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

But to which of the angels hath he ever said: "Sit on my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool?"

saying, "I will declare thy name to my brethren, in the midst of the congregation will I sing praise to thee."

And again, "I will put my trust in him;" and again, "Behold, I, and the children which God gave me."

where your fathers tempted me by proving me, and saw my works forty years.

Wherefore I was offended with that generation, and said, They always err in their heart, but they knew not my ways;

so I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest."

But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called Today, that none of you may be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin.

For we who believed enter into the rest, as he hath said: "So I swore in my wrath, they shall not enter into my rest;" although the works were finished from the foundation of the world.

and in this place again: "They shall not enter into my rest."

Let us then strive to enter into that rest, that no one may fall, as a like example of disobedience.

Let us therefore come boldly to the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

For every highpriest, being taken from among men, is appointed for men in things pertaining to God, that he may offer both gifts and sacrifices for sins;

Thus Christ did not glorify himself to be made highpriest, but he who said to him, "Thou art my Son, I this day have begotten thee;"

But we earnestly desire that every one of you may show the same diligence with regard to the full assurance of your hope even to the end;

that ye may not become slothful, but imitators of those who through faith and endurance inherit the promises.

that by two immutable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we may have strong encouragement, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us;

For every highpriest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices; whence it is necessary that this one also have something which he may offer.

not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers, in the day when I took them by the hand, to bring them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, saith the Lord.

For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, saith the Lord: I will put my laws into their mind, and on their hearts will I write them; and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.

And they shall not teach every one his fellowcitizen, and every one his brother, saying, Know the Lord; for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest.

And for this cause he is the mediator of a new covenant, that, death having taken place for redemption from the transgressions under the first covenant, they who have been called may receive the everlasting inheritance which was promised.

Wherefore, when he cometh into the world, he saith: "Sacrifice and offering thou wouldest not, but a body didst thou prepare for me;

then hath he said, "Lo, I have come to do thy will." He setteth aside the first, that he may establish the second.

"This is the covenant that I will make with them after those days," the Lord saith, "I will put my laws into their hearts, and in their minds will I write them,

For we know him who said, "Vengeance belongeth to me, I will recompense, saith the Lord;" and again, "The Lord will judge his people."

For ye have need of endurance; that, after ye have done the will of God, ye may receive what is promised.

Now my righteous man shall live by faith; but if he draw back, my soul hath no pleasure in him."

And what shall I say more? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon, of Barak, and Samson, and Jephthah, of David and Samuel, and the prophets;

and ye have forgotten the exhortation, which reasoneth with you as with sons: "My son, despise not the chastening of the Lord, nor faint when reproved by him;

and make straight paths for your feet, that the lame may not be turned out of the way, but may rather be healed.

And this expression, "Yet once more," signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken, as of things that have been made, in order that those things which are not shaken may abide.

Wherefore receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably, with reverence and godly fear.

so that we boldly say, "The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear; what shall man do to me?"

Obey your leaders, and submit yourselves to them; for they keep watch in behalf of your souls, as those who must give an account; that they may do this with joy, and not with grief; for this is not for your advantage.

but I the more earnestly entreat you to do this, that I may be restored to you the sooner.

Now may the God of peace, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep through the blood of an everlasting covenant, even our Lord Jesus,

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