in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son, whom he appointed heir of all [things], through whom also he made the world,

having become by so much better than the angels, by as much as he has inherited a more excellent name than theirs.

You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; because of this God, your God, has anointed you with the olive oil of joy more than your companions.

But to which of the angels has he ever said, "Sit down at my right hand, until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet."

And again, "I will trust in him." And again, "Behold, I and the children God has given me."

Therefore, since the children share in blood and flesh, he also in like manner shared in these [same things], in order that through death he could destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,

For this one is considered worthy of greater glory than Moses, inasmuch as the one who builds it has greater honor than the house.

For we who have believed enter into rest, just as he has said, "As I swore in my anger, '{They will never enter} into my rest.'" And yet these works have been accomplished from the foundation of the world.

For he has spoken somewhere about the seventh [day] in this way: "And God rested on the seventh day from all his works,"

For the one who has entered into his rest has also himself rested from his works, just as God [did] from his own [works].

Therefore, [because we] have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast to our confession.

For we do not have a high priest who is not able to sympathize with our weaknesses, but who has been tempted in all [things] in the same way, without sin.

And, {so to speak}, even Levi, the one who receives tithes, has paid tithes through Abraham.

For the one about whom these [things] are spoken belongs to another tribe from which no one has officiated at the altar.

who has become [a priest] not according to a law of physical requirement, but according to the power of an indestructible life.

but he with an oath by the one who said to him, "The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, 'You [are] a priest {forever}'"),

by so much more Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

Now [this is] the main point in what has been said: we have a high priest such as this, who sat down at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,

But now he has attained a more excellent ministry, by as much as he is also mediator of a better covenant which has been enacted upon better promises.

In calling [it] new, he has declared the former [to be old]. Now what is becoming obsolete and growing old [is] near to disappearing.

But Christ has arrived [as] a high priest of the good [things] to come. Through the greater and more perfect tent not made by hands, that is, not of this creation,

And because of this, he is the mediator of a new covenant, in order that, [because] a death has taken place for the redemption of transgressions [committed] during the first covenant, those who are the called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

saying, "This [is] the blood of the covenant that God has commanded for you."

since it would have been necessary for him to suffer many times from the foundation of the world, but now he has appeared once at the end of the ages for the removal of sin by the sacrifice of himself.

then he has said, "Behold, I have come to do your will." He takes away the first in order to establish the second,

For by one offering he has perfected for all time those who are made holy.

Therefore do not throw away your confidence, which has great reward.

For he was expecting the city that has foundations, whose architect and builder [is] God.

But now they aspire to a better [land], that is, a heavenly [one]. Therefore God is not ashamed of them, to be called their God, for he has prepared for them a city.

Therefore, [since] we also have such a great cloud of witnesses surrounding us, putting aside every weight and {the sin that so easily ensnares us}, let us run with patient endurance the race that has been set before us,

fixing our eyes on Jesus, the originator and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, disregarding the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.

whose voice shook the earth at that time, but now he has promised, saying, "Yet once [more] I will shake not only the earth but also heaven."

Your lifestyle [must be] free from the love of money, being content with what you have. For he himself has said, "I will never desert you, and I will never abandon you."

Know [that] our brother Timothy has been released, with whom I will see you, if he comes quickly [enough].