made as much superior to the angels, as he hath inherited a more distinguished name than they.

They will be destroyed, but thou remainest; and they all will grow old as a garment,

and as a cloak thou wilt wrap them up, and they will undergo a change: but thou art the same, and thy years will never end."

For if the discourse spoken by angels was confirmed, and every transgression and disobedience received a just punishment as its due,

and deliver those, even as many as through their whole life were subjects of bondage to the fear of death.

for inasmuch as he hath himself suffered, having been tempted, he is able to succour those who are tempted.

who was faithful to him who appointed him, as Moses also was in all his house.

For this personage hath been counted worthy of higher glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who built it, hath greater honour than the house.

And Moses indeed was faithful in all that house of his as a servant, to bear testimony of the things which should be after spoken;

but Christ as a son over his own house: whose house are we, if we hold firmly the confidence and glorying of hope stedfast unto the end.

Wherefore, as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,

harden not your hearts, as in that bitter provocation, at the day of the temptation in the wilderness;

while it is said, To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts as in the provocation.

For we are hearing the same gospel preached as they did; but the word heard did not profit them, not being incorporated by faith with those who heard it.

For we who have believed, have entered into the rest, even as he said, "So, I sware in my wrath, that they shall not enter into my rest;" and that notwithstanding the works were done from the foundation of the world.

Forasmuch therefore as it remaineth for some to enter into it, and they who first had the gospel preached to them entered not in because of unbelief;

again he limiteth a certain day, saying by David, To-day, after so long a time; as it is said, "To-day if ye will hear his voice harden not your hearts."

For he that is entered into his rest, he also hath rested from his works, as God did from his own.

For the word of God is quickening, and energetic, and sharper than every two-edged sword, and piercing through and through, so as to divide both soul and spirit, both joints and spinal marrow, and critically judges the thoughts and intents of the heart.

being able to feel tenderly for the ignorant and erroneous; forasmuch as he is himself encompassed with infirmity.

And on this account he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer sacrifice for sins.

And no man assumes to himself this honour, but he who is called of God, even as Aaron was.

As he saith also in another passage, "Thou art priest forever after the order of Melchisedec;"

For though ye ought for the time to be teachers of others, ye have again need that some one teach you the leading principles of the oracles of God; and are become as those who need milk, and not solid food.

But solid nourishment is proper for grown men, even as many as by habit have their organs of perception exercised for the discernment both of good and evil.

For God when he gave the promise to Abraham forasmuch as he had nothing greater to swear by, sware by himself,

which, as an anchor for our soul, we hold both sure and stedfast, and entering into the sanctuary within the vail,

to whom also Abraham gave a tenth share of all the spoil: being, as the interpretation of his name imports, first, King of righteousness, and then also King of Salem, that is, King of peace:

For he was as yet in the loins of his father when Melchisedec met him.

Moreover, forasmuch as he was not [made priest] without an oath,

who hath not daily need, as the high-priests, first, to offer sacrifice for their own sins, afterwards, for those of the people: for this he did once for all, when he offered up himself.

who perform the service after the figure and shadow of things in the heavens, as Moses was divinely instructed, when he was about to finish the tabernacle. "For see," saith God, "that thou make all things according to the model shewed thee on the mount."

But now hath Christ obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as he is the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been established on better promises.

as they consist only of meats, and drinks, and different ablutions, and corporal services, until the appointed time of perfect reformation.

and not that he should often offer up himself in sacrifice, as the high-priest enters every year into the holies with blood not his own,

And forasmuch as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this the judgment,

henceforth waiting till his enemies be put as a footstool for his feet.

not deserting the assembling of ourselves together, as is the custom with some, but exhorting to it; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

by how much, think ye, shall he be counted worthy of more condign punishment who hath trampled on the Son of God, and regarded the blood of his testament, by which he was sanctified, as an unclean thing, and hath treated the gracious Spirit contumeliously?

partly while publicly exposed to revilings and tribulations, partly as being in communion with those who were treated in this manner.

By faith Enoch was translated, so as not to see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he was recorded to have been acceptable to God.

By faith Abraham, called to go forth unto a place which he should in future obtain as an heritage, obeyed; and he went forth, not knowing whither he was going.

By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as a foreign land, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, the co-heirs of the same promise.

Wherefore even from one person, and he become dead in respect to these matters, there sprang a race, as the stars of heaven for multitude, and as the sand, which is on the shore of the sea, innumerable.

By faith he forsook Egypt, not intimidated by the wrath of the king: for he boldly persisted, as seeing the invisible [Jehovah].

By faith they passed through the Red sea, as on dry ground; which the Egyptians attempting to do were swallowed up.

As yet ye have not resisted unto blood, struggling against sin.

And have you forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you, as children, "My son, count not lightly of the Lord's childlike correction, nor faint when under his rebuke:

If ye patiently endure correction, God carries himself towards you as his children: for who is the son whom the father doth not correct?

For they indeed for a few days as seemed proper to themselves corrected us; but he for our own advantage, that we might be partakers of his holiness.

lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of bread parted with his birthrights.

Now this word yet once more manifests the removal of the things shaken, as of things formed, that the things not shaken may endure.

Remember those who are in chains, as in chains with them; and those who are suffering afflictions, as being yourselves also in the body.

Obey your presidents, and be subject to them: for they are vigilant for your souls, as being to render an account, that they may do it with joy, and not groaning: for that would be disadvantageous for you.