but in these latter days he has spoken to us in a Son, whom he had destined to possess everything, and through whom he had made the world.

But of the time when he is to bring his firstborn Son back to the world he says, "And let all God's angels bow before him."

But of the Son he says, "God is your throne forever and ever! And a righteous scepter is the scepter of his kingdom!

They will perish, but you continue! And they will all wear out like a coat,

And you will fold them up like a mantle, And change them as one changes his coat. But you are always the same, and your years will have no end!"

But to what angel did he ever say, 'Sit at my right hand, Until I make your enemies a footstool for you"?

You made him for a little while inferior to angels; Yet you have crowned him with glory and honor, And you have put him in charge of the works of your hands!

You have put everything under his feet!" In thus making everything subject to man, God left nothing that was not subjected to him. But we do not as yet see everything made subject to him,

but we do see Jesus, who was "made for a little while inferior to angels, crowned with glory and honor" because he suffered death, so that by the favor of God he might taste the bitterness of death on behalf of every human being.

and again "I will put my trust in God"; and again, "Here I am with the children that God has given me."

For of course it was not angels but the descendants of Abraham that he came to help.

but Christ's faithfulness was that of a son set over the house of God. And we are that house, if we keep up our courage and our triumphant hope to the very end.

Where your forefathers put my doings to the proof for forty years, Though they saw them all the time.

But as I made oath in my anger, They shall never be admitted to my Rest!"

but encourage one another every day, as long as we can still speak of Today, so that no one of you may have his heart hardened by the pleasantness of sin.

For we have had good news preached to us, just as they did, but the message they heard did them no good because they did not agree through faith with what they heard.

No being created can escape God's sight, but everything is bare and helpless before the eyes of him with whom we have to reckon.

For our high priest is not one who is incapable of sympathy with our weaknesses, but he has been tempted in every way just as we have, without committing any sin.

and on this account he is obliged to offer sacrifices for sin, not only for the people but for himself as well.

And no one takes the office upon himself, but men assume it only when called to it by God, as Aaron was.

So even Christ did not claim for himself the dignity of the high priesthood, but he was appointed to it by him who said to him, "You are my Son! I have today become your Father!"

I have much to say to you about this, but it is difficult to make it clear to you, because you have become so slow of apprehension.

But full-grown men have a right to solid food, for their faculties are trained by practice to distinguish right and wrong.

But if it yields thorns and thistles, it is thought worthless and almost cursed, and it will finally be burned.

But about you, dear friends, even though we say this, we are sure of better things that promise salvation.

But we want each of you to exhibit this same earnestness to the very end with regard to your confidence in your hope,

so that you may never grow careless, but may learn to follow the example of those who through their faith and endurance are the possessors of God's promises.

to whom Abraham apportioned one tenth of all the spoil, who is first, as his name shows, king of righteousness and then king of Salem, which means king of peace??3 with no father or mother or ancestry, and with no beginning to his days nor end to his life, but like no one but the Son of God, continues as priest forever.

But this man, whose ancestry is not connected with theirs, collected tithes from Abraham himself, and gave his blessing to the man who had received the promises from God.

But, beyond any doubt, it is the inferior that is blessed by the superior.

In the one case, mortal men collect tithes; but in the other, one who, it is intimated, lives on.

In one way of putting it, Levi himself, the collector of the tithes, through Abraham paid him tithes,

for he is appointed not for possessing any legal physical qualifications, but by virtue of a life that cannot end.

for God took no oath in appointing the old priests, but he made oath to his appointment, when he said to him, "The Lord has sworn it and he will not change; You are a priest forever!"

But he continues forever, and so his priesthood is untransferable.

For the Law appoints to the high priesthood men full of imperfection; but this utterance about the making of the oath, which came long after the Law, appoints a son, fully qualified to be high priest forever.

to officiate as priest in the sanctuary and in that true tent of worship which not man but the Lord himself set up.

But every high priest is appointed to offer gifts and sacrifices, and so this high priest also must have some sacrifice to offer.

But, as it is, the priestly service to which Christ has been appointed is as much better than the old as the agreement established by him and the promises on which it is based are superior to the former ones.

