But when he again brings his firstborn into the world, he says, "Let all the angels of God worship him!"

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

They will perish, but you continue. And they will all grow old like a garment,

and like a robe you will fold them up and like a garment they will be changed, but you are the same and your years will never run out."

But to which of the angels has he ever said, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet"?

For he did not put the world to come, about which we are speaking, under the control of angels.

You put all things under his control." For when he put all things under his control, he left nothing outside of his control. At present we do not yet see all things under his control,

but we see Jesus, who was made lower than the angels for a little while, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by God's grace he would experience death on behalf of everyone.

For surely his concern is not for angels, but he is concerned for Abraham's descendants.

For every house is built by someone, but the builder of all things is God.

But Christ is faithful as a son over God's house. We are of his house, if in fact we hold firmly to our confidence and the hope we take pride in.

But exhort one another each day, as long as it is called "Today," that none of you may become hardened by sin's deception.

For we had good news proclaimed to us just as they did. But the message they heard did them no good, since they did not join in with those who heard it in faith.

but to repeat the text cited earlier: "They will never enter my rest!"

And no creature is hidden from God, but everything is naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must render an account.

For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin.

And no one assumes this honor on his own initiative, but only when called to it by God, as in fact Aaron was.

So also Christ did not glorify himself in becoming high priest, but the one who glorified him was God, who said to him, "You are my Son! Today I have fathered you,"

But solid food is for the mature, whose perceptions are trained by practice to discern both good and evil.

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

But in your case, dear friends, even though we speak like this, we are convinced of better things relating to salvation.

But we passionately want each of you to demonstrate the same eagerness for the fulfillment of your hope until the end,

so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and perseverance inherit the promises.

Without father, without mother, without genealogy, he has neither beginning of days nor end of life but is like the son of God, and he remains a priest for all time.

But see how great he must be, if Abraham the patriarch gave him a tithe of his plunder.

But Melchizedek who does not share their ancestry collected a tithe from Abraham and blessed the one who possessed the promise.

And it could be said that Levi himself, who receives tithes, paid a tithe through Abraham.

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

but Jesus did so with a sworn affirmation by the one who said to him, "The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever'" --

but he holds his priesthood permanently since he lives forever.

For the law appoints as high priests men subject to weakness, but the word of solemn affirmation that came after the law appoints a son made perfect forever.

But now Jesus has obtained a superior ministry, since the covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted on better promises.

But showing its fault, God says to them, "Look, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will complete a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.

"For this is the covenant that I will establish with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws in their minds and I will inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God and they will be my people.

But only the high priest enters once a year into the inner tent, and not without blood that he offers for himself and for the sins of the people committed in ignorance.

But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,

and he entered once for all into the most holy place not by the blood of goats and calves but by his own blood, and so he himself secured eternal redemption.

So it was necessary for the sketches of the things in heaven to be purified with these sacrifices, but the heavenly things themselves required better sacrifices than these.

For Christ did not enter a sanctuary made with hands -- the representation of the true sanctuary -- but into heaven itself, and he appears now in God's presence for us.

for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the consummation of the ages to put away sin by his sacrifice.

so also, after Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many, to those who eagerly await him he will appear a second time, not to bear sin but to bring salvation.

For the law possesses a shadow of the good things to come but not the reality itself, and is therefore completely unable, by the same sacrifices offered continually, year after year, to perfect those who come to worship.

But in those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins year after year.

So when he came into the world, he said, "Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me.

But when this priest had offered one sacrifice for sins for all time, he sat down at the right hand of God,

"This is the covenant that I will establish with them after those days, says the Lord. I will put my laws on their hearts and I will inscribe them on their minds,"

not abandoning our own meetings, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging each other, and even more so because you see the day drawing near.

but only a certain fearful expectation of judgment and a fury of fire that will consume God's enemies.

Someone who rejected the law of Moses was put to death without mercy on the testimony of two or three witnesses.

But remember the former days when you endured a harsh conflict of suffering after you were enlightened.

But my righteous one will live by faith, and if he shrinks back, I take no pleasure in him.

But we are not among those who shrink back and thus perish, but are among those who have faith and preserve their souls.

These all died in faith without receiving the things promised, but they saw them in the distance and welcomed them and acknowledged that they were strangers and foreigners on the earth.

But as it is, they aspire to a better land, that is, a heavenly one. Therefore, God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city for them.

By faith they crossed the Red Sea as if on dry ground, but when the Egyptians tried it, they were swallowed up.

quenched raging fire, escaped the edge of the sword, gained strength in weakness, became mighty in battle, put foreign armies to flight,

and women received back their dead raised to life. But others were tortured, not accepting release, to obtain resurrection to a better life.

But if you do not experience discipline, something all sons have shared in, then you are illegitimate and are not sons.

For they disciplined us for a little while as seemed good to them, but he does so for our benefit, that we may share his holiness.

Now all discipline seems painful at the time, not joyful. But later it produces the fruit of peace and righteousness for those trained by it.

and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint but be healed.

But you have come to Mount Zion, the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels, to the assembly

Then his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, "I will once more shake not only the earth but heaven too."

Marriage must be honored among all and the marriage bed kept undefiled, for God will judge sexually immoral people and adulterers.

For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.