Therefore, having much boldness in Christ to command you to that which is appropriate,

Having confidence in your obedience I have written to you, knowing that you will do even more than those things which I say.

For to which one of the angels at any time did he say, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? and again, I will be unto him a Father, and he shall be unto me a Son?

And to which one of the angels has he at any time said, Sit thou on my right hand, until I may make thine enemies the footstool of thy feet?

Therefore it behooves us the more earnestly to give heed to the things which we have heard, lest at some time we may leak out.

how shall we escape, having neglected so great a salvation? which having received the beginning to be spoken by the Lord, was confirmed unto us by those who heard it;

For he did not submit the world to come, concerning which we speak, to angels.

thou didst subordinate all things beneath his feet. For in subordinating all things beneath him, he left nothing which is not subordinated beneath him.

For both the one sanctifying and they who are sanctified are all of one: on account of which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

And again, I will put my trust in him: and again; Behold, I and the children which God has given unto me.

And Moses was indeed faithful in all his house as a servant, unto the testimony of those things which shall be spoken;

indeed being a Son, he learned obedience from those things which he suffered;

but that which produces thorns and thistles, is reprobate, and nigh unto the curse; whose end is unto burning.

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the divine love which you manifested in his name, having ministered to the saints, and ministering.

that through two immutable things in which it was impossible that God should lie, we who have fled may have a strong consolation to lay hold of the hope set before us,

which we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast and entering into that which is in the veil,

to whom Abraham divided the tenth from all first, being interpreted, King of righteousness, and then King of Salem, which is, King of peace;

For he unto whom these things were spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no one ministers at the altar:

for it is evident that our Lord sprang from Judah; in reference to which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priests.

for the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope, by which we draw nigh unto God.

For the law institutes men high priests, having infirmity; but the word of the oath, which is after the law, the Son, having been made perfect forever.

But in addition to the things which having been spoken this is the principal thing: We have such a high priest, who sat on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,

The minister of the holy things, and of the true tabernacle, which God pitched, and not man.

For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices: whence it is necessary to have something even that which he may offer.

whosoever serve the pattern and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses about to complete the tabernacle was commanded: for, he says, See that you shall make all things after the pattern which was shown to you in the mount:

but now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, insomuch that he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which has been founded on better promises.

not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they abode not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, says the Lord.

Because this is my covenant which I will establish with the house of Israel after these days, says the Lord; having given my laws in their mind, I will also write them on their heart; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be unto me a people.

In that he calls it new, he has made the first one old; but that which is old and antiquated is nigh unto vanishing.

For the first tabernacle was made; in which there were candlesticks, and the table, and shew-bread; which is called, Holy.

having the golden altar, and the ark of the covenant overladen on all sides with gold, in which was the golden pot having the manna, and the rod of Aaron which budded, and the tables of the covenant;

and above this was the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat; concerning which things it is not pertinent to speak specifically.

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;

which is a figure unto the present time, in which gifts and sacrifices are offered, not being able to make the worshiper perfect, as to his conscience;

saying, This is the blood of the covenant which God established unto you.

For the law having the shadow of good things to come, not the real image of the things, annually with the same sacrifices which they offer continually, is by no means able to make perfect those coming to it:

by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

And every high priest indeed stands daily ministering, and frequently offering the same sacrifices, which are never able to take away sins:

by which he has opened unto us a new and living way, through the veil, that is, of his flesh,

of how much more terrible punishment, do you think, the one having trodden under foot the Son of God, and counted the blood of the covenant, by which he was sanctified, common, and insulted the Spirit of grace; be counted worthy!

But remember the former days, in which, you being illuminated by the Spirit, endured a great fight of afflictions;

Therefore cast not away your confidence, which has great reward.

By faith we understand that the worlds were created by the word of God, and that which was seen was not made from things which are manifest.

By faith Abel offered up to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he received the witness that he was righteous, God witnessing to his gifts: and through it he having died is still speaking.

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

By faith Abraham, being called to go out into a place which he was about to receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and went out, not knowing whither he goes.

Therefore indeed they were born of one, and those things of one having died, as the stars of heaven for multitude, and as the sands which are by the sea, which are innumerable.

If indeed they remember that country from which they came out, they would have had an opportunity to return;

By faith they pass through the Red sea as through dry land: the undertaking of which the Egyptians having entered upon were drowned.

Therefore let us indeed, having around us so great a cloud of witnesses, having laid aside every weight, and the sin that doth so easily beset us, run with patience the race which is set before us,

and you have forgotten the exhortation which reasoneth with you as with sons, My son regard not lightly the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art proven of him:

And if you are without chastisement, of which all have been partakers, then are you bastards, and not sons.

For they indeed for a few days were accustomed to chastise us according to that which seemed right to them; but he made unto our profit, in order that we might partake his holiness.

