For to which of the angels did He ever say, "Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee?" and again, "I will be to Him a Father, and He shall be to me a Son?"

For if the word spoken by angels was stedfast, and every transgression and disobedience received it's just recompence;

how shall we escape, if we neglect so great a salvation? which began to be declared by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by them that heard Him;

For in putting all things under Him, He left nothing which was not to be in subjection to Him: though we do not yet see all things subjected to Him.

But we see Jesus, who was made for a little while lower than the angels, in order to suffer death, that by the grace of God He might taste death for every man, crowned with glory and honor.

proved me, and saw my works forty years:

so I sware in my wrath, they shall not enter into my rest."

and so we see that they could not enter in because of unbelief.

For we who believe shall enter into rest, as He said above, "So I sware in my wrath, they shall not enter into my rest:" though the works of creation were finished from the foundation of the world:

He appoints a certain day, called To-day, saying by David so long after, (as it is recorded) "To-day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts."

and for this reason he ought, as for the people, so also for himself, to offer sacrifice for sins.

So also Christ did not glorify himself to be made an high-priest; but He that said unto Him, "Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee."

Concerning whom we have much to say and difficult to be explained, since ye are become dull of hearing.

but that which bringeth forth thorns and briars, is rejected and near to a curse, (whose end is burning) so are they.

And (as one may say) even Levi, who receiveth tithes, paid tithes in Abraham:

For there is indeed a disannulling of the preceding command, on account of it's weakness and unprofitableness;

by so much is Jesus become the surety of a better covenant.

who worship under the representation and shadow of heavenly things; as Moses was ordered by God, when he was about to finish the tabernacle. For see, saith He, that thou make all according to the model shewn thee in the mount.

as we see there was, for after complaining of them, He adds, "Behold the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:

Now by saying, a new covenant, He hath antiquated the first: and what is antiquated, and groweth old, is near it's exit.

and the ark of the covenant which was overlaid all round with gold, and in which was the golden pot with the manna in it, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

so Christ, having been once offered to bear the sins of many, shall appear the second time without sin, to those who are waiting for Him, unto salvation.

the new and living way which He hath consecrated for us, through the veil, that is to say,

not forsaking our assemblies, as the custom of some is, but exhorting one another; and so much the more as ye see the day approaching.

partly, being made a public spectacle by reproaches and afflictions; and partly, as ye became associates of those who were so treated:

By faith Enoch was translated, that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him; for before his translation he had this testimony that he pleased God:

So that there descended even from one, and him in a manner dead, a posterity like the stars of heaven for multitude, and as the sand on the sea shore, innumerable.

Now they that say such things shew plainly that they are seeking their own country:

By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw he was a fine child, and they were not afraid of the king's edict.

By faith Moses, when he was grown up, refused to be called the son of Pharaoh's daughter;

By faith they passed through the Red-sea, as by dry land, which the Egyptians attempting to do were drowned.

And what need I say more? for the time would fail me to tell of Gideon, and Barak, and Sampson, and Jephthah, and David, and Samuel, and of the prophets:

Having therefore so great a cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every incumbrance, and the sin that easily besets us, and run with patience the race that is set before us,

Follow peace with all men; and holiness, without which none shall see the Lord:

(for they could not bear the strict command, if so much as a beast touch the mountain, it shall be stoned, or shot through with a dart;

and so terrible was the appearance that Moses said, I exceedingly fear and tremble:)

See that ye reject not Him that speaketh; for if they escaped not, who rejected him that gave forth divine oracles on earth, much less shall we, if we turn away from Him that speaketh from heaven:

So that we may say with courage, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me.

Know that our brother Timothy is set at liberty, with whom (if he come soon) I will see you.