Now about the angels he says, "He makes his angels winds, and his servants flames of fire."

But about the Son he says, "Your throne, O God, is forever and ever, and the scepter of your kingdom is a righteous scepter.

And like a robe You will roll them up;
Like a garment they will be changed.
But You are the same [forever],
And Your years will never end.”

But which one of the angels did God ever say [this] about [Psa. 110:1], "You should sit at my right side until I put your enemies [in full subjection] beneath your feet"?

Are they not all ministerial spirits, sent to perform service on account of those who are about to inherit salvation?

For he did not put the coming world we are talking about under the control of angels.

But one has testified somewhere, saying,
“What is man, that You remember him?
Or the son of man, that You are concerned about him?

Therefore, holy brothers [and sisters], who have been called [by God] to share in heaven, think about Jesus, the Apostle and Head Priest, whom we have confessed [as Savior].

And Moses indeed was faithful in all his house as a servant, bearing testimony to a witness about to be spoken;

For we [Christians] have had the good news [about resting with God] preached to us, just as the Israelites [had good news proclaimed to them. See 1:16-19]. But the message they heard did not benefit them, because it was not coupled with faith by those who heard it.

For he has said this somewhere about the seventh day, "God rested on the seventh day from all his works;"

Therefore, since the promise remains for some to enter His rest, and those who formerly had the good news preached to them failed to [grasp it and did not] enter because of [their unbelief evidenced by] disobedience,

For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not have said anything about another day.

being able to sympathize with the ignorant and erring, since himself is also compassed about with infirmity;

About him we have many words to say, and hard to interpret, seeing you have become dull of hearing.

And though by this time it would be right for you to be teachers, you still have need of someone to give you teaching about the first simple rules of God's revelation; you have become like babies who have need of milk, and not of solid food.

Now everyone who lives on milk is inexperienced with the message about righteousness, because he is an infant.

For this reason let us go on from the first things about Christ to full growth; not building again that on which it is based, that is, the turning of the heart from dead works, and faith in God,

of teaching about ceremonial washings and the laying on of hands, the resurrection of the dead and final judgment.

And tasted of the good word of God, and powers of the life about to be,

But if it produces thorns and thistles, it is useless and about to be cursed; its fate is to be burned.

But about you, dear friends, even though we say this, we are sure of better things that promise salvation.

And here indeed, men who die receive tithes, but there, he who is testified about that he lives.

For the person we are talking about belonged to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever served at the altar.

For it is evident that our Lord has sprung out of Judah, about which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priests.

who has become a priest not by a legal regulation about physical descent but by the power of an indestructible life.

For it is declared about him, "You are a priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek."

(for there was nothing final about the Law), and a better hope begins to dawn, through which we may approach God.

For the Law appoints to the high priesthood men full of imperfection; but this utterance about the making of the oath, which came long after the Law, appoints a son, fully qualified to be high priest forever.

Now a summation about the things being spoken is, we have such a high priest who was seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens,

He is a minister in the sanctuary, [serving about holy things] in the true tabernacle, which was set up by the Lord and not by man [Note: This sanctuary/tabernacle represents either heaven or the church].

Now were he on earth, he would not even be a priest, since there are here those who present the gifts according to the Law??5 those priests who serve a mere outline and shadow of the heavenly reality, just as Moses was divinely instructed when he was about to build the Tabernacle. "See", he says, "that you make everything on the pattern showed you on the mountain."

who serve a copy and shadow of the heavenly things, even as Moses was warned by God when he was about to make the tabernacle, for he said, "See, you shall make everything according to the pattern that was shown to you on the mountain."

By saying new, he made the first old; but that which is ancient and weak is about to perish.

having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was a golden pot holding the manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

while above it, overshadowing the mercy-seat, were the cherubim of glory. But I must not speak about these in detail.

And Christ being present, a chief priest of good things about to be, by a greater and more perfect tent, not made with hands, that is; not of this creation;

For if the blood of goats and bulls and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have contracted defilement make them holy so as to bring about ceremonial purity,

For the law, possessing a shadow of the good [things] that are about to come, not the form of things itself, [is] never able {year by year} by means of the same sacrifices which they offer without interruption to make perfect those who draw near.

For this reason, the Scriptures say, when the Messiah was about to come into the world: "You did not want sacrifices and offerings, but you prepared a body for me.

Then I said, 'See, I have come, just as the Scripture writes about me in the book, O God, to do your will.'"

The Holy Spirit also testifies to us about this. For after He says:

And let us think about {how to stir one another up to love} and good works,

but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and a fiery indignation which is about to devour the adversaries.

For ye were both compassionate about my bonds, and ye accepted with joy the plundering of your possessions, knowing yourselves to have a superior and an enduring existence in the heavens.

Now faith is being confident of what we hope for, convinced about things we do not see.

By faith Abel offered to God a better sacrifice than Cain, through which he obtained the testimony that he was righteous, God testifying about his gifts, and through faith, though he is dead, he still speaks.

By faith, Noah, being warned about things not yet seen, in reverence prepared a ship for the saving of his house, through which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is according to faith.

By faith Abraham, being called, did obey, to go forth to the place that he was about to receive for an inheritance, and he went forth, not knowing whither he doth go;

If they had been thinking about what they had left behind, they would have had an opportunity to go back.

By faith Abraham, when he was put to the test, was on the point of offering up Isaac; yes, he who had received the promise was about to offer up his only son,

about whom it had been said, "It is through Isaac that descendants will be named for you."

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau about things coming.

By faith Jacob, when about to die, put his blessing on each of Joseph's sons, and worshiped, leaning on the top of his staff.

Faith inspired Joseph when he was dying to tell of the future migration of the Israelites, and to give instructions about his own body.

By faith the walls of Jericho fell down, after they had been compassed about for seven days.

And what shall I yet say? for the time will fail me recounting about Gideon, Barak also, and Samson, and Jephthah, David also, and Samuel, and the prophets,

men who, as the result of faith, conquered whole kingdoms, brought about true justice, obtained promises from God, stopped lions' mouths,

others, again, had to experience scoffs and scourging, aye chains and imprisonment ??37 they were stoned, sawn in two, and cut to pieces; they had to roam about in sheepskins and goatskins, forlorn, oppressed, ill-treated

they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, they experienced the severest trials, they were slain by the edge of the sword: they went about wrapped in skins of sheep and goats, destitute of all things, pressed down with afflictions, suffering all kind of misery;

of whom the world was not worthy, wandering about on deserts and mountains and in caves and in holes in the ground.

Therefore let us also, seeing we are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

Think about the one who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you may not become tired and give up.

Remember your leaders, those who have spoken God's word to you. Think about the impact of their lives, and imitate their faith.

Be not tossed about by various and strange doctrines: for it is good to have the heart firmly established by grace, not by meats, in which observances they who have walked have found no manner of advantage.

For we have not here an abiding city, but we are seeking for the one about to come.

Be obedient to those leading you, and be subject, for these do watch for your souls, as about to give account, that with joy they may do this, and not sighing, for this is unprofitable to you.

Pray about us, for we trust that we have a good conscience, desiring to behave well in all things.