Having become so much better than the heavenly agents, as he has inherited a more excellent name than they.

For to which of the heavenly agents did he ever say, Thou are my Son, today I have begotten thee? And again, I will be to him for a Father, and he will be to me for a Son?

how will we escape, having neglected so great a salvation? Which first, having taken to be spoken by the Lord, was verified for us by those who heard;

Thou subordinated all things under his feet. For in subordinating all things to him, he left nothing not subordinate to him. But now we do not yet see all things subordinated to him.

But we see Jesus who has been made a little something less than the heavenly agents, who, because of the suffering of death, has been crowned with glory and honor, so that by the grace of God he would taste of death for every man.

Since therefore the children have partaken of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise shared the same things, so that through death he might make him who has the power of death impotent, that is, the devil.

Therefore he was obligated to be made like his brothers in accordance with all things, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in things toward God, in order to make reconciliation for the sins of the people.

For this man was considered worthy of more glory than Moses, by so much as he who built it has more esteem than the house.

where your fathers challenged me, tested me, and saw my works forty years.

So I swore in my wrath, They will not enter into my rest.

And we see that they were not able to enter in because of unbelief.

For those who believe enter into that rest, just as he said, So I swore in my wrath, They will not enter into my rest, although the works occurred from the foundation of the world.

again he appoints a certain day, Today, saying in David after so long a time (as it is said), Today if ye will hear his voice, do not harden your hearts.

Let us therefore be diligent to enter into that rest, so that not any man may fall by the same example of disobedience.

Let us therefore come near with boldness to the throne of grace, so that we may take mercy, and may find grace for timely help.

For every high priest taken from men is appointed for men in things toward God, so that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins.

And because of this he is obligated, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer for sins.

So also Christ did not glorify himself to become a high priest, but it was he who said to him, Thou are my Son, today I have begotten thee.

so that ye may not become lazy, but imitators of those who, through faith and longsuffering, inherit the promises.

So that by two immutable events, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, having fled for refuge to seize the hope being openly displayed.

And, so to speak, Levi also, the man who receives tithes, has paid tithes through Abraham,

And inasmuch as it is not without an oath. For actually those who become priests are so without an oath,

By so much, Jesus has become the surety of a better covenant.

who serve for an example and shadow of the heavenly things. Just as Moses who was divinely warned while going to complete the tabernacle, for he says, See thou make all things according to the pattern that was shown thee on the mou

But now he has obtained a superior ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a superior covenant, which has been enacted upon superior promises.

having a golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid entirely in gold, in which was a golden pot holding the manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.

And because of this he is mediator of a new covenant, so that a death having occurred for the redemption of the transgressions against the first covenant, those who are called might take the promise of the eternal inheritance.

And not so that he might offer himself often, as the high priest enters into the Holy things each year with blood by another,

so also the Christ, having been offered once in order to take up the sins of many, will appear a second time, independent of sin, to those waiting for him for salvation.

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

Not forsaking the assembling together of ourselves, as is the habit of some, but exhorting, and so much the more as long as ye see the day approaching.

Partly made a spectacle, both by reviling and afflictions, and partly having become companions of those so treated.

For ye have need of perseverance, so that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.

By faith Enoch was transferred to not see death, and he was not found, because God transferred him. For before his removal he was reported to be pleasing to God.

All these died in faith, not having taken the promises, but who saw and greeted them from afar, and who confessed that they were foreigners and sojourners on the earth.

For those who say such things show that they are seeking a fatherland.

By faith Moses, after being born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw the child well-formed, and they were not afraid of the king's edict.

By faith Moses, having become great, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter,

By faith he performed the Passover and the sprinkling of the blood, so that he who was destroying the firstborn would not touch them.

By faith they passed through the Red sea as by dry land, of which the Egyptians, having taken an attempt, were drowned.

And what shall I say further? For the time would fail me telling about Gideon, also Barak and Samson and Jephthah, also of David and Samuel and the prophets,

Women took hold of their dead from a resurrection, but others were tortured, not having accepted deliverance, so that they might experience a superior resurrection.

God having foreseen something superior concerning us, so that without us they would not be made fully perfect.

Therefore we also, having so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, having put off every weight and cleverly entangling sin, let us run by perseverance the contest being set before us.

For consider the man who endured such hostility against him by sinners, so that ye may not be weary in your souls, being disheartened.

and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be turned away, but may be healed instead.

Pursue peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man will see the Lord.

And so fearful was that which was made visible, that Moses said, I am terrified and trembling.

And the, Yet once, signifies the removal of the things being shaken--as of things that were made--so that the things not being shaken may remain.

So then we have confidence to say, Lord is a helper to me, and I will not fear. What will man do to me?

Therefore Jesus also, so that he might sanctify the people through his own blood, suffered outside the gate.

Have confidence in those who lead you, and yield yourselves, for they watch for your souls as men who will render account, so that they may do this with joy, and not groaning, for this is unprofitable for you.

But I urge you to do this even more, so that I may be restored to you sooner.

Know ye, brother Timothy who was set free is with whom I will see you, if he comes sooner.