For he in no place taketh on him the angels: but the seed of Abraham taketh he on him.

And no man taketh honour unto himself, but he that is called of God, as was Aaron.

Wherefore, let us leave the doctrine pertaining to the beginning of a Christian man, and let us go unto perfection, and now no more lay the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith toward God,

but that ground, which beareth thorns and briars, is reproved, and is nigh unto cursing: whose end is to be burned.

For when God made promise to Abraham, because he had no greater thing to swear by, he sware by himself,

And no man denieth but that which is less, receiveth blessing of him which is greater.

If now therefore perfection came by the priesthood of the Levites - for under that priesthood the people received the law - what needed it furthermore that another priest should rise, after the order of Melchizedek, and not after the order of Aaron?

Now no doubt, if the priesthood be translated, then of necessity must the law be translated also.

For the law made no thing perfect: but was an introduction of a better hope, by which hope, we draw nigh unto God.

Now hath he obtained a more excellent office, inasmuch as he is the mediator of a better testament, which was made for better promises.

For if that first testament had been faultless, then should no place have been sought for the second.

For in rebuking them he saith, "Behold the days will come, saith the Lord, and I will finish upon the house of Israel, and upon the house of Judah, a new testament;

And they shall not teach, every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, 'know the Lord': For they shall know me, from the least to the most of them.

In that he saith a new testament, he hath abrogated the old. Now that which is disannulled and waxed old, is ready to vanish away.

Over the ark were the cherubims of glory shadowing the seat of grace. Of which things, we will not now speak particularly.

And for this cause is he the mediator of the new testament, that through death which chanced for the redemption of those transgressions that were in the first testament, they which were called might receive the promise of eternal inheritance.

For the testament taketh authority when men are dead: For it is of no value as long as he that made it is alive.

And almost all things are, by the law, purged with blood, and without shedding of blood, is no remission.

For Christ is not entered into the holy places, that are made with hands, which are but similitudes of true things: but is entered into very heaven, for to appear now in the sight of God for us.

for then must he have often suffered since the world began: But now in the end of the world, hath he appeared once, to put sin to flight, by the offering up of himself.

For would not then those sacrifices have ceased to have been offered? Because that the offerers, once purged, should have had no more consciences of sins.

In sacrifices and sin offerings thou hast no lust.

and their sins and iniquities will I remember no more."

And where remission of these things is, there is no more offering for sin.

by the new and living way, which he hath prepared for us, through the veil, that is to say by his flesh.

let us draw nigh with a true heart in a full faith sprinkled in our hearts, from an evil conscience, and washed in our bodies with pure water,

and let us not forsake the fellowship that we have among ourselves, as the manner of some is: but let us exhort one another, and that so much the more, because ye see that the day draweth nigh.

For if we sin willingly after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins:

For we know him that hath said, "Vengeance belongeth unto me, I will recompense, saith the Lord." And again, "the Lord shall judge his people."

But the just shall live by faith. And if he withdraw himself, my soul shall have no pleasure in him.

By faith Noah honoured God, after that he was warned of things which were not seen, and prepared the ark to the saving of his household, through the which ark he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which cometh by faith.

But now they desire a better, that is to say a heavenly. Wherefore God is not ashamed of them, even to be called their God: for he hath prepared for them a city.

No manner chastising for the present time seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless, afterward it bringeth the quiet fruit of righteousness unto them which are therein exercised.

Embrace peace with all men, and holiness; without the which, no man shall see the Lord.

And look to, that no man be destitute of the grace of God, and that no root of bitterness spring up and trouble; and thereby many be defiled:

and that there be no fornicator, or unclean person, as Esau, which for one breakfast sold his birthright.

Ye know how that afterward when that he would have inherited the blessing, he was put by, and he found no means to come thereby again: no, though he desired it with tears.

and to Jesus, the mediator of the new testament, and to the sprinkling of blood that speaketh better than the blood of Abel.

whose voice then shook the earth, and now declareth, saying "Yet once more will I shake, not the earth only, but also heaven."

No doubt the same that he sayeth, "yet once more," signifieth the removing away of those things which are shaken, as of things which have ended their course: that the things which are not shaken may remain.

For here have we no continuing city: but we seek a one to come.

Know the brother Timothy, whom we have sent from us, with whom, if he come shortly, I will see you.