Wherefore let us also - seeing that we are compassed with so great a multitude of witnesses - lay away all that presseth down, and the sin that hangeth on us, and let us run with patience, unto the battle that is set before us,

Faith is a sure confidence of things which are hoped for, and a certainty of things which are not seen.

for the word of God is quick, and mighty in operation, and sharper than any two edged sword: and entereth through, even unto the dividing asunder of the soul and the spirit and of the joints, and the marrow: and judgeth the thoughts and the intents of the heart.

But without faith it is impossible to please him: For he that cometh to God, must believe that God is, and that he is a rewarder of them that seek him.

God, in time past, diversely and many ways, spake unto the fathers by prophets:

Let your conversation be without covetousness, and be content with that ye have already. For he verily said, "I will not fail thee, neither forsake thee."

And as it is appointed unto men that they shall once die, and then cometh the judgment,

and let us not forsake the fellowship that we have among ourselves, as the manner of some is: but let us exhort one another, and that so much the more, because ye see that the day draweth nigh.

For we have not a high priest, which cannot have compassion on our infirmities: but was in all points tempted, as we are: but yet without sin.

Which son, being the brightness of his glory, and very image of his substance, bearing up all things with the word of his power, hath in his own person purged our sins, and is sitten on the righthand of the majesty on high,

Jesus Christ yesterday, and today, and the same, continueth forever.

and let us consider one another to provoke unto love, and to good works:

looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, which for the joy that was set before him, abode the cross, and despised the shame, and is set down on the righthand of the throne of God.

Seeing, then, that we have a great high priest which is entered into heaven - I mean Jesus the son of God - let us hold our profession.

Embrace peace with all men, and holiness; without the which, no man shall see the Lord.

And therefore sprang thereof one - and of one which was as good as dead - so many in multitude, as the stars of the sky, and as the sand of the sea shore which is innumerable.

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

Forasmuch, then, as the children were partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part with them, for to put down through death him that had lordship over death: that is to say, the devil.

Let wedlock be had in price in all points, and let the chamber be undefiled: for whore keepers and adulterers God will judge.

And in this place again, "They shall not come into my rest."

Seeing, brethren, that by the means of the blood of Jesus, we may be bold to enter into that holy place,

Let us therefore go boldly unto the seat of grace, that we may receive mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Obey them that have the oversight of you, and submit yourselves to them, for they watch for your souls, even as they that must give accounts for them: that they may do it with joy, and not with grief. For that is an unprofitable thing for you.

And almost all things are, by the law, purged with blood, and without shedding of blood, is no remission.

Let brotherly love continue.

Wherefore, let us leave the doctrine pertaining to the beginning of a Christian man, and let us go unto perfection, and now no more lay the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

but in these last days he hath spoken unto us by his son, whom he hath made heir of all things: by whom also he made the world.

Nevertheless, we yet see not all things subdued unto him. But him that was made less than the angels, we see that it was Iesus: which is crowned with glory and honour for the suffering of death; that he, by the grace of God, should taste of death for all men.

For it is not possible that they which were once lighted, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were become partakers of the holy ghost,

Through faith we understand that the world was ordained, by the word of God: and that things which are seen, were made of things which are not seen.

For if we sin willingly after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins:

How much more shall the blood of Christ - which through the eternal spirit, offered himself without spot to God - purge your consciences from dead works, for to serve the living God?

But unto the son he saith, "God, thy seat shall be forever, and ever. The sceptre of thy kingdom is a right sceptre.

Wherefore we ought to give the more heed to the things which we have heard, lest we perish.

and let us keep the profession of our hope, without wavering - for he is faithful that promised -

They shall perish, but thou shalt endure. They all shall wax old as doth a garment:

Seeing therefore it followeth that some must enter thereinto, and they to whom it was first preached, entered not therein for unbelief's sake.

and see that ye have straight steps unto your feet, lest any halting turn out of the way: yea, let it rather be healed.

