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

Therefore, we ought to give the more earnest heed to the things which we have heard, lest we let them glide away.

Where fore, I was angry with that generation, and said, They do always err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

For we have had the good news preached to us, even as they had: but the word preached did not profit them, for it was not mixed with faith in those who heard it.

For we who have believed are to enter into rest, as he said: So I swore in my anger, they shall not enter into my rest; namely, that rest from his works which had been finished from the foundation of the world.

For if Joshua had given them rest, he would not, after this, have spoken of another day.

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

For we have not a high priest that can not sympathize with our infirmities; but he was tempted in all things like ourselves, yet without sin.

being able to have compassion on the ignorant and erring, because he himself is beset with infirmity:

So, also, the Christ did not take upon himself the honor of becoming a high priest: but he gave him this honor, who said to him, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee:

Of him we have many things to say, and difficult to be explained, if we do say them, since you are slow in understanding.

For though you ought to be teachers, considering the time, yet you have need that some one teach you again what are the first elements of the oracles of God; and you have be come such as have need of milk, and not of strong food.

But strong food belongs to those who are of mature age, who, by use, have their internal senses exercised to the discerning of both good and evil.

For it is impossible to renew again to repentance those who have once been enlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and have been made partakers of the Holy Spirit,

and have tasted the good word of God, and the powers of the coming age,

For God is not unjust, that he should forget your work, and the love which you have shown for his name by having ministered to the saints, and by continuing to minister.

But we desire every one of you to show the same diligence, in order to have your hope fully assured to the end:

that by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have strong consolation, who have fled to lay hold on the hope set before us;

which, hope we have as an anchor for the soul, both sure and steadfast, and which enters in beyond the vail,

And those of the sons of Levi, who receive the office of priesthood, have a commandment to take tithes of the people according to the law, that is, of their brethren, though they come out of the loins of Abraham:

And those priests, indeed, have been many, because they were prevented by death from continuing in office.

For the law makes men high priests, who have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was after the law, makes the Son, who is perfected forever.

Now concerning the things that have been spoken, the principal point is this: We have such a high priest, who has taken his seat at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens;

For every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices: wherefore, it is necessary that this one also have something which he may offer.

For if that first covenant had been faultless, no place would have been sought for a second.

for then, he must have suffered often since the foundation of the world. But now once in the end of the ages, he has appeared in order to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

for then, would they not have ceased to be offered? because the worshipers, after being once cleansed, would no longer have a consciousness of sins.

For if we sin willfully, after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no longer a sacrifice for sins;

For you sympathized with me in my bonds, and endured joyfully the seizure of your possessions, knowing that you have for yourselves a better and abiding substance in the heavens.

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

But the just by faith shall live; and if he draw back, my soul will have no pleasure in him.

By faith we understand that the ages were set in order by the word of God, so that the things which are seen, have not come into being from things that appear.

And if indeed they had been mindful of that from which they came, they could have had an opportunity to return.

Wherefore, since we also have so great a cloud of witnesses lying round about us, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin that so easily besets us, and let us run with patience the race that lies before us,

You have not yet resisted to blood, in your contest with sin;

and you have forgotten the exhortation which is addressed to you as to sons: My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when you are reproved by him.

So, then, we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us, and we reverenced them; shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of our spirits, and live?

For you have not come to a mountain that may be touched, and that burns with fire, and to blackness and darkness and tempest,

But you have come to Mount Zion, and the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels;

And this prophecy, Yet once more, signifies the removing of the things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, that the things which can not be shaken may remain.

Wherefore, as we receive a kingdom that can not be shaken, let us have gratitude, by which we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear:

Be not forgetful to entertain strangers: for, by this means, some have unconsciously entertained angels.

Let there be no money-loving disposition; be content with such things as you have. For he has said: I will never leave you, nor will I ever forsake you.

Remember those who rule over you, who have spoken to you the word of God: attentively consider the result of their conduct, and imitate their faith.

Be not carried away by various and strange teachings: for it is good that the heart be strengthened with grace, not with meats, which have not profited those who were occupied with them.

We have a sacrifice, of which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat.

For here we have no abiding city, but we seek one to come.

Pray for us: for we trust that we have a good conscience, willing to live honor ably in all things.

I beseech you, brethren, bear with my word of exhortation: for I have written to you in few words.