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

Since, then, we have a great highpriest, who hath passed through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

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

and having a great priest over the house of God,

But call to remembrance the former days, in which, after ye were enlightened, ye endured a great struggle with sufferings;

Cast not away therefore your confidence, which hath great recompense of reward.

Therefore let us also, being surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth easily beset us, and let us run with perseverance the race that is set before us;

Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of an everlasting covenant, even our Lord Jesus,