how shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation? which at first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard him;

Seeing, then, that we have a great high priest, who has passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession.

Now consider how great this man was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth of the spoils.

and having a great high, priest over the house of God,

But remember the former days, in which, after you were enlightened, you endured a great conflict of sufferings;

Cast not away, therefore, your confidence, which has a great reward.

Wherefore, since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses lying round about us, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that so easily besets us, and let us run with patience the race that lies before us,

Now may the God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, the great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the eternal covenant,