Therefore, let us draw near boldly to the Throne of Love, to find pity and love for the hour of need.

Jesus, in the days of his earthly life, offered prayers and supplications, with earnest cries and with tears, to him who was able to save him from death; and he was heard because of his devout submission.

For God is not unjust; he will not forget the work that you did, and the love that you showed for his Name, in sending help to your fellow Christians--as you are still doing.

There is no record of his father, or mother, or lineage, nor again of any beginning of his days, or end of his life. In this he resembles the Son of God, and stands before us as a priest whose priesthood is continuous.

Those descendants of Levi, who are from time to time appointed to the priesthood, are directed to collect tithes from the people in accordance with the Law--that is from their own Brothers, although they also are descended from Abraham.

In the one case the tithes are received by mortal men; in the other case by one about whom there is the statement that his life still continues.

Moreover, in a sense, even Levi, who is the receiver of the tithes, has, through Abraham, paid tithes;

for Levi was still in the body of his ancestor when Melchizedek met Abraham.

and that he was appointed, not under a Law regulating only earthly matters, but by virtue of a life beyond the reach of death;

Let us vie with one another in a rivalry of love and noble actions.

How much worse then, think you, will be the punishment deserved by those who have trampled underfoot the Son of God, who have treated the blood that rendered the Covenant valid--the very blood by which they were purified--as of no account, and who have outraged the Spirit of Love?

And through faith the Righteous man shall find his Life, But, if a man draws back, my heart can find no pleasure in him.'

It was faith that made him go to live as an emigrant in the Promised Land--as in a strange country--living there in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who shared the promise with him.

Women received back their dead raised to life. Some were tortured on the wheel, and refused release in order that they might rise to a better life.

Further, when our earthly fathers disciplined us, we respected them. Shall we not, then, much rather yield submission to the Father of souls, and live?

No discipline is pleasant at the time; on the contrary, it is painful. But afterwards its fruit is seen in the peacefulness of a righteous life which is the lot of those who have been trained under it.

Try earnestly to live at peace with every one, and to attain to that purity without which no one will see the Lord.

Let your love for the Brethren continue. :24 Give our greeting to all your Leaders, and to all Christ's People. Our friends from Italy send their greetings to you.

Let marriage be honoured by all and the married life be pure; for God will judge those who are immoral and those who commit adultery.

Do not let your conduct be ruled by the love of money. Be content with what you have, for God himself has said-- 'I will never forsake you, nor will I ever abandon you.'