See to it, my brothers, that no evil, unbelieving heart is found in any of you, as shown by your turning away from the living God.

For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any double-edged sword, piercing until it divides soul and spirit, joints and marrow, as it judges the thoughts and purposes of the heart.

Now none of this happened without an oath. Others became priests without any oath,

and who serves in the sanctuary, the true tent set up by the Lord and not by any human.

Otherwise, would they not have stopped offering them, because the worshipers, cleansed once for all, would no longer be aware of any sins?

Now where there is forgiveness of these sins, there is no longer any offering for sin.

Now if you are without any discipline, in which all sons share, then you are illegitimate and not God's sons.

For you know that afterwards, when he wanted to inherit the blessing, he was rejected because he could not find any opportunity to repent, even though he begged to repent with tears.