in these last days he has spoken to us in a son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world.

Thus he became so far better than the angels as he has inherited a name superior to theirs.

You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness. So God, your God, has anointed you over your companions with the oil of rejoicing."

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

Again he says, "I will be confident in him," and again, "Here I am, with the children God has given me."

For he has come to deserve greater glory than Moses, just as the builder of a house deserves greater honor than the house itself!

See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has an evil, unbelieving heart that forsakes the living God.

For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, "As I swore in my anger, 'They will never enter my rest!'" And yet God's works were 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 enters God's rest has also rested from his works, just as God did from his own works.

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

For we do not have a high priest incapable of sympathizing with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way just as we are, yet without sin.

For the ground that has soaked up the rain that frequently falls on it and yields useful vegetation for those who tend it receives a blessing from God.

Without father, without mother, without genealogy, he has neither beginning of days nor end of life but is like the son of God, and he remains a priest for all time.

Yet the one these things are spoken about belongs to a different tribe, and no one from that tribe has ever officiated at the altar.

who has become a priest not by a legal regulation about physical descent but by the power of an indestructible life.

but Jesus did so with a sworn affirmation by the one who said to him, "The Lord has sworn and will not change his mind, 'You are a priest forever'" --

accordingly Jesus has become the guarantee of a better covenant.

He has no need to do every day what those priests do, to offer sacrifices first for their own sins and then for the sins of the people, since he did this in offering himself once for all.

But now Jesus has obtained a superior ministry, since the covenant that he mediates is also better and is enacted on better promises.

But now Christ has come as the high priest of the good things to come. He passed through the greater and more perfect tent not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,

And so he is the mediator of a new covenant, so that those who are called may receive the eternal inheritance he has promised, since he died to set them free from the violations committed under the first covenant.

and said, "This is the blood of the covenant that God has commanded you to keep."

for then he would have had to suffer again and again since the foundation of the world. But now he has appeared once for all at the consummation of the ages to put away sin by his sacrifice.

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

How much greater punishment do you think that person deserves who has contempt for the Son of God, and profanes the blood of the covenant that made him holy, and insults the Spirit of grace?

So do not throw away your confidence, because it has great reward.

By faith we understand that the worlds were set in order at God's command, so that the visible has its origin in the invisible.

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

keeping our eyes fixed on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. For the joy set out for him he endured the cross, disregarding its shame, and has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of God.

Then his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, "I will once more shake not only the earth but heaven too."

Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said, "I will never leave you and I will never abandon you."

You should know that our brother Timothy has been released. If he comes soon, he will be with me when I see you.