As he also in another place speaketh, "Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek."

For by him offer we the sacrifice of praise always to God: that is to say, the fruit of those lips, which confess his name.

For the law - which hath but the shadow of good things to come, and not the things in their own fashion - can never with the sacrifices which they offer year by year continually make the comers thereunto perfect.

For that earth which drinketh in the rain which cometh often upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them that dress it, receiveth blessing of God:

And ye have forgotten the consolation which speaketh unto you, as unto children, "My son despise not the chastening of the Lord, neither faint when thou art rebuked of him:

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

how shall we escape if we despise so great salvation? Which at the first began to be preached of the Lord himself, and afterward was confirmed unto us ward, by them that heard it;

And they all died in faith, and received not the promises: but saw them afar off, and believed them, and saluted them: and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

Therefore, holy brethren, partakers of the celestial callings, consider the Ambassador and High Priest of our profession, Christ Jesus;

For when as concerning the time, ye ought to be teachers, yet have ye need again that we teach you the first principles of the word of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat:

Be not forgetful to lodge strangers. For thereby have divers received angels into their houses unawares.

By faith Abraham, when he was called, obeyed to go out into a place which he should afterward receive to inheritance, and he went out, not knowing whither he should go.

The God of peace that brought again from death our Lord Jesus Christ, the great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting testament,

But ye are come unto the mount Zion, and to the city of the living God, the celestial Jerusalem: and to an innumerable sight of angels,

even so Christ was once offered to take away the sins of many, and unto them that look for him, shall he appear again, without sin, unto their salvation.

For ye are not come unto the mount that can be touched, and unto burning fire, nor yet to mist and darkness and tempest of weather,

And here men that die receive tithes. But there he receiveth tithes of whom it is witnessed, that he liveth.

Remember them which have the oversight of you, which have declared unto you the word of God: consider the conversation of their living, the end of whose conversation see that ye look upon, and follow their faith.

By the which will we are sanctified, by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

They that say such things, declare that they seek a country.

Are they not all spirits to do service, sent for to minister for their sakes, which shall be heirs of salvation?

For Christ is not entered into the holy places, that are made with hands, which are but similitudes of true things: but is entered into very heaven, for to appear now in the sight of God for us.

For it became him - for whom are all things, and by whom are all things - after that he had brought many sons unto glory, that he should make the Lord of their salvation perfect through suffering.

but exhort one another daily, while it is called today, lest any of you wax hard hearted through the deceitfulness of sin.

And again when he bringeth in the first begotten son into the world, he saith, "And all the angels of God shall worship him."

Which in the days of his flesh, did offer up prayers and supplications, with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death: and was also heard, because of his godliness.

For this is the testament that I will make with the house of Israel: After those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws in their minds, and in their hearts, I will write them, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Wherefore in all things it became him to be made like unto his brethren, that he might be merciful, and a faithful high priest in things concerning God, for to purge the people's sins.

not like the testament that I made with their fathers at that time, when I took them by the hands, to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they continued not in my testament, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

and as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed: but thou art always, and thy years shall not fail."

Wherefore if we receive a kingdom which is not moved, we have grace, whereby we may serve God and please him with reverence and godly fear.

And though he were God's son, yet learned he obedience, by those things which he suffered,

Take heed, brethren, that there be in none of you an evil heart, in unbelief, that he should depart from the living God:

And for this cause is he the mediator of the new testament, that through death which chanced for the redemption of those transgressions that were in the first testament, they which were called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

let us draw nigh with a true heart in a full faith sprinkled in our hearts, from an evil conscience, and washed in our bodies with pure water,

For whom the Lord loveth, him he chasteneth: yea, and he scourgeth every son that he receiveth."

which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast. Which hope also entereth in, into those things which are within the veil,

Now hath he obtained a more excellent office, inasmuch as he is the mediator of a better testament, which was made for better promises.

neither by the blood of goats, and calves: but by his own blood, we entered once for all into the holy place, and found eternal redemption.

