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

Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to minister for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?

For not to angels did he put in subjection the world to come, of which we are speaking.

thou didst put all things in subjection under his feet." For in that he put all things in subjection under him, he left nothing that is not put under him. But now we do not yet see all things put under him.

For both he that sanctifieth and they who are sanctified are all of one; for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren;

For surely he doth not help angels, but he helpeth the offspring of Abraham.

harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of the temptation in the wilderness,

Wherefore I was offended with that generation, and said, They always err in their heart, but they knew not my ways;

so I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest."

When it is said, "Today, if ye hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation,"

who then, when they had heard, provoked? Was it not all who came out of Egypt by means of Moses?

And with whom was he offended forty years? Was it not with those who sinned, whose carcasses fell in the wilderness?

And to whom did he swear that they should not enter into his rest, except to those who were disobedient?

So then we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

For to us were glad tidings addressed, as well as to them; but the word which was heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who heard it.

For we who believed enter into the rest, as he hath said: "So I swore in my wrath, they shall not enter into my rest;" although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

and in this place again: "They shall not enter into my rest."

Since then it still remaineth for some to enter into it, and they to whom the glad tidings of it were first brought did not enter in because of disobedience,

he again appointeth a certain day, "Today"saying in David so long a time after, as hath before been said"Today, if ye hear his voice, harden not your hearts."

For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not after this be speaking of another day.

and there is no creature that is not manifest in his sight; but all things are naked and laid open to the eyes of him with whom we have to do.

For we have not a highpriest who cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities, but one who hath in all points been tempted as we are, without sin.

Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Thus Christ did not glorify himself to be made highpriest, but he who said to him, "Thou art my Son, I this day have begotten thee;"

For while on account of the length of time ye ought to be teachers, ye again have need that some one should teach you the first elements of the oracles of God, and are become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food.

Let us then, leaving the first principles of the doctrine of Christ, press on to perfection; not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

For God is not unjust so as to forget your work, and the love which ye showed toward his name, in that ye ministered and are still ministering to the saints.

that ye may not become slothful, but imitators of those who through faith and endurance inherit the promises.

but he whose descent is not reckoned from them took tithes of Abraham, and blessed him who had the promises.

If indeed perfection had been by the Levitical priesthood, (for under it the people hath received the Law,) what further need was there that a different priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called alter the order of Aaron?

who hath been made, not according to the law of a fleshly commandment, but according to the power of an indissoluble life.

And inasmuch as it was not without an oath that he was made priest,

for they indeed have been made priests without an oath; but he with an oath by him who said to him, "The Lord swore, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever,"

who hath not necessity daily, as the highpriests, to offer up sacrifice first for his own sins, and then for those of the people; for this he did once for all, when he offered up himself.

a minister of the sanctuary, and of the true tabernacle, which the Lord pitched, not man.

For if, indeed, he were on earth, he would not be a priest, since there are those that offer the gifts according to the Law;

For if that first covenant had been faultless, then a place would not have been sought for a second.

not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers, in the day when I took them by the hand, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

And they shall not teach every one his fellowcitizen, and every one his brother, saying, Know the Lord; for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

but into the second the highpriest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offereth for himself, and for the errors of the people;

the Holy Spirit clearly showing this, that the way into the sanctuary hath not yet been made manifest, while the first tabernacle is yet standing:

But Christ having appeared, as a highpriest of the good things to come, passing through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this creation, entered once for all into the sanctuary,

not with the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, and obtained for us everlasting redemption.

For Christ did not enter into a sanctuary made with hands, which is only a copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God in our behalf.

For the Law but shadowing forth the good things to come, and not having the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices which they offer year by year continually make those who come with them perfect.

For in that case would they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshippers, having been once purified, would have had no more consciousness of sins?

Wherefore, when he cometh into the world, he saith: "Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body didst thou prepare for me;

Saying above, "Sacrifices and offerings, and whole burntofferings and sacrifices for sin thou wouldest not, and hadst no pleasure in them,"such as are offered in conformity to the Law,

not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more, as ye see the day approaching.

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

For ye have need of endurance; that, after ye have done the will of God, ye may receive what is promised.

For yet a very little while, and "he that is to come will come, and will not tarry.

But we are not of those who draw back, unto perdition; but of those who believe, to the saving of the soul.

Now faith is assurance of things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen.

Through faith we perceive that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that that which is seen hath not been made out of things which appear.

By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death; and he was not found, because God translated him; for before his translation he had the testimony that he pleased God.

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

By faith Abraham, when called, obeyed to go forth to a place which he was afterward to receive for an inheritance, and went forth, not knowing whither he was going.

These all died in faith, not having received the promised blessings, but having seen them from afar, and greeted them, and having professed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.

but now they desire a better country, that is, a heavenly. Wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for he prepared for them a city.

By faith Moses, when born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw that the child was fair and they feared not the kings commandment.

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

Through faith he kept the passover, and the sprinkling of the blood, that he who destroyed the firstborn might not touch them.

By faith Rahab the harlot did not perish with those who disobeyed, after having received the spies with peace.

Women received back their dead by a resurrection; but others were tortured, not accepting deliverance, that they might obtain a better resurrection;

of whom the world was not worthy; they wandered in deserts and mountains, and caves and the clefts of the earth.

And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promised blessing,

God having provided for us some better thing, that they might not be made perfect without us.

Not yet have ye resisted unto blood, in your contest against sin;

and ye have forgotten the exhortation, which reasoneth with you as with sons: "My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when reproved by him;

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

But if ye are without chastening, of which all have been made partakers, then are ye bastards and not sons.

Furthermore, we were chastened by the fathers of our flesh, and we gave them reverence; shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?

Now all chastening for the present indeed seemeth to be not joyous, but grievous; but afterward it yieldeth the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been exercised thereby.

and make straight paths for your feet, that the lame may not be turned out of the way, but may rather be healed.

For ye have not come to a mount that can be touched, and burning with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

for they could not bear that which was commanded, "If even a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;" and,

See that ye refuse not him who speaketh. For if they did not escape, who refused him who spoke his will on earth, much more shall not we, if we turn away from him who speaketh from heaven;

whose voice then shook the earth; but now he hath promised, saying, "Yet once more will I shake, not the earth only, but also the heaven."

And this expression, "Yet once more," signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, in order that those things which are not shaken may abide.

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers; for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.

so that we boldly say, "The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear; what shall man do to me?"

Be not carried aside with various and strange teachings; for it is good that the heart be established with grace, not with meats, in which those who walked were not profited.

But works of kindness and liberality forget not; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

Obey your leaders, and submit yourselves to them; for they keep watch in behalf of your souls, as those who must give an account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief; for this is not for your advantage.