thou didst subject all things under his feet. For in subjecting all things to him, he left nothing not subjected to him. But now we do not yet see all things subjected to him.

Wherefore I was displeased with that generation and said, They always err in mind, and they did not know my ways,

but exhort one another daily, while it is called to-day, that no one of you may be hardened by the deception of sin;

Let us use diligence, therefore to enter into that rest [the heavenly rest], that no one may fall, after the same example of disobedience.

And no one takes the honor on himself but he that is called by God, even as Aaron also was.

but that which produces thorns and thistles is disapproved, and is nigh to a curse, the end of which is to be burned.

For he of whom these things are said belonged to another tribe, of which no one attended to the altar;

for the law made nothing perfect, but was the introduction of a better hope through which we draw nigh to God.

who has no need daily as the chief priests first to present sacrifices for their sins, then for those of the people; for this he did once for all, having offered himself.

but now he has obtained a more excellent service, by as much also as he is the mediator of a better covenant, which is established on better promises.

For if that first covenant had been faultless, no place would have been sought for the second. [But it was not].

For finding fault with them he says, Behold, the days come, says the Lord, that I will make with the house of Israel and the house of Judah, a new covenant,

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

For I will be merciful to their wickedness, and their sins and transgressions will I remember no more.

By saying new, he made the first old; but that which is ancient and weak is about to perish.

and over it were the cherubs of glory, overshadowing the propitiation; of which it is not necessary now to speak particularly.

And for this cause he is the mediator of the new covenant, that death having been for a redemption of transgressions [transgressors] under the first covenant, the called might receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.

And almost all things, according to the law, are purified with blood, and without the pouring out of blood there is no forgiveness.

since it was necessary that it should suffer often from the foundation of the world, but now once at the consummation of the world he has been manifested to destroy sins by the sacrifice of himself.

if they could, would they not have ceased to be offered, because those serving would have had no longer a knowledge of sins, having been once purified?

then I said, Behold, I come,??n the volume of the book it is written of me,??o do thy will, O God.

and their sins and transgressions will I remember no more.

But where there is a forgiveness of these, an offering for sin is no longer required.

which [entrance] he consecrated for us a new and living way through the vail, that is his flesh,

For if we sin willingly after having received the knowledge of the truth, there is no longer a sacrifice left for sins,

For we know him that said, Judgment belongs to me, I will repay. And again, The Lord will judge his people.

but my righteous one shall live by faith, and if he draws back my soul takes no pleasure in him.

We know by faith that the worlds were made by the word of God, that the seen was not made from the apparent.

By faith Noah having been divinely instructed concerning things not yet seen, fearing built the ark for the salvation of his house, by which he condemned the world, and became an heir of the righteousness by faith.

but now they seek a better, that is a heavenly [country]. Wherefore God is not ashamed of them to be called their God; for he has prepared for them a city.

And no correction seems to be joyful for the present but painful, but afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those exercised by it.

Follow peace with all men and holiness, without which no one shall see the Lord,

taking care that no one may come short of the grace of God, that no root of bitterness springing up may make trouble and by it many be defiled,

that no one may be a fornicator or unholy person like Esau, who for one meal sold his birthright.

For you know that afterwards, wishing also to inherit the blessing, he was rejected; for he found no place for a change of mind, though he sought it with tears.

and to Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to a sprinkled blood which speaks better than Abel.

whose voice then shook the earth, but now it has been promised, saying, Hereafter once for all I will shake not only the earth, but also heaven.

We have an altar of which those who serve the tabernacle have no right to eat.

Know that brother Timothy has been released, with whom, if he comes soon, I will see you.