God who at sundry times and in divers manners spake of old to the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken to us by his Son;

And again, When he bringeth in the first begotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.

But unto the Son, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever; the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of righteousness:

Thou hast loved righteousness and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.

God also bearing them witness by signs, and wonders, and various miracles, and distributions of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will.

But we see Jesus crowned with glory and honour, for the suffering of death, who was made a little lower than the angels, that by the grace of God he might taste death for every man.

And again, I will put my trust in him: And again, Behold I and the children whom God hath given me.

Wherefore it behoved him to be made in all things like his brethren, that he might be a merciful and faithful high-priest, in things pertaining to God, to expiate the sins of the people.

Now every house is built by some one: but he that built all things is God.

Take heed, brethren, left there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God:

For who, when they had heard, provoked God?

For he saith thus in a certain place, of the seventh day, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works: And in this again, They shall not enter into my rest.

There remaineth therefore a rest for the people of God.

For he that hath entered into his rest, hath himself also ceased from his works, as God did from his.

For the word of God is living and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder both of the soul and spirit, both of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

Having therefore a great high priest, that is passed thro' the heavens, Jesus the son of God,

For every high priest being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins,

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

Called of God an high priest, after the order of Melchisedek.

For when for the time ye ought to be teachers, ye have need that one teach you again, which are the first principles of the oracles of God, and are become such as have need of milk and not of strong meat.

But strong meat belongeth to them of full age, to them who have their senses exercised by habit to discern both good and evil.

and of faith in God, Of the doctrine of baptisms and laying on of hands, and the resurrection of the dead, and eternal judgment.

And this we will do, if God permit.

And have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the world to come,

And have fallen away, to renew them again unto repentance, seeing they crucify to themselves the Son of God afresh, and put him to an open shame.

For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh often upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them for whom it is tilled, receiveth blessing from God.

For God is not unrighteous, to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed toward his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

For when God made the promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater,

Wherefore God being willing to shew more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his counsel, interposed by an oath:

That by two unchangeable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled to lay hold on the hope set before us:

For this Melchisedek king of Salem, priest of the most high God, who met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him,

Without father, without mother, without pedigree, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life, but being made like the son of God, remaineth a priest continually.

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

Wherefore he is able also, to save them to the uttermost who come to God thro' him, seeing he ever liveth to make intercession for them.

Who serve after the pattern and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses was admonished of God, when he was about to make the tabernacle; for, saith he, See thou make all things according to the pattern which was shewed thee on the mount.

For this is the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: I will put my laws in their minds, and write them on their hearts, and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.

But Christ being come, an high-priest of good things to come, through a greater and more perfect tabernacle,

How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge our conscience from dead works, to serve the living God?

and sprinkled all the people, Saying, This is the blood of the testament, which God hath enjoined unto you.

For Christ did not enter into the holy place made with hands, the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.

For the law having a shadow of good things to come, not the very image of the things, can never with the same sacrifices which they offer year by year continually, make the comers thereunto perfect.

Then I said, Lo I come (in the volume of the book it is written of me) to do thy will, O God.

for ever sat down at the right hand of God, From thenceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.

that is, his flesh, And having an high-priest over the house of God;

to provoke one another to love and to good works:

Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and counted the blood of the covenant, by which he hath been sanctified, an unholy thing, and done despite to the spirit of grace?

It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

For ye have need of patience, that, having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.

And by it the elders obtained a good testimony.

Through faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were made of things which do not appear.

By faith Abel offered unto God a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained a testimony that he was righteous, God testifying of his gifts; and by it, being dead he yet speaketh.

By faith Enoch was translated so as not to see death, and was not found, because God had translated him; for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God.

But without faith it is impossible to please him; for he that cometh to God, must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

By faith Noah, being warned of God of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark for the saving of his houshold, by which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith.

For he looked for the city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

But they now desire a better country, that is, an heavenly: therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God; for he hath prepared a city for them.

Accounting that God was able even to raise him from the dead; from whence also he received him in a figure.

Choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season.

They were stoned, were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheep-skins, in goat-skins, destitute, afflicted, tormented:

And all these having obtained a good testimony thro' faith,

did not receive the promise, God having provided some better thing for us, that they might not be perfected without us.

who for the joy that was set before him, endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right-hand of the throne of God.

If ye endure chastning, God dealeth with you as with sons; for what son is he, whom his father chastneth not?

For they, verily, for a few days chastned us as they thought good: but he for our profit, that we may be partakers of his holiness.

Looking diligently, lest any one fall from the grace of God, lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled: Lest there be any fornicator or profane person,

But ye are come to mount Sion, and to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem,

and to an innumerable company, To the general assembly of angels, and to the church of the first born, who are inrolled in heaven, and to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,

Therefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us hold fast the grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear.

For our God is a consuming fire.

Marriage is honourable in all men, and the bed undefiled: but whoremongers and adulterers God will judge.

Remember them that had the rule over you, who spake to you the word of God, whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.

Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines; for it is good, that the heart be stablished with grace, not with meats, in which they that have walked have not been profited.

Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people by his own blood, suffered without the gate.

By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise continually to God, that is, the fruit of our lips, giving thanks to his name.

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

Pray for us; for we trust we have a good conscience, desiring to behave ourselves well in all things.

Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus, by the blood of the everlasting covenant,

Make you perfect in every good work, to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight thro' Christ Jesus; to whom be the glory for ever and ever. Amen.