but of the Son, Thy throne, God, is forever and ever; the sceptre of thy kingdom is a sceptre of rectitude.

they shall perish, but thou shalt continue; and they shall all become old like a garment,

and like a mantle thou shalt fold them up, and they shall be changed, but thou art the same and thy years shall not fail.

But one somewhere testified, saying, What is man that thou art mindful of him, or a son of man that thou visitest him?

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.

But we see Jesus, made a little less than angels, on account of the suffering of death crowned with glory and honor, that by the grace of God he should taste death for every [man].

For indeed he helped not angels, but he helped the descendants of Abraham.

For every house is built by some one; but he that built all things is God.

but Christ as a son over his house, whose house are we, if we hold fast the confidence and rejoicing of the hope.

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

For we have also received the good news as they did; but the word of the report did not profit them, not being accompanied with faith in those who heard.

For we have not a chief priest who cannot sympathise with our infirmities, but one tried in all respects as we are, without sin.

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

So also Christ did not put on himself the honor of being made a chief priest, but he that said to him, Thou art my Son, to-day have I begotten thee;

but solid food is for the perfect, having their perceptive faculties exercised by practice to distinguish both good and evil.

But the land which drinks in the rain that often falls on it, and produces plants beneficial to those by whom it is cultivated, receives a blessing from God;

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

But we are persuaded better things of you, beloved, and things pertaining to salvation, though we thus speak.

But we desire each of you to show the same diligence to the full assurance of hope to the end,

that you be not stupid, but followers of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.

without father, without mother, without genealogy, having neither a beginning of days nor end of life, but being made like the Son of God, continues a priest forever.

but he whose descent is not reckoned from them received tithes of Abraham, and blessed him who has the promises.

But beyond all contradiction, the less is blessed by the greater.

And here, men who die receive tithes, but there, one of whom it is testified that he lives.

And so to speak, Levi also who receives tithes paid tithes through Abraham;

who was not a priest after the law of an external commandment, but after the power of imperishable life.

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

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.

but he, on account of his continuing for ever, has a priesthood which passes not away,

For the law constitutes men chief priests having infirmity, but the word of the oath which is after the law the Son made perfect forever.

BUT the chief thing in addition to what has been said is, that we have such a chief priest who sat on the right hand of the throne of the majesty in the heavens,

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].

This is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord; I will put my laws in their minds, and will write them in their hearts, and I will be to them a God, and they shall be to me a people.

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

But behind the second vail is the tabernacle, called the inner sanctuary,

but into the second once a year only the chief priest [enters], not without blood, which he offers for his errors and those of the people,

But Christ having come, a chief priest of the good times that were to come, with a greater and a more perfect tabernacle not made with hands, that is, not of this creation,

not with blood of goats and bullocks, but with his own blood, entered once into the sanctuary having found eternal redemption.

It was necessary, therefore, that the symbols of things in the heavens should be purified with these, but the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these.

For Christ did not enter into the sanctuary made with hands, a type of the true, but into heaven itself, and already has appeared before God for us,

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.

And as it is appointed to men once to die, but after this is the judgment,

But in them there was a remembrance of sins, year by year;

Wherefore, coming into the world, he says, A sacrifice and offering thou didst not desire, but a body didst thou prepare me.

but this [priest] having offered one sacrifice forever for sins, sat down on the right hand of God,

This is the covenant which I will make with them after those days, the Lord says, I will put my laws in their hearts, and in their minds will I write them,

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

not forsaking our own congregation as some are in the habit of [doing], but exhorting [others], and so much the more as you see the day approaching.

but a fearful expectation of judgment and fiery indignation, which is about to consume the adversaries.

But remember the former days, in which having been enlightened you endured a great conflict with sufferings,

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

But we are not of those who draw back to perdition, but of faith to the saving of the soul.

But faith is a confidence in respect to things hoped for, a conviction of things not seen.

but without faith it is impossible to please; for he that comes to God, must believe that he is and that he is a rewarder of those that seek him.

All these died in faith not having received the promises, but having seen and saluted them from a distance, and having professed that they were foreigners and strangers on the earth.

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.

extinguished the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, became mighty in war, put to flight encampments of foreigners;

But if you are without correction of which all are partakers, then you are of foreign birth, and not sons.

For they for a few days corrected us as seemed good to them, but he for the best, that we may partake of his holiness.

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.

and make straight courses for your feet, that the lame may not be turned out of the way, but may rather be healed.

and so fearful was the sight, that Moses said, I fear and tremble,??22 but you have come to Zion, the mountain and city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to myriads of angels in general assembly,

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.

Marriage is honorable in all, and married life without blame; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.

for we have not here a city that continues, but we seek that which is to come.