Being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they.

They shall perish; but thou remainest: and they all shall become old as doth a garment;

And as a vesture wilt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed; but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.

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

For this man was counted worthy of more glory than Moses, inasmuch as he who hath built the house, hath more honor than the house.

And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a servant, for a testimony of those things which were afterwards to be spoken.

But Christ as a son over his own house: whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence, and the rejoicing of the hope firm to the end.

Wherefore (as the Holy Spirit saith, To-day if ye will hear his voice,

Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of 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 to us was the gospel preached, as well as to them: but the word which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

For we who have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

(Again, he limiteth a certain day, saying in 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 hath entered into his rest, he also hath ceased from his own works, as God did from his.)

For we have not a high priest who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but who was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.

And by reason of this he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.

And no man taketh this honor to himself, but he that is called by God, as was Aaron:

As he saith also in another place, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec.

For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need of one to teach you again which are the first principles of the oracles of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong food.

Which hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which entereth into that within the vail;

And as I may say, Levi also, who receiveth tithes, payed tithes in Abraham.

And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:

Who needeth not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifice, first for his own sins, and then for the people's: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.

Who serve to the example and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished by God when he was about to make the tabernacle: for, See (saith he) that thou make all things according to the pattern shown to thee in the mount.

Which was a figure for the time then present, in which were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience;

Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;

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

Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

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

By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a foreign country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise:

Therefore there sprang even from one, and him as good as dead, so many as the stars of the sky in multitude, and as the sand which is by the sea-shore innumerable.

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

By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land: which the Egyptians essaying to do were drowned.

By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not, as she had received the spies with peace.

And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh to you as to children, My son, despise not thou the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when thou art rebuked by him:

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

Lest there be any fornicator, or profane person, as Esau, who for one morsel of food sold his birth-right.

(For they could not endure that which was commanded, And if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or thrust through with a dart:

And this word, Yet once more, signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that are made, that those things which cannot be shaken may remain.

Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them; and them who suffer adversity, as being yourselves also in the body.

Let your manner of life be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

Obey them that have the rule over you, and submit yourselves: for they watch for your souls, as they that must give account, that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you.