but to the Son, "Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of righteousness:

they shall perish, but thou remainest; and they shall all grow old as a garment,

and as a mantle wilt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed; but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail."

But to which of the angels hath He ever said, "Sit thou at my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?"

But one in a certain place hath testified, saying, "What is man that thou art mindful of him? or the son of man that thou visitest Him?

Thou madest Him for a little while inferior to the angels; with glory and honor hast thou crowned Him, and hast set Him over the works of thy hands; thou hast put all things under his feet,"

But we see Jesus, who was made for a little while lower than the angels, in order to suffer death, that by the grace of God He might taste death for every man, crowned with glory and honor.

For indeed He taketh not hold of angels to save them, but of the seed of Abraham.

but Christ as a Son over his own house; whose house we are, if we maintain the free profession and exultation of hope firm unto the end.

but exhort one another daily, while it is called to-day; that none of you may be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin:

harden not your hearts, as in the provocation." For some that heard did provoke; but not all that came out of Egypt with Moses.

But with whom was He provoked forty years? was it not with those that sinned, whose carcases fell in the wilderness?

and to whom did He swear that they should not enter into his rest, but to those that were disobedient?

for we are graciously offered it, as they also were. But the word, which they heard, did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in them that heard it.

And there is no creature concealed from his sight: but all things are naked and open to the eyes of Him, to whom we are to give an account.

for we have not an high-priest who cannot sympathize with our infirmities, but was in all respects tempted in like manner with us, yet without sin.

And no one taketh this honor to himself, but he that is called by God, as Aaron was.

So also Christ did not glorify himself to be made an high-priest; but He that said unto Him, "Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee."

but though He was a Son, yet He learned obedience by the things which He suffered: and being thus perfected,

but firm food is for persons come to age, who by habit have their senses exercised to a discernment both of good and evil.

but that which bringeth forth thorns and briars, is rejected and near to a curse, (whose end is burning) so are they.

But, beloved, we are persuaded better things of you, and things that accompany salvation, though we thus speak for your caution.

that ye would not be sluggish, but imitators of them who through faith and patience are inheriting the promises.

without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days recorded, nor end of life, but resembling the Son of God, remaineth a priest continually.

but he, whose pedigree is not reckoned among them, took tithes of Abraham, and blessed him that had the promises.

besides, here men that die receive tithes; but there he of whom it is testified that he liveth.

And (as one may say) even Levi, who receiveth tithes, paid tithes in Abraham:

who is made not according to the law of a temporary command, but according to the power of an endless life.

for the law made nothing perfect, but the introducing of a better hope did, by which we draw near to God.

(for they indeed are become priests without the solemnity of an oath; but He with an oath, by Him who said unto Him, "The Lord hath sworn, and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:")

but He, because He abideth for ever, hath a priesthood that passeth not to any other:

For the law appointeth men high-priests, who have infirmity; but the oath, recorded since the law, appointeth the Son to be priest for ever, being fully perfected for it.

But now He hath obtained a more excellent ministry, inasmuch as He is also the mediator of a better covenant, which is established upon better promises.

But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their mind, and I will inscribe them on their hearts; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.

and the ark of the covenant which was overlaid all round with gold, and in which was the golden pot with the manna in it, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

but into the second only the high-priest went once a year; and that not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the sins of the people committed through ignorance.

But Christ being come an high-priest of the good things to come, hath entered once for all into the holy places, through a greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made with hands, that is, not of this building,

nor by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood, having obtained eternal redemption for us.

For a testament is valid after men are dead, but is of no force while the testator is living.

It was therefore necessary that the representations of things in the heavens should be purified with these; but the heavenly things themselves with more excellent sacrifices than these.

For Christ is not entered into holy places made with hands, which were but types of the true ones; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:

(for then He must indeed have suffered often since the foundation of the world) but now once at the conclusion of the ages He hath been made manifest for the abolishing of sin by the sacrifice of himself.

For the law having but a faint shadow of good things to come, and not the full image of the things, can never, even by the great annual sacrifices which they offer statedly, make the comers thereunto perfect.

Wherefore upon his coming into the world He saith, "Sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire, but a body hast thou prepared me:

but He having offered one sacrifice for sins, is for ever sat down at the right hand of God;

waiting for the future, till his enemies be put under his feet.

for after He had said, "This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days, saith the Lord, I will put my laws into their hearts, and on their minds will I inscribe them;

not forsaking our assemblies, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more as ye see the day approaching.

but a dreadful expectation of judgement, and a fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.

But call to remembrance the former days, in which after being enlightened, ye sustained a great conflict of sufferings;

and the just shall live by faith, but if any draw back, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

But we are not of those who withdraw to perdition; but of them that believe to the saving of the soul.

These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but seen them from afar, and been persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and sojourners on the earth.

But they desire a better, that is, an heavenly one; wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for He hath prepared for them a city.

But if ye be without chastisement, of which all are partakers, then are ye bastards and not sons.

For they indeed corrected us for a while, as seemed good to them; but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.

Now no chastening seems for the present to be matter of joy but of grief: and yet afterwards it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those that are exercised thereby.

And make strait paths for your feet, that what is lame may not be turned out of the way, but rather be healed.

but ye are come to mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,

whose voice then shook the earth; but now He hath promised, saying, "Yet once more I shake not only the earth, but also the heaven."

Marriage is honorable in all, and the bed is not defiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

As the bodies of those animals, whose blood being offered for sin is brought into the holy place by the high-priest, are not eaten, but are burnt without the camp.

but are seeking that which is to come.

But to do good and to communicate forget not; for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.