For to which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my Son. Today I have become your Father"? Or again, "I will be his Father, and he will be my Son"?

In the same way, the Messiah did not take upon himself the glory of being a high priest. No, it was God who said to him, "You are my Son. Today I have become your Father."

We have much to say about this, but it is difficult to explain because you have become too lazy to understand.

In fact, though by now you should be teachers, you still need someone to teach you the basic truths of God's word. You have become people who need milk instead of solid food.

For it is impossible to keep on restoring to repentance time and again people who have once been enlightened, who have tasted the heavenly gift, who have become partners with the Holy Spirit,

where Jesus, our forerunner, has gone on our behalf, having become a high priest forever according to the order of Melchizedek.

In this way, Jesus has become the guarantor of a better covenant.

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

and straighten the paths of your life, so that your lameness may not become worse, but instead may be healed.

See to it that no one fails to obtain the grace of God and that no bitter root grows up and causes you trouble, or many of you will become defiled.