has at the end of these days spoken to us through a Son, who is the pre-destined Lord of the universe, and through whom He made the Ages.

Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;

But of the Son he says, Your seat of power, O God, is for ever and ever; and the rod of your kingdom is a rod of righteousness.

God bearing, besides, witness with them to it, both by signs and wonders, and various acts of power, and distributions of the Holy Spirit, according to his will?

But, as we know, a writer has solemnly said, "How poor a creature is man, and yet Thou dost remember him, and a son of man, and yet Thou dost come to him!

Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself likewise took part of the same; that through death he might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;

And Moses verily was faithful in all his house, as a minister, to bear witness of those things which should be spoken afterward.

where your fathers provoked me to give proofs of my power forty years, tho' they saw my works.

For indeed we have had the good news [of salvation] preached to us, just as the Israelites also [when the good news of the promised land came to them]; but the message they heard did not benefit them, because it was not united with faith [in God] by those who heard.

For the word of God is living and active and full of power [making it operative, energizing, and effective]. It is sharper than any two-edged sword, penetrating as far as the division of the soul and spirit [the completeness of a person], and of both joints and marrow [the deepest parts of our nature], exposing and judging the very thoughts and intentions of the heart.

And there is not a creature unapparent before him; but all things are naked and laid bare to his eyes, with whom we have to do.

who can bear gently with the ignorant and erring, for that he himself also is compassed with infirmity;

and have tasted the good word of God, and the works of power of the age to come,

but if it bear thorns and briers it is disapproved, and is near to being accursed; and its end is to be burned.

so that you will not be [spiritually] sluggish, but [will instead be] imitators of those who through faith [lean on God with absolute trust and confidence in Him and in His power] and by patient endurance [even when suffering] are [now] inheriting the promises.

Now at the present time, men over whom death has power take the tenth; but then it was taken by one of whom it is witnessed that he is living.

Who is made, not after the law of a carnal commandment, but after the power of an endless life.

So an earlier regulation is abrogated because it was poor and ineffective

so that he has an uninterrupted power to save those, that come to God by him, because he ever lives to make intercession for them.

We need such a high priest one who is holy, innocent, pure, set apart from sinners, exalted above the heavens.

which is a figure for the present time, in accordance with which are offered both gifts and sacrifices, which have no power as to the conscience to perfect the worshipper,

For where there is a covenant, it is necessary to bear the death of the covenanter;

for a will and testament takes effect [only] at death, since it is never in force as long as the one who made it is alive.

So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

For the law, being only a poor copy of the future good things, and not the true image of those things, is never able to make the people who come to the altar every year with the same offerings completely clean.

Therefore, believers, since we have confidence and full freedom to enter the Holy Place [the place where God dwells] by [means of] the blood of Jesus,

Let us draw near with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having our hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water.

For you showed sympathy and deep concern for those who were imprisoned, and you joyfully accepted the [unjust] seizure of your belongings and the confiscation of your property, conscious of the fact that you have a better possession and a lasting one [prepared for you in heaven].

For, of endurance, ye have need, in order that, the will of God having done, Ye may bear away, the promise.

For in the power of this the elders have obtained testimony.

By faith Abel offered to God a more acceptable sacrifice than Cain, through which it was testified of him that he was righteous (upright, in right standing with God), and God testified by accepting his gifts. And though he died, yet through [this act of] faith he still speaks.

By faith even Sarah herself received power to conceive seed when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised:

of whom it had been said-- 'It is through Isaac that there shall be descendants to bear thy name.'

Accounting that, even from among the dead, God, was able, to raise him , - whence, even in similitude, he bare him away.

because he preferred to endure the hardship of the people of God rather than to enjoy the passing pleasures of sin.

quenched the power of fire, escaped the edge of the sword, from weakness were made strong, waxed mighty in war, turned to flight armies of aliens.

Others again bore trial of mockings and scourgings, yes, even of chains and imprisonment.

They were stoned, they were cut up with knives, they were tested, they were put to death with the sword, they went about in sheepskins and in goatskins; being poor and in pain and cruelly attacked,

And, these all, though they obtained witness through their faith, yet bare not away, the promise:

Having our eyes fixed on Jesus, the guide and end of our faith, who went through the pains of the cross, not caring for the shame, because of the joy which was before him, and who has now taken his place at the right hand of God's seat of power.

But if you are without chastisement, of which all are par takers, then are you bastards, and not sons.

and the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words, which those who heard desired that the word might not be spoken to them any more,??20 for they could not bear what was commanded, And if a beast touches the mountain it shall be stoned;

(for they were not able to bear what was enjoined: And if a beast should touch the mountain, it shall be stoned;

Bear in mind them who are in bonds, as having become jointly bound, - them who are suffering ill-treatment, as being yourselves also in the body.

Let marriage be honoured by all and the married life be pure; for God will judge those who are immoral and those who commit adultery.

Remember your leaders [for it was they] who brought you the word of God; and consider the result of their conduct [the outcome of their godly lives], and imitate their faith [their conviction that God exists and is the Creator and Ruler of all things, the Provider of eternal salvation through Christ, and imitate their reliance on God with absolute trust and confidence in His power, wisdom, and goodness].

We have an altar, of which they serving the tent have no power to eat.

Let us, then, go to him outside the camp, bearing the disgrace he bore.

Pray for us: for we trust we have a good conscience, in all things willing to live honestly.

And I urge all of you to pray earnestly, so that I may be restored to you soon.

But the God of peace, who brought again from among the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, in the power of the blood of the eternal covenant,

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.

But I exhort you, brethren, bear with the word of exhortation, for I have written unto you in few words.