Thou didst put all things in subjection under his feet. For in that he subjected all things unto him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. But now we see not yet all things subjected to him.

Wherefore I was displeased with this generation, And said, They do always err in their heart: But they did not know my ways;

For who, when they heard, did provoke? nay, did not all they that came out of Egypt by Moses?

Let us therefore give diligence to enter into that rest, that no man fall after the same example of disobedience.

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

And no man taketh the honor unto himself, but when he is called of God, even as was Aaron.

but if it beareth thorns and thistles, it is rejected and nigh unto a curse; whose end is to be burned.

Now consider how great this man was, unto whom Abraham, the patriarch, gave a tenth out of the chief spoils.

Now if there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it hath the people received the law), what further need was there that another priest should arise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be reckoned after the order of Aaron?

For he of whom these things are said belongeth to another tribe, from which no man hath given attendance at the altar.

(for the law made nothing perfect), and a bringing in thereupon of a better hope, through which we draw nigh unto God.

Now in the things which we are saying the chief point is this : We have such a high priest, who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, seeing there are those who offer the gifts according to the law;

But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.

For if that first covenant had been faultless, then would no place have been sought for a second.

For finding fault with them, he saith, Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, That I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah;

And they shall not teach every man his fellow-citizen, And every man his brother, saying, Know the Lord: For all shall know me, From the least to the greatest of them.

For I will be merciful to their iniquities, And their sins will I remember no more.

In that he saith, A new covenant he hath made the first old. But that which is becoming old and waxeth aged is nigh unto vanishing away.

Now even a first covenant had ordinances of divine service, and its sanctuary, a sanctuary of this world.

and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat; of which things we cannot now speak severally.

Now these things having been thus prepared, the priests go in continually into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the services;

And for this cause he is the mediator of a new covenant, that a death having taken place for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, they that have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

And according to the law, I may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and apart from shedding of blood there is no remission.

For Christ entered not into a holy place made with hands, like in pattern to the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God for us:

else must he often have suffered since the foundation of the world: but now once at the end of the ages hath he been manifested to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

For the law having a shadow of the good things to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices year by year, which they offer continually, make perfect them that draw nigh.

Else would they not have ceased to be offered? because the worshippers, having been once cleansed, would have had no more consciousness of sins.

In whole burnt offerings and'sacrifices for sin thou hadst no pleasure:

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

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

by the way which he dedicated for us, a new and living way, through the veil, that is to say, his flesh;

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

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

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

But my righteous one shall live by faith: And if he shrink back, my soul hath no pleasure in him.

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

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

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

By faith Joseph, when his end was nigh, made mention of the departure of the children of Israel; and gave commandment concerning his bones.

Follow after peace with all men, and the sanctification without which no man shall see the Lord:

For ye know that even when he afterward desired to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place for a change of mind in his father, though he sought is diligently with tears.

and the sound of a trumpet, and the voice of words; which voice they that heard entreated that no word more should be spoken unto them;

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

whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more will I make to tremble not the earth only, but also the heaven.

Be ye free from the love of money; content with such things as ye have: for himself hath said, I will in no wise fail thee, neither will I in any wise forsake thee.

We have an altar, whereof they have no right to eat that serve the tabernacle.

Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, even our Lord Jesus,

Know ye that our brother Timothy hath been set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.