who, being the effulgence of his glory and the exact representation of his essence, and upholding all things by his own powerful word, when he had by himself made expiation for our sins, sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,

For, inasmuch as he himself has suffered in being tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.

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

and on account of this, he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to make offering for sins.

And no one takes this honor to himself, but he that is called by God, as Aaron also was called.

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:

For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he swore by himself,

who needs not daily, as those high priests, to offer up sacrifices, first for his own sins, and then for the sins of the people: for this he did once, when he offered up himself.

But into the second, the high priest alone went, once during the year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:

how much more will the blood of the Christ, who, through the eternal Spirit, offered himself without spot to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works, in order that you may serve the living God?

For the Christ has not entered the holy places made with hands, the copies of the true; but he has entered heaven itself, now to present himself in the presence of God for us.

Nor has he entered, that he should offer himself often, as the high priest enters the holy places every year with the blood of another:

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.

but after offering one sacrifice for sins, he himself sits continually at the right hand of God,

For consider him that endured such opposition of sinners against himself, lest you become weary and despondent in your minds.