But in his dissatisfaction with them he says, " 'See! the time is coming,' says the Lord, 'When I will conclude a new agreement with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah,

Not like the one that I made with their forefathers, On the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out from the land of Egypt, For they would not abide by their agreement with me, So I paid no attention to them,' says the Lord.

'For this is the agreement that I will make with the house of Israel, In those later days,' says the Lord; 'I will put my laws into their minds, And write them on their hearts, And they will have me for their God, And I will have them for my people.

Now when he speaks of a new agreement, he is treating the first one as obsolete; but whatever is obsolete and antiquated is almost ready to disappear.

but only the high priest could enter the inner part, and he but once a year, and never without taking some victim's blood, to offer on his own behalf and for the sins committed through ignorance by the people.

But when Christ came, as the high priest of the better system under which we live, he went once for all, through that greater, more perfect tent of worship not made by human hands nor a part of our material creation, into the sanctuary,

taking with him no blood of goats and calves, but his own, and secured our permanent deliverance.

By such means, therefore, these things that were only copied from the originals in heaven had to be purified, but the heavenly originals themselves required far better sacrifices than these.

For it was not a sanctuary made by human hands and only copied after the true one that Christ entered, but he went into heaven itself, in order to appear now on our behalf in the very presence of God.

for then he would have had to suffer death over and over, ever since the creation of the world. But, as it is, once for all at the close of the age he has appeared, to put an end to sin by his sacrifice.

so the Christ too, after being offered in sacrifice once for all to carry away the sins of many, will appear again but without any burden of sin, to those who are eagerly waiting for him to come and save them.

That is why the Christ, when he was coming into the world, said, "You have not wished sacrifice or offering, but you have provided a body for me.

At first he says, "You never wished or cared for sacrifices or offerings, or burnt-offerings or sacrifices for sin"??ll of which the Law prescribes??9 and then he adds, "See, I have come to do your will!" He is taking away the old to put the new in its place.

But Christ has offered for all time one sacrifice for sin, and has taken his seat at God's right hand,

" 'This is the agreement that I will make with them In those later days,' says the Lord, 'I will put my laws into their minds, And write them upon their hearts,' " he goes on,

But when these are forgiven, there is no more need of offerings for sin.

Let us not neglect meeting together as some do, but let us encourage one another, all the more as you can see that the great Day is coming nearer.

but only the dreadful prospect of judgment and that blazing indignation which is to devour God's enemies.

Anyone who breaks the Law of Moses is put to death without any show of pity, on the evidence of only two or three witnesses.

But you must remember those early days when after you had received the light you had to go through a great struggle with persecution,

For you showed sympathy with those who were in prison, and you put up with it cheerfully when your property was taken from you, for you knew that you had in yourselves a greater possession that was lasting.

but you will need endurance if you are to carry out God's will and receive the blessing he has promised.

And he whom I accept as righteous will find life through his faith. But if a man draws back, my heart can take no pleasure in him."

But we will not draw back and perish, but we will have faith and save our souls.

but without faith it is impossible to please him; for whoever would approach God must have faith in his existence and in his willingness to reward those who try to find him.

But, as it is, their aspirations are for a better, a heavenly country! That is why God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he has prepared a city to receive them.

Faith enabled Abraham, when he was put to the test, to offer Isaac as a sacrifice. He who had accepted God's promises was ready to sacrifice his only son,

put out furious fires, escaped death by the sword, found strength in their time of weakness, proved mighty in war, put foreign armies to flight.

But if you have none of that discipline which all sons undergo, you are illegitimate children, and not true sons.

For they disciplined us for a short time and as they thought proper, but he does it for our good, to make us share his holiness.

Discipline is never pleasant at the time; it is painful; but to those who are trained by it, it afterward yields the peace of character.

And keep your feet in straight paths, so that limbs that are lame may not be dislocated but instead be cured.

But you have come up to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, to countless angels,

Then his voice shook the earth, but now his promise is, "But once more I will make not only the earth but the very heaven to tremble!"

Now the words "But once more" indicate the final removal of all that is shaken, as only created, leaving only what is unshaken to be permanent.

for we have no permanent city here on earth, but we are in search of the city that is to come.

But do not forget to be helpful and generous, for that is the kind of sacrifice that pleases God.

I beg you brothers, to listen patiently to this appeal, for I have written you but briefly.