Therefore hold up the hands which hang down, and the paralyzed knees,

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification, without which no one shall see the Lord:

and to the sound of the trumpet, and the voice of words; which those having heard requested that the word should not be spoken unto them:

for they could not endure that which was spoken, If a wild beast should touch the mountain, it shall be pierced through with a dart:

Therefore receiving an unshaken kingdom, let us have grace, through which we may worship God acceptably with reverence and fear:

Be not carried away with fantastical and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, in which those going round were not profited.

We have an altar, from which those ministering in the tabernacle have no right to eat.

for we have here no continuing city, but we are seeking unto one which is to come.

in every good thing to do his will, doing that which is acceptable in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory unto the age of the ages. Amen.

Happy is the man who endures temptation: because, being proved, he will receive a crown of life, which God has promised to those who love him with divine love.

Therefore having laid aside all filthiness and excess of evil, receive with meekness the engrafted word, which is able to save your souls.

But the one having looked into the perfect law which is the law of liberty, and having remained in it, not being a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, he shall be happy in his work.

Hear, my beloved brethren. Has not God chosen the poor in the world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he has promised to those who love him with divine love?

Do they not blaspheme the good name which has been called upon you?

But the wisdom which is from above is indeed first pure, then peaceable, gentle, easily persuaded, full of mercy and of good works, free from partiality and hypocrisy.

whosoever do not know that which belongs to the morrow: for what is your life? For you are a vapor, appearing for a moment, and then vanishing away;

Come now, ye rich, weep mourning over your calamities which are coming on you.

Behold, the wages of the laborers having reaped your fields, which is fraudulently kept back by you, is crying out: and the voices of the reapers have come into the ears of the Lord of hosts.

that the trial of your faith, which is more precious than gold that perishes, however being tried by the fire, may be found unto praise and glory and honor in the revelation of Jesus Christ:

Concerning which salvation the prophets, who prophesied concerning the grace towards you, sought out and investigated,

to whom it was revealed, because they were ministering not these things for themselves, but for you, which are now proclaimed unto you by those who preach to you the gospel with the Holy Ghost having been sent from heaven; into which things the angels desire to look down.

Therefore having girded up the loins of your minds, being perfectly sober, hope unto the grace which is conferred on you in the revelation of Jesus Christ.

but the word of the Lord abides forever. And this is the word which has been preached unto you.

Therefore to you who believe he is precious: but to the unbelievers, the stone which the builders rejected, the same has become the head of the corner, and the stone of stumbling, and the rock of offence,

who stumble over the word, disbelieving: unto which they indeed were appointed.

Beloved, I exhort you as pilgrims and strangers, to abstain from the carnal desire which wars against the soul;

beholding your chaste deportment which is with reverence:

but let their beauty be the hidden man of the heart, in the purity of the meek and quiet spirit, which in the sight of God is perfection complete.

but sanctify the Lord Christ in your hearts: being always ready for an answer to every one asking you a reason for the hope which is in you, but with meekness and fear:

by which also having gone he proclaimed to the spirits in prison;

who at one time were disobedient, when the longsuffering of God waited in the days of Noah, the ark being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight souls were saved through the water.

Which antitype baptism does even now save you, not the removal of the filth of the flesh, but the seeking after a good conscience toward God, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ:

in which they are astonished you not running to the same excess of wrath, blaspheming;

if any one speaks, let him speak as the oracles of God; if any one ministers, as from the strength which God supplies; in order that God may be glorified in all things through Jesus Christ; to whom there is glory and power unto the ages of the ages. Amen.

Therefore I, being a fellow-elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, also a communicant of the glory which is about to be revealed, exhort the elders who are among you:

shepherdize the flock of God which is among you, not coercively, but willingly, for the sake of God; not for filthy lucre, but cheerfully.

and chief Shepherd having appeared, you shall receive a crown of glory which will never fade away.

Through Silvanus, the faithful brother, as I consider, I have written unto you briefly, exhorting, and witnessing that this same grace of God is true in which you may stand.

As His divine power having given unto us all things which appertain to life and godliness, through the perfect knowledge of the one having called us to his own glory and virtue:

through which precious and greatest promises have been given unto us; that through these you may be partakers of the divine nature, escaping the corruption that is in the world through lust.

And we have the more certain word of prophecy; to which you do well giving heed, as to a light shining in a dark place, until the day may dawn, and the morning-star may rise in your hearts:

But these, like irrational animals having been born naturally for capture and destruction, blaspheming those things in which they are ignorant; in their own corruption they will indeed corrupt themselves;

receiving the reward of unrighteousness, esteeming pleasure which is in the daytime; luxury; spots and blemishes, swelling in their deceits, feasting along with you,

having eyes full of an adulteress, and unable to cease from sin; beguiling unestablished souls: having a heart which has been made fat with covetousness; children of the curse:

These are fountains without water, and mists driven away by the storm, for which the blackness of darkness has been reserved.

For it was better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, having known it, to turn away from the holy commandment which has been delivered unto them.

I indeed, beloved, write unto you this second epistle; in which I stir up your pure mind by remembrance: