and put everything in subjection under his feet." Now in putting everything in subjection to him, he left nothing that is not subject to him. As it is, we do not yet see everything subject to him.

Now Moses was faithful in all God's house as a servant, to testify to the things that were to be spoken later,

Now if perfection could have been through the Levitical priesthood (for on the basis of it the people received the Law), what further need was there for another priest to arise according to the order of Melchizedek, and not one designated according to the order of Aaron?

Now the point in what we are saying is this: we have such a high priest, one who is seated at the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in heaven,

Now if he were on earth, he would not be a priest at all, since there are priests who offer the gifts according to the law.

Now even the first covenant had regulations for worship and an earthly sanctuary.

and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. But of these things we cannot now speak in detail.

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.

For Christ did not enter a holy place made with hands, a copy of the true one, but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us.

For then he would have had to suffer repeatedly since the foundation of the world. But now, he has appeared once for all at the end of the ages to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.

Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.

Then his voice shook the earth, but now he has promised, "Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also heaven."

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,