Let us therefore fear, lest, a promise being left us of entering into his rest, any of you should seem to come short of it.

For the Good News is come to us just as it did to them. But the message they heard was of no benefit to them, because they did not share the faith of those who gave heed to it.

For those of us who have belief come into his rest; even as he has said, As I said in my oath when I was angry, They may not come into my rest: though the works were done from the time of the making of the world.

And in the same place he says again, They will not come into my rest.

Since therefore it remains for some to come into it, and they before announced of the good news came not in through unbelief:

After a long time, again naming a certain day, he says in David, Today (as he had said before), Today if you will let his voice come to your ears, be not hard of heart,

which shows that the people of God have a sabbath still to come.

For the man who comes into his rest has had rest from his works, as God did from his.

Because of this, let us have a strong desire to come into that rest, and let no one go after the example of those who went against God's orders.

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

For though by this time you ought to be teachers [because of the time you have had to learn these truths], you actually need someone to teach you again the elementary principles of God’s word [from the beginning], and you have come to be continually in need of milk, not solid food.

but firm food is for persons come to age, who by habit have their senses exercised to a discernment both of good and evil.

For it is impossible to arouse people to a fresh repentance when they have once for all come into the light and had a taste of the gift from heaven, and shared in the holy Spirit

And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,

For ground which drinks the rain which comes often upon it, and produces useful herbs for those for whose sakes also it is tilled, partakes of blessing from God;

And so, having patiently waited, he realized the promise [in the miraculous birth of Isaac, as a pledge of what was to come from God].

And verily they that are of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:

for the priesthood being changed, of necessity also, of the law a change doth come,

For he of whom these things are said comes of another tribe, of which no man has ever made offerings at the altar.

Because it is clear that our Lord comes out of Judah, and Moses said nothing about priests from that tribe.

And this is even more clear if a second priest has come up who is like Melchizedek,

for a disannulling indeed doth come of the command going before because of its weakness, and unprofitableness,

(for the Law never made anything perfect); while on the other hand a better hope is introduced through which we now continually draw near to God.

Wherefore he is able also to save them to the uttermost that come unto God by him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah:

This is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel when that day comes, saith the Lord; I will set my laws within their mind, inscribing them upon their hearts; I will be a God to them, and they shall be a People to me;

And these having been thus adjusted, the priests come continually into the first tabernacle, performing the services:

and into the second comes the high priest alone once a year, not without blood, which he offers for himself, and the errors of the people;

Because they are only rules of the flesh, of meats and drinks and washings, which have their place till the time comes when things will be put right.

But Christ being come an high priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building;

And because of this, of a new covenant he is mediator, that, death having come, for redemption of the transgressions under the first covenant, those called may receive the promise of the age-during inheritance,

(For where there is a testament, the death of the testator must needs come in.

For such a Covenant takes effect only upon death, it does not come into force as long as the testator is alive.

and with blood almost all things are purified according to the law, and apart from blood-shedding forgiveness doth not come.

For Christ did not come into the sanctuaries made with hands, the pattern of the true; but into heaven itself, now to be made manifest unto the face of God in our behalf:

Neither that he should offer himself many times, as the chief priest comes in to the holy places yearly with blood pertaining to others;

For then he would have undergone a number of deaths from the time of the making of the world: but now he has come to us at the end of the old order, to put away sin by the offering of himself.

And because by God's law death comes to men once, and after that they are judged;

so Christ also, who was once [for all] offered [as a sacrifice] to take away the sins of many people, will come back a second time, not to take away sin, [but] to provide salvation to those who are waiting for Him.

For the law having a shadow of good things to come, and not the very image of the things, can never with those sacrifices which they offered year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

Therefore when he comes into the world, he says, "Sacrifice and offering you didn't desire, but you prepared a body for me;

Then said I, Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me,) to do thy will, O God.

First come the words-- 'Thou dost not desire, nor dost thou take pleasure in, sacrifices, offerings, burnt offerings, and sacrifices for sin' (offerings regularly made under the Law),

Then said he, Lo, I come to do thy will, O God. He taketh away the first, that he may establish the second.

This is the covenant I will make with them when that day comes, saith the Lord, I will set my laws upon their hearts, inscribing them upon their minds, he adds,

let us approach [God] with a true and sincere heart in unqualified assurance of faith, having had our hearts sprinkled clean from an evil conscience and our bodies washed with pure water.

How much severer punishment, think you, will he be held to deserve who has trampled under foot the Son of God, has not regarded as holy that Covenant-blood with which he was set free from sin, and has insulted the Spirit from whom comes grace?

For yet a little while, and he that shall come will come, and will not tarry.

Now faith is the assurance that what we hope for will come about and the certainty that what we cannot see exists.

by faith we understand the ages to have been prepared by a saying of God, in regard to the things seen not having come out of things appearing;

By faith Abel made a better offering to God than Cain, and he had witness through it of his righteousness, God giving his approval of his offering: and his voice still comes to us through it though he is dead.

But without faith it is impossible to [walk with God and] please Him, for whoever comes [near] to God must [necessarily] believe that God exists and that He rewards those who [earnestly and diligently] seek Him.

