For to whom of the angels said He at any time, "You are My Son; I this day have begotten you?" And again, "I will be to him a Father; and He shall be to me a Son?"

Since, therefore, the children have partaken of blood and flesh, He Himself also in like manner took part of the same; that, through death, He might bring to nought him who had the power of death, that is, the Devil;

for we have become partakers of Christ, if we hold fast the beginning of our confidence firm to the end:

Let us, therefore, fear, lest a promise still being left of entering into His rest, any one of you should seem to have come short of it.

For, indeed, we have had the Gospel proclaimed to us, even as also they; but the word which they heard did not profit them, not having been mingled with faith on the part of those who heard.

For, had Joshua given them rest, He would not afterward have spoken of another day.

for we have not a High Priest, unable to sympathize with our infirmities, but One Who hath been tempted in all points like as we, apart from sin.

Thus Christ also glorified not Himself to become a high priest, but He Who spake to Him, "Thou art My Son, this day have I begotten Thee";

Concerning Whom we have much to say and difficult to explain, since ye have become dull of hearing.

For even when, on account of the time, ye ought to be teachers, ye again have need that some one teach you the first elements of the oracles of God, and have become such as have need of milk, and not of solid food;

but solid food is for full-grown men, who by practice have their senses trained for the discernment both of good and evil.

But, beloved, we have become persuaded better things concerning you, and things accompanying salvation, even though we thus speak;

that, through two immutable facts, in which it is impossible that God should lie, we may have strong encouragement, who fled for refuge to lay hold of the hope set before us;

which we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and firm, and entering into the place within the veil;

And those, indeed, from among the sons of Levi, who receive the priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, (though having come out of the loins of Abraham);

If, therefore, there was perfection through the Levitical priesthood (for under it the people have received the law), what further need was there, that another Priest should arise according to the rank of Melchizedek, and not be reckoned according to the rank of Aaron?

(for they, indeed, have been made priests without an oath; but He with an oath through Him Who said to Him, "The Lord swore, and will not repent, Thou art a Priest forever");

And they, indeed, have been made priests many in number, because by death they are hindered from continuing;

for the law constitutes men high priests who have infirmity, but the word of the oath, which was after the law, constitutes the Son perfected forever.

Now as a main point to the things being spoken, we have such a High Priest, Who sat down on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in Heaven,

For every high priest is appointed to offer both gifts and sacrifices; wherefore, it is necessary that This One also have something which He may offer.

Verily, therefore, the first covenant used to have ordinances of divine service, and the sanctuary pertaining to the world.

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

And, for this cause, He is the Mediator of a new covenant, that, death having taken place for redemption from the transgressions against the first covenant, those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

else would they not have ceased to be offered? because the worshipers, having been cleansed once for all, would have had no more conscience of sins.

then hath He said, "Lo, I have come to do Thy will." He taketh away the first, that He may establish the second:

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

for ye both sympathized with those in bonds, and took joyfully the spoiling of your possessions; knowing that ye yourselves have a better possession and an abiding one.

For ye have need of patience, that, after having done the will of God, ye may receive the promise.

By faith we perceive that the ages have been constituted by the word of God, so that what is seen has not arisen out of things that appear.

And, if, indeed, they had been mindful of that country from which they went out, they would have had opportunity to return.

choosing rather to suffer evil with the people of God, than to have an enjoyment of sin for a season;

and ye have forgotten the exhortation which, indeed, reasons with you as with sons: "My son, do not lightly regard the chastening of the Lord; neither faint, when reproved by Him;

But, if ye are without chastisement, of which all have become partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.

Furthermore, we used to have the fathers of our flesh as chasteners, and we reverenced them: shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of our spirits, and live?

All chastening, indeed, for the present seems not to be joyous, but grievous; but afterward it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained thereby.

For ye have not come to a mount that is touched and burning with fire, and to blackness, and darkness, and tempest,

But ye have come to Mount Zion, and to the city of the Living God, the Heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels,

But the expression, "Yet once more," signifies the removal of the things shaken, as of things that have been made, that the things that are not shaken may remain.

Wherefore, receiving a kingdom that cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear;

We have an altar, from which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat.

For we have not here an abiding city, but we are seeking for the one about to come.

Pray for us; for we are persuaded that we have a good conscience, desiring to deport ourselves honestly in all things.