For not yet does he take upon himself the nature of angels, but he takes upon himself the seed of Abraham.

For in that he himself suffered being tempted, he is able to succor those who are tempted.

being able to sympathize with the ignorant and erring, since himself is also compassed about with infirmity;

and on this account he has need, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer sacrifices for sins.

And no one takes this honor to himself, but the one called of God, as indeed Aaron was.

Likewise Christ also did not glorify himself to become a high priest, but the one having spoken to him, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee:

For God having promised Abraham, since he had no greater one by whom to swear, swore by himself,

who had not daily need, as the high priests, first to offer up sacrifices for their own sins, then those of the people: for he did this, having offered up himself once.

and into the second comes the high priest alone once a year, not without blood, which he offers for himself, and the errors of the people;

how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered up himself without spot to God, purify our conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

neither in order that he may frequently offer up himself, as the high priest goes into the holies once a year with the blood of another;

since it behooved him frequently to suffer from the foundation of the world: but now in the end of the ages he has been made manifest unto the removal of sin through the sacrifice of himself.

For consider him who has endured so great a contradiction of sinners against himself, in order that you may not become weary, fainting in your souls.