who being the brightness of his glory, and the character of his person, and holding up all things by the word of his power, having made purgation of the sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

For to which one of the angels at any time did he say, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? and again, I will be unto him a Father, and he shall be unto me a Son?

and thou shalt roll them up like a mantle, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail thee.

For if the word having been spoken by angels was stedfast, and every disobedience and transgression received a just recompense of reward;

how shall we escape, having neglected so great a salvation? which having received the beginning to be spoken by the Lord, was confirmed unto us by those who heard it;

God at the same time witnessing, by signs and indeed by wonders, and various dynamites, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his will.

But we see Jesus humiliated somewhat in comparison with the angels, having been crowned with glory and honor on account of the suffering of death, in order that by the grace of God he might taste death for every one.

Therefore he ought in all things to be made like unto his brethren, in order that he might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things appertaining to God, to the end that he may atone for the sins of the people.

For every house is built by some one; and the one having built all things is God.

And Moses was indeed faithful in all his house as a servant, unto the testimony of those things which shall be spoken;

See, brethren, lest at some time there shall be in some one of you an evil heart of unbelief, in turning away from the living God:

but exhort one another each day, while it is called to-day; in order that no one of you may be hardened with the deceitfulness of sin:

Therefore let us hasten to enter into that rest, lest some one may fall by the same example of unbelief.

For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched with our infirmities; but one having been tempted as to all things like unto us, apart from sin.

For indeed you, who ought to be teachers so far as time is concerned, have need that some one again teach you what are the rudiments of the beginning of the oracles of God; and you have need of milk, not solid food.

but solid food belongs to the perfect, those having their senses disciplined by use unto the discernment both of the good and the evil.

Therefore having left the word of the beginning of Christ, let us be carried to perfection; not again laying the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

For the earth drinking the rain coming often upon her, and bringing forth the herb nutritious to those by whom it is also cultivated, receives blessings from God:

in order that you may not be dull, but imitators of those who through faith and longsufferings do inherit the promises.

For God having promised Abraham, since he had no greater one by whom to swear, swore by himself,

For men swear by the greater: and an oath of confirmation is to them an end to all controversy:

but God, in this wishing more abundantly to show forth to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:

For without contradiction the less is blessed by the better.

Then indeed if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood, for unto it the people have been tithed, what need is there still that another priest shall rise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

for the law made nothing perfect, but the bringing in of a better hope, by which we draw nigh unto God.

And indeed many have been made priests, because they were prohibited by death from continuing:

If then indeed he was on the earth, he would not be a priest, there being those offering gifts according to law,

not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers, in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they abode not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, says the Lord.

Because this is my covenant which I will establish with the house of Israel after these days, says the Lord; having given my laws in their mind, I will also write them on their heart; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be unto me a people.

Because I will be merciful unto their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more.

For every commandment having been spoken by Moses to all the people according to law, having taken the blood of bullocks and goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, he sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

And according to the law, almost all things are purified by blood; and without the shedding of blood there is no remission.

Therefore it is necessary that the pattern of the things in these heavens be purified; and the heavenly things themselves with greater sacrifices than these.

For Christ did not come into the sanctuaries made with hands, the pattern of the true; but into heaven itself, now to be made manifest unto the face of God in our behalf:

For the law having the shadow of good things to come, not the real image of the things, annually with the same sacrifices which they offer continually, is by no means able to make perfect those coming to it:

by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

finally waiting until his enemies may be made the foot-stool of his feet.

For by one offering he has forever perfected the sanctified.

by which he has opened unto us a new and living way, through the veil, that is, of his flesh,

of how much more terrible punishment, do you think, the one having trodden under foot the Son of God, and counted the blood of the covenant, by which he was sanctified, common, and insulted the Spirit of grace; be counted worthy!

But remember the former days, in which, you being illuminated by the Spirit, endured a great fight of afflictions;

My righteous man shall live by faith: and if he may draw back, my soul has no pleasure in him.

For by it the elders receive the witness of the Spirit.

By faith we understand that the worlds were created by the word of God, and that which was seen was not made from things which are manifest.

By faith Abel offered up to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which he received the witness that he was righteous, God witnessing to his gifts: and through it he having died is still speaking.

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and he was not found because God translated him. For before he was translated he had the witness of the Spirit, that he pleased God:

By faith Noah, being warned concerning things not yet seen, being moved with fear, prepared an ark for the salvation of his family; by which he condemned the world, and became heir to the righteousness which is according to faith.

By faith Abraham, being called to go out into a place which he was about to receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and went out, not knowing whither he goes.

By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as a strange country, dwelling in tents with Isaac and Jacob, fellow-heirs of the same promise:

And by faith Sarah herself received power unto the conception of seed, even past the time of age, since she considered him faithful who had promised.

Therefore indeed they were born of one, and those things of one having died, as the stars of heaven for multitude, and as the sands which are by the sea, which are innumerable.

but now they seek a better country, that is, a heavenly. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he has prepared for them a city.

By faith Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac: and the one having received the promises offered up his only begotten son,

in reference to whom it was said, In Isaac shall thy seed be called:

By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come.

By faith Jacob, when dying, blessed each one of the sons of Joseph, and worshiped, on the hilt of his staff.

By faith Joseph, dying, made mention concerning the exodus of the children of Israel; and commanded concerning his own bones.

By faith Moses, having been born, was hidden three months by his parents, because they saw that he was a beautiful child; and did not fear the commandment of the king.

By faith Moses, having become an adult, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he went out, as seeing the invisible one.

By faith he instituted the passover, and the sprinkling of blood, in order that the one destroying the first-born might not touch them.

By faith they pass through the Red sea as through dry land: the undertaking of which the Egyptians having entered upon were drowned.

By faith the walls of Jericho fell, having been encompassed about seven days,

By faith Rahab the harlot perished not with the unbelievers, having received the spies with peace.

they were stoned, they were tempted, they were burnt, they died by the edge of the sword; they went about in sheepskins, in goatskins; being destitute, troubled, persecuted,

God having reserved something better for us, that they might not be made perfect apart from us.

Indeed no chastisement for the present seems to be truly joyful, but sorrowful: but afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to them who have been disciplined by it.

and make straight paths for your feet, in order that whatsoever is lame may not be turned out of the way, but rather may it be healed.

looking diligently lest any one may fail from the grace of God; lest any root of bitterness springing up may trouble you, and through it many may be defiled;

lest any one may be a fornicator, or a profane person, as was Esau, who for one morsel sold his birthright.

For you have not come to the mountain that can be touched, and that is burnt with fire, and unto blackness and darkness, and tempest,

and to the sound of the trumpet, and the voice of words; which those having heard requested that the word should not be spoken unto them:

for they could not endure that which was spoken, If a wild beast should touch the mountain, it shall be pierced through with a dart:

Forget not hospitality: for by it some having entertained angels were incognizant.

Let your deportment be free from covetousness; being content with present things: for he said, I will not, I will not, leave you, neither do I ever forsake you;

Be not carried away with fantastical and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, in which those going round were not profited.

For the bodies of those animals, whose blood is shed by the high priest in the sanctuary for sin, are utterly burnt up outside of the camp.

Therefore indeed Jesus, in order that he might sanctify the people by his own blood, suffered without the gate.

Obey your leaders, and be submissive: for they are watching for your souls, as they shall give an account that they may do this with joy and not with grief, for this is unprofitable to you.

But I the more exhort you to do this, that I may the more speedily be restored unto you.

in every good thing to do his will, doing that which is acceptable in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory unto the age of the ages. Amen.

Grace be with you all.