thou hast subjected all things under his feet. For in subjecting all things to him, he has left nothing unsubject to him. But now we see not yet all things subjected to him,

Now consider how great this personage was, to whom even the patriarch Abraham gave a tenth out of the spoils.

Now a summary of the things of which we are speaking is, We have such a one high priest who has sat down on the right hand of the throne of the greatness in the heavens;

But now he has got a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is mediator of a better covenant, which is established on the footing of better promises.

and above over it the cherubim of glory shadowing the mercy-seat; concerning which it is not now the time to speak in detail.

Now these things being thus ordered, into the first tabernacle the priests enter at all times, accomplishing the services;

For the Christ is not entered into holy places made with hand, figures of the true, but into heaven itself, now to appear before the face of God for us:

since he had then been obliged often to suffer from the foundation of the world. But now once in the consummation of the ages he has been manifested for the putting away of sin by his sacrifice.

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

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

whose voice then shook the earth; but now he has promised, saying, Yet once will I shake not only the earth, but also the heaven.