For to which one of the angels at any time did he say, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? and again, I will be unto him a Father, and he shall be unto me a Son?

Are not all these ministering spirits, having been sent forth unto ministration for the sake of those who are about to inherit salvation?

For if the word having been spoken by angels was stedfast, and every disobedience and transgression received a just recompense of reward;

For he did not submit the world to come, concerning which we speak, to angels.

thou didst subordinate all things beneath his feet. For in subordinating all things beneath him, he left nothing which is not subordinated beneath him.

But we see Jesus humiliated somewhat in comparison with the angels, having been crowned with glory and honor on account of the suffering of death, in order that by the grace of God he might taste death for every one.

For it became him, on account of whom are all things, and through whom are all things, in leading many sons to glory, to make the captain of their salvation perfect through suffering.

For both the one sanctifying and they who are sanctified are all of one: on account of which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren,

For not yet does he take upon himself the nature of angels, but he takes upon himself the seed of Abraham.

Therefore he ought in all things to be made like unto his brethren, in order that he might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things appertaining to God, to the end that he may atone for the sins of the people.

For in that he himself suffered being tempted, he is able to succor those who are tempted.

For he is esteemed worthy of more honor than Moses, inasmuch as the One having built it, has more honor than the house.

For every house is built by some one; and the one having built all things is God.

for we have been made partakers of Christ, if indeed we may hold fast the beginning of confidence firm unto the end.

for who were those, having heard, who were hardened? yea, were they not all those having come out of Egypt under Moses?

For we truly have had the gospel preached unto us, as they did also: but the word of hearing did not profit them, not being mixed with faith to those hearing.

For we who have believed, do enter into rest: as he has said, As I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest: the works truly having been from the foundations of the world.

For he somewhere has spoken thus in reference to the seventh day, And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.

For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not speak concerning another day after these things.

Therefore there is a sabbatism left for the people of God.

For the one having entered into his rest has ceased from his works, as God did from his own.

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

For we have not a high priest who is not able to be touched with our infirmities; but one having been tempted as to all things like unto us, apart from sin.

For every high priest, being received from men, presides over men in the things appertaining to God, in order that he may offer gifts and sacrifices for sins:

and on this account he has need, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer sacrifices for sins.

For indeed you, who ought to be teachers so far as time is concerned, have need that some one again teach you what are the rudiments of the beginning of the oracles of God; and you have need of milk, not solid food.

For every one partaking of milk is unskilful in the word of righteousness; for he is a babe;

For it is impossible that those having been once enlightened, and tasted the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Ghost,

For the earth drinking the rain coming often upon her, and bringing forth the herb nutritious to those by whom it is also cultivated, receives blessings from God:

For God is not unrighteous to forget your work and the divine love which you manifested in his name, having ministered to the saints, and ministering.

For God having promised Abraham, since he had no greater one by whom to swear, swore by himself,

For men swear by the greater: and an oath of confirmation is to them an end to all controversy:

For this Melchizedek, the king of Salem, priest of the Most High God, the one having met Abraham returning from the slaughter of the kings, and blessed him,

For without contradiction the less is blessed by the better.

For he was still in the loins of his father, when Melchizedek met him.

Then indeed if perfection was through the Levitical priesthood, for unto it the people have been tithed, what need is there still that another priest shall rise after the order of Melchizedek, and not be called after the order of Aaron?

For the priesthood being changed, of necessity there is a change of the law.

For he unto whom these things were spoken belongs to another tribe, from which no one ministers at the altar:

for it is evident that our Lord sprang from Judah; in reference to which tribe Moses spoke nothing concerning priests.

For it is testified, Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.

For there is a disannulling of the preceding commandment, on account of its weakness and inadequacy

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

And in as much as it is without an oath, for the priests were made without an oath;

wherefore he is also able to save to the uttermost those coming unto God through him, ever living to intercede for them.

For such a high priest was indeed appropriate unto us, holy, free from sin, undefiled, having been separated from the sinners, and being higher than the heavens;

who had not daily need, as the high priests, first to offer up sacrifices for their own sins, then those of the people: for he did this, having offered up himself once.

For the law institutes men high priests, having infirmity; but the word of the oath, which is after the law, the Son, having been made perfect forever.

For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices: whence it is necessary to have something even that which he may offer.

whosoever serve the pattern and shadow of heavenly things, as Moses about to complete the tabernacle was commanded: for, he says, See that you shall make all things after the pattern which was shown to you in the mount:

For if that first covenant had been faultless, a place would not have been sought for the second.