By faith Noah, having been warned about things not yet seen, out of reverence constructed an ark for the deliverance of his family, by which he pronounced sentence on the world and became an heir of the righteousness that comes by faith.

By faith, being called, Abraham obeyed - to come forth into a place he was destined to receive for an inheritance; and he came forth, not well knowing whither he was coming.

And, if indeed of that they had been mindful, from which they had come out, they might, in that case, have had an opportunity, to return;

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

By faith Moses, when he was come to years, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

He considered the reproach of the Christ [that is, the rebuke he would suffer for his faithful obedience to God] to be greater wealth than all the treasures of Egypt; for he looked ahead to the reward [promised by God].

Women had their dead given back to them living; others let themselves be cruelly attacked, having no desire to go free, so that they might have a better life to come;

because God had us in mind and had something better for us, so that they [these men and women of authentic faith] would not be made perfect [that is, completed in Him] apart from us.

For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,

Looking with care to see that no man among you in his behaviour comes short of the grace of God; for fear that some bitter root may come up to be a trouble to you, and that some of you may be made unclean by it;

Ye know how that afterward when that he would have inherited the blessing, he was put by, and he found no means to come thereby again: no, though he desired it with tears.

For ye are not come unto the mount that might be touched, and that burned with fire, nor unto blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

and so fearful was the sight, that Moses said, I fear and tremble,??22 but you have come to Zion, the mountain and city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels in general assembly,

But ye are come unto mount Sion, and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an innumerable company of angels,

and to the church of the firstborn ones [i.e., those who have received an inheritance from their Father], whose names are recorded in heaven. [See Luke 10:20]. [You have come] to God, who is the Judge of all people, and to the spirits of righteous people who have become [morally] perfect [i.e., that great company of God's people who have gone on to their heavenly reward],

See that you give ear to his voice which comes to you. For if those whose ears were shut to the voice which came to them on earth did not go free from punishment, what chance have we of going free if we give no attention to him whose voice comes from heaven?

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, and to-day, and to the ages to come.

Therefore we should come to him without the camp, bearing his reproach.

For here have we no continuing city, but we seek one to come.

Now may the God of peace, who made that great keeper of his flock, even our Lord Jesus, come back from the dead through the blood of the eternal agreement,

Know ye that our brother Timothy is set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.

Greet all your leaders and all the saints. Those who come from Italy send you greetings.

Greet it as pure joy, my brothers, when you come across any sort of trial,

but you must let your endurance come to its perfect product, so that you may be fully developed and perfectly equipped, without any defects.

But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.

For the sun rises with a scorching wind and withers the grass; its flower falls off and its beauty fades away; so too will the rich man, in the midst of his pursuits, fade away.

Let no one who is tried by temptation say, 'My temptation comes from God'; God is incapable of being tempted by evil and he tempts no one.

Then when its time comes, desire gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is of full growth, gives birth to death.

Every good gift and every perfect gift comes down from above, from the Father of lights, with whom is no variation nor shadow of turning.

It was God's purpose to bring us into being [spiritually] by the message of truth, so that we could become a kind of "firstfruits" of those He created. [Note: "Firstfruits" here suggests either that Christians are the best of all of God's creatures (Num. 18:12), or that they were the first to be converted, with many more to come].

For the righteousness of God does not come about by the wrath of man.

My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. For if there come into your assembly a man with a gold ring,

For if there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment;

And you do honour to the man in fair clothing and say, Come here and take this good place; and you say to the poor man, Take up your position there, or be seated at my feet;

For whoever shall keep the whole law and shall offend in one point, he has come under the guilt of breaking all.

By this we bless God, even the Father. And by this we curse men, who have come into being according to the image of God.

out of the same mouth doth come forth blessing and cursing; it doth not need, my brethren, these things so to happen;

This is not the wisdom which comes down from above, but earthly, natural, devilish.

However, the wisdom that comes from above is first of all pure, then peace-loving, gentle, willing to yield, full of compassion and good deeds, and without a trace of partiality or hypocrisy.

From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?

Come close to God [with a contrite heart] and He will come close to you. Wash your hands, you sinners; and purify your [unfaithful] hearts, you double-minded [people].

Come now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into this city, and spend a year there, and trade, and get gain:

Go to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

Look! The wages that you have [fraudulently] withheld from the laborers who have mowed your fields are crying out [against you for vengeance]; and the cries of the harvesters have come to the ears of the Lord of Sabaoth.

Here on earth you have lived self-indulgent and profligate lives. You have stupefied yourselves with gross feeding; but a day of slaughter has come.

Go on waiting calmly, my brothers, till the coming of the Lord, like the farmer waiting for the good fruit of the earth till the early and late rains have come.

Do not cry out in condemnation of one another, brethren, lest you come under judgement. I tell you that the Judge is standing at the door.

But above all things, my brethren, do not swear, either by Heaven or by the earth, or with any other oath. Let your 'yes' be simply 'yes,' and your 'no' be simply 'no;' that you may not come under condemnation.