What will come on us, if we do not give our minds to such a great salvation? a salvation of which our fathers first had knowledge through the words of the Lord, and which was made certain to us by those to whom his words came;

Having then a great high priest, who has made his way through the heavens, even Jesus the Son of God, let us be strong in our faith.

Saying, Be certain that I will give you my blessing, and make your numbers very great.

Now see how great this man was, to whom our father Abraham gave a tenth part of what he had got in the fight.

And it is true that there have been a great number of those priests, because death does not let them go on for ever;

And there will be no need for every man to be teaching his brother, or his neighbour, saying, This is the knowledge of the Lord: for they will all have knowledge of me, great and small.

And having a great priest over the house of God,

But only a great fear of being judged, and of the fire of wrath which will be the destruction of the haters of God.

But give thought to the days after you had seen the light, when you went through a great war of troubles;

For this reason, as we are circled by so great a cloud of witnesses, putting off every weight, and the sin into which we come so readily, let us keep on running in the way which is marked out for us,

To the great meeting and church of the first of those who are named in heaven, and to God the judge of all, and to the spirits of good men made complete,

Now may the God of peace, who made that great keeper of his flock, even our Lord Jesus, come back from the dead through the blood of the eternal agreement,