For finding fault with them, he says, Behold the days are coming, says the Lord, and I will perfect upon the house of Israel and upon the house of Judah, a new covenant:

Then indeed the first tabernacle also, had ordinances of service, and a sanctuary for this world.

For the first tabernacle was made; in which there were candlesticks, and the table, and shew-bread; which is called, Holy.

and into the second comes the high priest alone once a year, not without blood, which he offers for himself, and the errors of the people;

For if the blood of goats and bulls, and the ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctifies unto the purification of the flesh;

For where there is a covenant, it is necessary to bear the death of the covenanter;

for a covenant is valid in case of the dead: since it has no force while the covenanter lives.

For every commandment having been spoken by Moses to all the people according to law, having taken the blood of bullocks and goats, with water, and scarlet wool, and hyssop, he sprinkled both the book itself and all the people,

For Christ did not come into the sanctuaries made with hands, the pattern of the true; but into heaven itself, now to be made manifest unto the face of God in our behalf:

For the law having the shadow of good things to come, not the real image of the things, annually with the same sacrifices which they offer continually, is by no means able to make perfect those coming to it:

for it is impossible that the blood of bulls and goats should take away sins.

Therefore, coming into the world, he says; Sacrifice an offering thou willest not, but thou hast perfected for me a body:

whole burnt offerings and offerings for sins thou wast not pleased with:

Saying above, that Sacrifices and offerings and whole burnt offerings and offerings for sin thou didst not will, neither wast well pleased with; whatsoever are offered according to law;

by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.

and he, having offered up one sacrifice for sins, forever sat down on the right hand of God;

For by one offering he has forever perfected the sanctified.

And the Holy Ghost truly does witness to us: for afterward he said,

But where there is removal of these, there is no more offering for sin.

and washed as to our body with purifying water: let us hold fast the testimony of hope steadfast; for the one having promised is faithful;

For we sinning willingly after we have received the perfect knowledge of the truth, there is left no more sacrifice for sins,

For we know him who said, Vengeance belongs to me, I will repay; and again, The Lord will judge his people.

For you suffered along with the prisoners, and received with joy the spoliation of your goods, knowing that you have a better and abiding possession.

For you have need of patience, in order that, having done the will of God, you will inherit the promise.

For yet a little while, the one coming will come, and will not tarry.

But faith is the confidence of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

For by it the elders receive the witness of the Spirit.

By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and he was not found because God translated him. For before he was translated he had the witness of the Spirit, that he pleased God:

but without faith it is impossible to please him: for it behooves the one coming unto God to believe that he is, and he is a rewarder unto them who seek him out.

By faith Noah, being warned concerning things not yet seen, being moved with fear, prepared an ark for the salvation of his family; by which he condemned the world, and became heir to the righteousness which is according to faith.

By faith Abraham, being called to go out into a place which he was about to receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and went out, not knowing whither he goes.

for he anticipated a city having foundations, whose builder and maker is God.

Therefore indeed they were born of one, and those things of one having died, as the stars of heaven for multitude, and as the sands which are by the sea, which are innumerable.

For those speaking such things declare that they are seeking after a country of their own.

but now they seek a better country, that is, a heavenly. Therefore God is not ashamed to be called their God: for he has prepared for them a city.

choosing rather to suffer affliction with the people of God, than to enjoy the pleasure of sin for a season;

esteeming the reproach of Christ greater riches than the treasures of Egypt: for he was looking unto the recompense of reward.

By faith he left Egypt, not fearing the wrath of the king: for he went out, as seeing the invisible one.

God having reserved something better for us, that they might not be made perfect apart from us.

looking unto Jesus the beginner and perfecter of our faith; who for the joy that was placed before him, endured the cross, looking with contempt at the shame, and has sat down on the right hand of the throne of God.

For consider him who has endured so great a contradiction of sinners against himself, in order that you may not become weary, fainting in your souls.

For you have not yet resisted unto blood, fighting against sin;

for whom the Lord loves he chastises, and scourges every son whom he receives.

Endure unto chastisement; God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom the father does not chastise?

For they indeed for a few days were accustomed to chastise us according to that which seemed right to them; but he made unto our profit, in order that we might partake his holiness.

Indeed no chastisement for the present seems to be truly joyful, but sorrowful: but afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to them who have been disciplined by it.

and make straight paths for your feet, in order that whatsoever is lame may not be turned out of the way, but rather may it be healed.

lest any one may be a fornicator, or a profane person, as was Esau, who for one morsel sold his birthright.

For you know that, wishing to inherit the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance even though having sought it diligently with tears.

For you have not come to the mountain that can be touched, and that is burnt with fire, and unto blackness and darkness, and tempest,