For to which of the angels did God ever say, "You are my son, today I have begotten you"? And again, "I will be a father to him and he shall be a son to me"?

But to which of the angels has he ever said, "Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies a stool for your feet"?

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

And again, "I will put my trust in him." And again, "Here am I, and the children God has given me."

where your fathers put me to the test and saw my works for forty years.

Therefore I was angry with that generation, and said, 'They always go astray in their hearts; and they have not known my ways.'

As I swore in my wrath, 'They shall never enter my rest.'"

But exhort one another every day, as long as it is called "Today," so that none of you may be hardened by the deceitfulness of sin.

For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said, "As I swore in my wrath, 'They shall never enter my rest,'" although his works were finished from the foundation of the world.

And again in this place he said, "They shall never enter my rest."

Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

So also Christ did not exalt himself to become a high priest, but it was he who said to him, "You are my son, today I have begotten you";

so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

not like the covenant that I made with their fathers on the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; for they did not continue in my covenant, and so I paid no heed to them, says the Lord.

This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put my laws into their minds, and I will write them on their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

And they shall not teach every one his fellow or every one his brother, saying, 'Know the Lord,' for all shall know me, from the least of them to the greatest.

For this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, that those who are called may receive the promised eternal inheritance, now that he has died as a ransom to set them free from the transgressions committed under the first covenant.

Therefore, when Christ came into the world, he said: "Sacrifice and offering you did not desire, but a body you prepared for me;

Then I said, 'Behold, I have come to do your will, O God,' as it is written of me in the roll of the book."

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

For you have need of endurance, so that when you have done the will of God, you may receive what was promised.

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

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

Consider him who endured from sinners such hostility against himself, so that you may not grow weary and lose heart.

And have you forgotten the exhortation which addresses you as sons? "My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor lose courage when you are rebuked by him.

For they disciplined us for a short time as seemed best to them, but he disciplines us for our good, that we may share his holiness.

and make straight paths for your feet, so that what is lame may not be put out of joint, but rather be healed.

This phrase, "Yet once more," indicates the removing of those things which can be shaken, as of created things, in order that what cannot be shaken may remain.

So we say with confidence, "The Lord is my helper; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?"

I urge you all the more to do this so that I may be restored to you the sooner.

Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the eternal covenant,

I urge you, brethren, bear with my word of exhortation, for I have written to you briefly.