Let us fear, therefore, lest any of us forsaking the promise of entering into his rest, should seem to come behind.

Wherefore, as the holy ghost saith, "Today if ye shall hear his voice,

There remaineth therefore yet a rest to the people of God.

Of the things which we have spoken, this is the sum: that we have such a high priest, that is sitten on the righthand of the seat of majesty in heaven;

but that ground, which beareth thorns and briars, is reproved, and is nigh unto cursing: whose end is to be burned.

Also, if they had been mindful of that country, from whence they came out, they had leisure to have returned again.

Such a high priest it becometh us to have, which is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and made higher than heaven.

By faith Abraham offered up Isaac, when he was tempted, and he offered him being his only begotten son, which had received the promises:

And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a minister, to bear witness of those things which should be spoken afterward.

By faith Noah honoured God, after that he was warned of things which were not seen, and prepared the ark to the saving of his household, through the which ark he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which cometh by faith.

and unto the congregation of the first born sons, which are written in heaven, and to God, the judge of all, and to the spirits of just and perfect men:

This Melchizedek, king of Salem - which being priest of the most high God, met Abraham, as he returned again from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him:

But strong meat belongeth to them that are perfect, which through custom have their wits exercised, to judge both good and evil also.

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

Wherefore when he cometh into the world, he saith, "Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not have: but a body hast thou ordained me.

Again he appointeth in David a certain present day after so long a time, saying as it is rehearsed, "This day if ye hear his voice, be not hard hearted."

but this man after he had offered one sacrifice for sins, sat him down for ever on the righthand of God,

Neither is there any creature invisible in the sight of it. For all things are naked and bare unto the eyes of him, of whom we speak.

that by two immutable things - in which it was impossible that God should lie - we might have perfect consolation, which have fled, for to hold fast the hope that is set before us:

and was made perfect, and the cause of eternal salvation unto all them that obey him:

And look to, that no man be destitute of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness spring up and trouble; and thereby many be defiled:

By faith, Abel offered unto God a more plenteous sacrifice than Cain: by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts: by which also he being dead, yet speaketh.

And to say the truth, Levi himself also which receiveth tithes, paid tithes in Abraham.

Remember them that are in bonds, even as though ye were bound with them. Be mindful of them which are in adversity, as ye which are yet in your bodies.

By faith was Enoch translated that he should not see death; neither was he found, for God had taken him away. Before he was taken away, he was reported of that he had pleased God.

for then must he have often suffered since the world began: But now in the end of the world, hath he appeared once, to put sin to flight, by the offering up of himself.

And what shall I more say? The time would be too short for me to tell of Gideon, of Barach, and of Samson, and of Jephthah. Also of David and Samuel, and of the prophets,

No manner chastising for the present time seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, afterward it bringeth the quiet fruit of righteousness unto them which are therein exercised.

Whereof we have many things to say which are hard to be uttered: because ye are dull of hearing.

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

But the just shall live by faith. And if he withdraw himself, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

For he looked for a city having a foundation, whose builder and maker is God.

Nevertheless dear friends, we trust to see better of you, and things which accompany salvation, though we thus speak.

Pray for us. We have confidence because we have a good conscience in all things, and desire to live honestly.

For he was yet in the loins of his father Abraham, when Melchizedek met him.

and from henceforth tarrieth till his foes be made his footstool.

and is called of God a high priest, after the order of Melchizedek.

For he considered that God was able to raise up again from death. Wherefore received he him, for an example of the resurrection.

By faith Jacob, when he was a dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph, and bowed himself toward the top of his scepter.

Of whom it was said, "In Isaac shall thy seed be called."

make you perfect in all good works, to do his will, working in you that which is pleasant in his sight through Iesus Christ: To whom be praise for ever while the world endureth. Amen.

