and, having been made perfect, He became the Author of eternal life to all who obey Him;

for God is not unrighteous to forget your work, and the love which ye showed toward His name, in having ministered to the saints, and still ministering.

without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither beginning of days nor end of life, but made like to the Son of God), abides a priest continually.

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);

And, so to speak, through Abraham even Levi, who takes tithes, has paid tithes;

Who hath been made Priest, not according to a law of a carnal commandment, but according to the power of an endless life;

and let us consider one another, to incite to love and good works;

"But My righteous one shall live by faith, and, if he draw back, My soul has no pleasure in him."

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?

Let brotherly love continue.

Do not forget to show love for strangers; for thereby some entertained angels unawares.

Remember those who are your leaders, who spake to you the word of God; and, considering the issue of whose manner of life, imitate their faith.