For to what angel did God ever say, "You are my Son! I have today become your Father"? Or again, "I will become his Father, and he shall become my Son"?

And you will fold them up like a mantle, And change them as one changes his coat. But you are always the same, and your years will have no end!"

Are not the angels all spirits in service, whom he sends on his errands for the good of those who are destined to possess salvation?

For it was not for angels that he destined the control of that world to be, that we are speaking of.

For both he who purifies them and they who are purified spring from one source. That is why he is not ashamed to call them brothers,

For because he has himself been tempted in what he has suffered he is able to help others who are in trial.

but Christ's faithfulness was that of a son set over the house of God. And we are that house, if we keep up our courage and our triumphant hope to the very end.

That was why I was angry with that generation, And I said, 'Their minds are always wandering, And they have never found my paths.'

For we are true partners with Christ if we really keep the conviction that we had at first unshaken to the very end.

For we who have believed are admitted to that Rest, of which he said, "As I made oath in my anger, They shall never be admitted to my Rest!" And yet God's work was finished at the creation of the world,

For all who are admitted to God's Rest rest after their work, just as God did after his.

So even Christ did not claim for himself the dignity of the high priesthood, but he was appointed to it by him who said to him, "You are my Son! I have today become your Father!"

For he says in another passage, "You are a priest forever of the priesthood of Melchizedek."

But full-grown men have a right to solid food, for their faculties are trained by practice to distinguish right and wrong.

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

so that you may never grow careless, but may learn to follow the example of those who through their faith and endurance are the possessors of God's promises.

Those of the descendants of Levi who are appointed to the priesthood are directed by the Law to collect tithes from the people, that is, from their own brothers, although they are descended from Abraham like themselves.

For the psalm bears witness, "You are a priest forever, of the priesthood of Melchizedek!"

for God took no oath in appointing the old priests, but he made oath to his appointment, when he said to him, "The Lord has sworn it and he will not change; You are a priest forever!"

Further, if he were still on earth, he would not be a priest at all, for there are priests enough provided to offer the gifts the Law prescribes??5 though the service they engage in is only a shadow and imitation of that in heaven. For when Moses was going to make the tent of worship he was warned, "Be sure to make it all just like the pattern you were shown on the mountain."

But, as it is, the priestly service to which Christ has been appointed is as much better than the old as the agreement established by him and the promises on which it is based are superior to the former ones.

And just as men are destined to die once and after that to be judged,

so the Christ too, after being offered in sacrifice once for all to carry away the sins of many, will appear again but without any burden of sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him to come and save them.

For by that one sacrifice he has forever qualified those who are purified from sin to approach God.

But when these are forgiven, there is no more need of offerings for sin.

but you will need endurance if you are to carry out God's will and receive the blessing he has promised.

For men who recognize that show that they are in search of a country of their own.

But, as it is, their aspirations are for a better, a heavenly country! That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city to receive them.

Therefore, let us too, with such a crowd of witnesses about us, throw off every impediment and the entanglement of sin, and run with determination the race for which we are entered,

But if you have none of that discipline which all sons undergo, you are illegitimate children, and not true sons.

Discipline is never pleasant at the time; it is painful; but to those who are trained by it, it afterward yields the peace of character.

And keep your feet in straight paths, so that limbs that are lame may not be dislocated but instead be cured.

Remember those who are in prison as though you were in prison with them, and those who are ill-treated as being yourselves liable to the same trials.

For the bodies of the animals whose blood is taken into the sanctuary by the high priest are burned outside the camp.

for we have no permanent city here on earth, but we are in search of the city that is to come.

Obey your leaders and give way to them, for they are keeping watch in defense of your souls, as men accountable for the trust. Make their work a joy and not a grief, for that would be the worse for you.