Now no doubt, if the priesthood be translated, then of necessity must the law be translated also.

And they shall not teach, every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, 'know the Lord': For they shall know me, from the least to the most of them.

In faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau, as concerning things to come.

For he of whom these things are spoken, pertaineth unto another tribe, of which never man served at the altar.

where your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years long.

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.

Thou hast put all things in subjection under his feet." In that he put all things under him, he left nothing that is not put under him.

For he that is entered into his rest doth cease from his own works, as God did from his.

And where remission of these things is, there is no more offering for sin.

and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more."

For wheresoever is a testament, there must also be the death of him that maketh the testament.

And the holy ghost also beareth us record of this, even when he told before,

By faith Joseph, when he died, remembered the departing of the children of Israel, and gave commandment of his bones.

Yea, and we desire that every one of you show the same diligence, to the establishing of hope, even unto the end:

and that there be no fornicator, or unclean person, as Esau, which for one breakfast sold his birthright.

and esteemed the rebuke of Christ greater riches, than the treasure of Egypt. For he had a respect unto the reward.

by the new and living way, which he hath prepared for us, through the veil, that is to say by his flesh.

harden not your hearts, after the rebellion in the day of temptation in the wilderness,

By faith he forsook Egypt, and feared not the fierceness of the king. For he endured, even as he had seen him which is invisible.

After thou hadst for a season made him lower than the angels: thou crownedst him with honour and glory, and hast set him above the works of thy hands.

For the testament taketh authority when men are dead: For it is of no value as long as he that made it is alive.

Through faith he ordained the Easter lamb, and the effusion of blood, lest he that destroyed the first born should touch them.

I desire you therefore somewhat the more abundantly, that ye so do, that I may be restored to you quickly.

Wherefore I was grieved with that generation and said, 'They ever err in their hearts: they verily have not known my ways,'

saying, "This is the blood of the testament, which God hath appointed unto you."

neither unto the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words: which voice they that heard it, wished away, that the communication should not be spoken to them.

I beseech you, brethren, suffer the words of exhortation: For we have written unto you in few words.

For it is evident that our Lord sprung of the tribe of Judah, of which tribe spake Moses nothing concerning priesthood.

For when all the commandments were read of Moses unto all the people, he took the blood of calves, and of goats, with water and purple wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both the book, and all the people,

and chose rather to suffer adversity with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season,

so that I sware in my wrath, that they should not enter into my rest."

For he in no place taketh on him the angels: but the seed of Abraham taketh he on him.

For which cause also, neither that first testament was ordained without blood.

And so after that he had tarried a long time, he enjoyed the promises.

And that he might deliver them which, through fear of death, all their life time were in danger of bondage.

saying, "Surely I will bless thee, and multiply thee indeed."

Moreover, he sprinkled the tabernacle with blood also, and all the ministering vessels.

Those priests were made without an oath: but this priest with an oath, by him that said unto him, "The Lord sware, and will not repent: Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek."

even so terrible was the sight which appeared. Moses said, "I fear and quake."

For if the word which was spoken by angels was steadfast - so that every transgression and disobedience received a just recompense to reward -

Know the brother Timothy, whom we have sent from us, with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.

Grace be with you all. Amen. {Here ends the Epistle unto the Hebrews, Sent from Italy by Timothy}

And again, "I will put my trust in him." And again, "Behold here am I and the children which God hath given me."

By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were compassed about, seven days.

And it is yet a more evident thing, if after the similitude of Melchizedek there arise another priest,

Not to offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with strange blood:

And seeing also that we have a high priest which is ruler over the house of God,

Then the commandment that went afore, is disannulled, because of her weakness and unprofitableness.

And they verily for a few days nurtured us after their own pleasure; but he learneth us unto that which is profitable, that we might receive of his holiness.

For he spake in a certain place of the seventh day, on this wise, "And God did rest the seventh day from all his works."

whither the forerunner is for us entered in, I mean Jesus that is made a high priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek.

