward it yieldeth the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

and make straight paths for your feet, that the lame may not be turned out of the way, but may rather be healed.

For ye have not come to a mount that can be touched, and burning with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

for they could not bear that which was commanded, "If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;" and,

See that ye refuse not him who speaketh. For if they did not escape, who refused him who spoke his will on earth, much more shall not we, if we turn away from him who speaketh from heaven;

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

And this expression, "Yet once more," signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, in order that those things which are not shaken may abide.

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

so that we boldly say, "The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear; what shall man do to me?"

Be not carried aside with various and strange teachings; for it is good that the heart be established with grace, not with meats, in which those who walked were not profited.

But works of kindness and liberality forget not; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Obey your leaders, and submit yourselves to them; for they keep watch in behalf of your souls, as those who must give an account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief; for this is not for your advantage.

But if any one of you is wanting in wisdom, let him ask of God, who giveth to all liberally, and upbraideth not; and it will be given him.

For let not that man think that he shall receive anything from the Lord,

Do not err, my beloved brethren.

For the wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.

But be doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving yourselves.

For if any one is a hearer of the word, and not a doer, he is like a man beholding his natural face in a glass;

But he who looks into the perfect law of liberty, and remains there, being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man will be blessed in his deed.

If any one thinks that he is religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this mans religion is vain.

My brethren, hold not the faith of our Lord of glory, Jesus Christ, with respect of persons.

have ye not been partial among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

Hearken, my beloved brethren. Did not God choose the poor as to the world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to them that love him?

but ye have despised the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you, and do not they drag you before the judgmentseats?

Do not they blaspheme the worthy name by which ye are called?

For he who said, "Do not commit adultery," said also, "Do not kill." Now if thou commit no adultery, yet if thou kill, thou hast become a transgressor of the law.

What doth it profit, my brethren, if any one say that he hath faith, and have not works? Can his faith save him?

and one of you say to them, Depart in peace, be warmed and be filled, notwithstanding ye give them not the things needful for the body, what doth it profit?

So also faith, if it hath not works, is dead in itself.

Was not Abraham our father accepted as righteous through works, when he offered Isaac his son upon the altar?

Ye see that by works a man is accounted as righteous, and not by faith only.

And in like manner was not also Rahab the harlot accounted as righteous through works, when she received the messengers, and sent them out another way?

My brethren, be not many teachers, knowing that we shall receive the greater condemnation.

For in many things we all offend. If any one offend not in speech, the same is a perfect man, able to bridle the whole body also.

out of the same mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

But if ye have bitter rivalry and strife in your hearts, do not glory and lie against the truth.

This wisdom is not that which descendeth from above, but earthly, sensual, devilish.

Whence are wars and whence are fightings among you? Are they not hence, from your lusts that war in your members?

Ye lust, and have not; ye kill, and earnestly covet, and cannot obtain; ye fight and war. Ye have not, because ye ask not;

ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may consume it upon your lusts.

Ye adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore chooseth to be a friend of the world, becometh an enemy of God.

Speak not against one another, brethren; he that speaketh against his brother, or judgeth his brother, speaketh against the law, and judgeth the law; but if thou judge the law, thou art not a doer of the law, but a judge.

(whereas ye know not what will be on the morrow; for what is your life? Ye are even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away;)

Therefore to him that knoweth how to do good, and doeth it not, to him it is sin.

Ye have condemned, ye have killed the just man; he doth not resist you.

Murmur not against each other, brethren, that ye be not judged. Behold, the Judge standeth before the door.

But above all things, my brethren, swear not; neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay; that ye fall not under condemnation.

Elijah was a man of like nature with us, and he prayed earnestly that it might not rain; and it rained not on the earth for three years and six months;

wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a short time, if need be, made sorrowful by manifold trials,

whom, having not seen, ye love; in whom, though now ye see him not, yet believing, ye rejoice with joy unspeakable and full of glory,

to whom it was revealed, that not to themselves, but to you, they were ministering the things, which have now been announced to you by them that have brought the glad tidings to you by the Holy Spirit sent down from heaven; which things angels desire to look into.

as children of obedience, not conforming yourselves to the former lusts in your ignorance;

knowing that not with perishable things, silver or gold, were ye redeemed from your vain manner of life received by tradition from your fathers,

being born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the word of God, which liveth and abideth.

Because it is contained in the Scripture: "Behold, I lay in Zion a chief cornerstone, chosen, honored; and he that believeth in him shall not be put to shame."

who once were not a people, but are now the people of God; who had not obtained mercy, but now have obtained mercy.

as free, and not using your freedom for a cloak of wickedness, but as servants of God.

Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and considerate, but also to the perverse.

who, when he was reviled, reviled not again; when he suffered did not threaten, but committed himself to him that judgeth righteously;

In like manner, ye wives, be in subjection to your own husbands, that even if any obey not the word, they may without the word be won by the behavior of the wives,

Whose adorning, let it not be the out yard adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing golden ornaments, or of putting on apparel;

Dwell likewise, O husband, with thy wife according to knowledge, as with the weaker vessel, giving her honor as being heir with thee of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered.

not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but, on the contrary, blessing the evildoer; because for this end ye were called, that ye might inherit blessing.

But if ye even suffer for righteousness sake, happy are ye. And be not afraid at their terrors, nor alarmed;

which in its antitype, baptism, is now saving you,not the putting away of the filth of the flesh, but the earnest seeking for a good conscience toward God,by the resurrection of Jesus Christ;

at which they are astonished that ye run not with them to the same excess of riot, speaking evil of you;

Beloved, be not surprised at the fiery trial which is taking place among you to prove you, as though a strange thing were befalling you;