having become by so much better than the angels, as he hath inherited a more excellent name than they.

For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty,

For he hath been counted worthy of more glory than Moses, by so much as he that built the house hath more honor than the house.

And as he was not [constituted] without swearing,??21 for they were made priests without swearing, but he with swearing by him who says to him, The Lord swore, and he will not change, You are a priest forever;??22 by so much is Jesus the pledge of a better covenant.

By so much was Jesus made a surety of a better testament.

But now hath he obtained a ministry the more excellent, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which hath been enacted upon better promises.

not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the custom is with some; but encouraging one another, and by so much the more as ye see the day drawing near.

Therefore, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses [who by faith have testified to the truth of God’s absolute faithfulness], stripping off every unnecessary weight and the sin which so easily and cleverly entangles us, let us run with endurance and active persistence the race that is set before us,

Do not forget to show hospitality to strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.

Jesus Christ is the same today that he was yesterday, and he will be so forever.

equip you with every good deed for doing God's will. [May He] work in us [to accomplish] what is very pleasing in His sight through [the power of] Jesus Christ. May there be praise to Him forever and ever. May it be so.

May God's unearned favor be with all of you. May it be so.