So God, willing very abundantly to show, unto the heirs of promise, the stableness of his counsel; he added an oath,

whose voice then shook the earth, and now declareth, saying "Yet once more will I shake, not the earth only, but also heaven."

Men verily swear by him that is greater than themselves; And an oath to confirm the thing, is among them an end of all strife.

For some, when they heard, rebelled: howbeit, not all that came out of Egypt under Moses.

so long as it is said, "Today if ye hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as when ye provoked."

To whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but unto them that believed not?

Salute them that have the oversight of you, and all the saints. They of Italy, salute you.

For he testifieth, "Thou art a priest forever, after the order of Melchizedek."

For they were not able to abide that which was spoken. If a beast had touched the mountain, it must have been stoned, or thrust through with a dart:

It is then need that the similitudes of heavenly things, be purified with such things: but the heavenly things themselves are purified with better sacrifices than are those.

By it the elders were well reported of.

By faith he removed into the land that was promised him, as into a strange country, and dwelt in tabernacles: and so did Isaac, and Jacob, heirs with him of the same promise.

For the law made no thing perfect: but was an introduction of a better hope, by which hope, we draw nigh unto God.

which is not made after the law of the carnal commandment: but after the power of the endless life.

But with whom was he displeased forty years? Was he not displeased with them that sinned: whose carcasses were overthrown in the desert?

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

if they fall away, should be renewed again unto repentance: Forasmuch as they have, as concerning themselves, crucified the son of God afresh, making a mock of him.

of baptism, of doctrine, and of laying on of hands, and of resurrection from death, and of eternal judgment.

And for that cause was Jesus an establisher of a better testament.

which was faithful to him that made him even as was Moses in all his house.

which can have compassion on the ignorant, and on them that are out of the high way, because that he himself also is compassed with infirmity:

to whom also Abraham gave tithes of all things - first is, by interpretation, king of righteousness, after that he is king of Salem, that is to say king of peace,

And this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses; Inasmuch as he which hath prepared the house, hath most honour in the house.

For there was a fore tabernacle made, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the show bread, which is called holy.

And no man taketh honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

But into the second went the high priest alone, once every year: and not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the ignorance of the people.

which was a similitude for the time then present, and in which were offered gifts and sacrifices that could not make them that minister perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;

He that despiseth Moses' law, dieth without mercy under two or three witnesses.

which had the golden censer, and the ark of the testament overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot with manna, and Aaron's rod that sprung, and the tables of the testament.

And for this cause it is a better hope, that it was not promised without an oath.

Consider what a man this was, unto whom the patriarch Abraham gave tithes of the spoils.

Over the ark were the cherubims of glory shadowing the seat of grace. Of which things, we will not now speak particularly.

and is a minister of holy things, and of the very tabernacle which God pitched, and not man.

When these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle and executed the service of God:

but a fearful looking for judgment, and violent fire, which shall devour the adversaries.

and have tasted of the good word of God, and of the power of the world to come;

No doubt the same that he sayeth, "yet once more," signifieth the removing away of those things which are shaken, as of things which have ended their course: that the things which are not shaken may remain.

And verily those children of Levi, which receive the office of the priests, have a commandment to take according to the law, tithes of the people, that is to say, of their brethren, yea though they sprung out of the loins of Abraham.

And so will we do, if God permit.

But within the second veil was there a tabernacle, which is called holiest of all,

For he were not a priest, if he were on the earth where are priests that according to the law offer gifts,

For every high priest is ordained to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore it is of necessity, that this man have somewhat also to offer.

And no man denieth but that which is less, receiveth blessing of him which is greater.

For the which infirmities sake, he is bound to offer for sins, as well for his own part, as for the peoples.

For unto which of the angels said he at any time, "Thou art my son, this day begat I thee?" And again, "I will be his father, and he shall be my son."

