Let us, therefore, fear, lest a promise still being left of entering into His rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it.

Let us, therefore, come with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and find grace for seasonable help.

For the land which drank in the rain that often comes upon it, and brings forth an herb fit for those for whose sake also it is cultivated, receives blessing from God;

And those, indeed, from among the sons of Levi, who receive the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, (though having come out of the loins of Abraham);

Whence also He is able to save completely those who come to God through Him, since He is ever living to intercede in their behalf.

But Christ, having come as a High Priest of the good things to come, through the greater and more perfect tabernacle, not made by hand (that is, not of this creation),

And inasmuch as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this comes judgment;

For the law, having a shadow of the good things to come, not the very likeness of the things, can never, with the same sacrifices, which they offer year by year continually, perfect those who come to them;

Then said I, 'Lo, I come (in the volume of the book it has been written concerning Me), to do Thy will, O God.'"

then hath He said, "Lo, I have come to do Thy will." He taketh away the first, that He may establish the second:

"For yet a little while, how short! how short! The Coming One will come, and will not tarry."

And, apart from faith, it is impossible to please Him; for he that comes to God must believe that He is, and that He becomes a rewarder to those who seek after Him.

For ye have not come to a mount that is touched and burning with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

But ye have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the Living God, the Heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,

For we have not here an abiding city, but we are seeking for the one about to come.

Know ye that our brother Timothy has been set at liberty; with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.