That first tabernacle verily had ordinances and servings of God, and worldly holiness.

For with one offering hath he made perfect forever them that are sanctified.

For the law maketh men priests, which have infirmity: but the word of the oath that came since the law, maketh the son priest, which is perfect for evermore.

And, "Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth: And the heavens are the works of thy hands.

For God is not unrighteous that he should forget your work and labour that proceedeth of love, which love showed in his name, which have ministered unto the saints, and yet minister.

He hath not unto the angels put in subjection the world to come, whereof we speak:

Therefore Jesus, to sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.

For every high priest that is taken from among men is ordained for men, in things pertaining to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins:

By faith Moses, when he was of a great age, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,

But he whose kindred is not counted among them, received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

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

For in that he himself suffered, and was tempted, he is able to succour them that are tempted.

By faith they passed through the reed sea as by dry land, which when the Egyptians had assayed to do, they were drowned.

In that he saith a new testament, he hath abrogated the old. Now that which is disannulled and waxed old, is ready to vanish away.

Forasmuch as he that sanctifieth, and they which are sanctified, are all of one. For which cause's sake he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

For if the blood of oxen, and of goats, and the ashes of a heifer, when it was sprinkled, purified the unclean, as touching the purifying of the flesh:

For would not then those sacrifices have ceased to have been offered? Because that the offerers, once purged, should have had no more consciences of sins.

For our God is a consuming fire.

Then I said, 'Lo I come.' In the chiefest of the book it is written of me, that I should do thy will, o God."

That we may boldly say, "The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man doeth unto me."

And these all, through faith, obtained good report, and received not the promise;

For in rebuking them he saith, "Behold the days will come, saith the Lord, and I will finish upon the house of Israel, and upon the house of Judah, a new testament;

If ye shall endure chastening, God offereth himself unto you, as unto sons. What son is that whom the father chasteneth not?

Be not carried about with divers and strange learning. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace, and not with meats, which have not profited them that have had their pastime in them.

And then he said, "Lo I am come to do thy will o God." He taketh away the first to establish the latter.

For when God made promise to Abraham, because he had no greater thing to swear by, he sware by himself,

Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be counted worthy, which treadeth underfoot the son of God: and counteth the blood of the testament as an unholy thing, wherewith he was sanctified, and doth dishonour to the spirit of grace.

Consider therefore how that he endured such speaking against him of sinners, lest ye should be wearied and faint in your minds.

We have an altar whereof they may not eat, which serve in the tabernacle.

but one in a certain place witnessed, saying, "What is man, that thou art mindful of him: other the son of man, that thou visitest him?

But Christ, as a son, hath rule over the house, whose house we are, so that we hold fast the confidence and the rejoicing of that hope, unto the end.

and is more excellent than the angels, inasmuch as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than have they.

And every priest is ready daily ministering, and often times offereth one manner of offering, which can never take away sins:

were stoned, were hewn asunder, were tempted, were slain with swords, walked up and down in sheep skins, in goat skins, in need, tribulation, and vexation,

To do good, and to distribute, forget not: for with such sacrifices God is pleased.

without father, without mother, without kin, and hath neither beginning of his time, neither yet end of his life: but is likened unto the son of God, and continueth a priest forever.

For it is impossible that the blood of oxen, and of goats should take away sins.

For ye have not yet resisted unto blood shedding, striving against sin.

Let us go forth therefore out of the tents, and suffer rebuke with him.

that ye faint not, but follow them which through faith and patience inherit the promises.

which priests serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things: even as the answer of God was given unto Moses when he was about to finish the tabernacle: "For take heed," said he, "that thou make all things according to the pattern showed to thee in the mount."

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

If ye be not under correction - whereof all are partakers - then are ye bastards and not sons.

"This is the testament that I will make unto them after those days saith the Lord. And I will put my laws in their hearts, and in their minds I will write them,

Through faith Sarah also received strength to be with child, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful which had promised.

Above when he had said, "sacrifice, and offering, and burnt sacrifices, and sin offerings thou wouldest not have, neither hast allowed" - which yet are offered by the law -

For I will be merciful over their unrighteousness, and on their sins and on their iniquities."

By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months of his father and mother, because they saw he was a proper child: neither feared they the king's commandment.

Wherewith the holy ghost this signifying, that the way of holy things was not yet opened, while as yet the first tabernacle was standing,

Nevertheless, in those sacrifices is there mention made of sins every year.

Moreover, seeing we had fathers of our flesh which corrected us, and we gave them reverence: should we not much rather be in subjection unto the father of spiritual gifts that we might live?

Others tasted of mockings, and scourgings, moreover of bonds and prisonment:

which through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained the promises, stopped the mouths of lions,

By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with unbelievers, when she had received the spies to lodging peaceably.

God bearing witness thereto, both with signs and wonders also, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the holy ghost, according to his own will.

Call to remembrance the days that are passed in the which, after ye had received light, ye endured a great fight in adversities,

And of the angels he saith, "He maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers flames of fire."

For unto us was it declared, as well as unto them. But it profited not them that they heard the word, because they which heard it coupled it not with faith.

Unto which of the angels said he at any time, "Sit on my right hand till I make thine enemies thy footstool?"

Stretch forth therefore again the hands which were let down, and the weak knees,

But now they desire a better, that is to say a heavenly. Wherefore God is not ashamed of them, even to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

And the women received their dead raised to life again. Others were racked, and would not be delivered, that they might receive a better resurrection.

We are partakers of Christ, if we keep sure unto the end the beginning of the first substance,

In sacrifices and sin offerings thou hast no lust.

For we know him that hath said, "Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord." And again, "the Lord shall judge his people."

Even so, likewise, Christ glorified not himself, to be made the high priest: but he that said unto him. "Thou art my son, this day begat I thee."

with meats only and drinks, and divers washings, and justifyings of the flesh, which were ordained until the time of reformation.

Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity: Wherefore God, which is thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows."

For if that first testament had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

Which needeth not daily - as yonder high priests - to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's sins. For that did he at once for all, when he offered up himself:

See that ye despise not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not which refused him that spake on earth; Much more shall we not escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven:

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

But we which have believed, do enter into his rest, as contrariwise he said to the other, "As I have sworn in my wrath, 'They shall not enter into my rest.'" And that spake he verily long after that the works were made, and the foundation of the world laid.

saying, "I will declare thy name unto my brethren, and in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee."

Let us study therefore to enter into that rest; lest any man fall, after the same example, into unbelief:

If now therefore perfection came by the priesthood of the Levites - for under that priesthood the people received the law - what needed it furthermore that another priest should rise, after the order of Melchizedek, and not after the order of Aaron?

Every house is prepared of some man. But he that ordained all things is God.

For every man that is fed with milk is inexpert in the word of righteousness: For he is but a babe.

For ye suffered also with my bonds, and took in worth the spoiling of your goods, and that with gladness, knowing in yourselves how that ye had in heaven a better, and an enduring substance.

But this man, because he endureth ever, hath an everlasting priesthood:

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

And among them, many were made priests, because they were not suffered to endure by the reason of death.

and to Jesus, the mediator of the new testament, and to the sprinkling of blood that speaketh better than the blood of Abel.

We are not which withdraw ourselves unto damnation, but pertain to faith, to the winning of the soul.

For the bodies of those beasts, whose blood is brought into the holy place by the high priest to purge sin, are burnt without the tents.

quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, of weak were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, turned to flight the armies of the aliens.

God providing a better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

which the world was not worthy of: They wandered in wilderness, in mountains, in dens and caves of the earth.

partly while all men wondered and gazed at you for the shame and tribulation that was done unto you, and partly while ye became companions of them which so passed their time.